Lawrence D. Bobo Assumes American Institutes for Research Board Leadership Position

Faculty Associate Lawrence D. Bobo, dean of the Division of Social Science and W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, is the new chair of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) Board of Directors. The organization is one of the world’s oldest and largest behavioral and social science institutions, where Bobo has been a member since 1997. He most recently served as vice chair, and is now the first African American to chair the board.