Who We Are

We are a partnership of prominent faculty at Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), the University of Nebraska—Lincoln (UNL) and seasoned educational training professionals at Patriot Direct (Patriot Direct) who have come together to create HEAR – Helping Everyone Achieve Respect. HEAR is a research-based bullying prevention program designed to engage today’s youth on what constitutes bullying, its consequences, and how they can help minimize bullying in their school environment.

Making Caring Common

A project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Richard Weissbourd, Ed.D., Director, Human Development and Psychology Program, HGSE

Stephanie Jones, Ph.D. Director, Human Development and Psychology Program, HGSE

Trisha Lynn Anderson, Research Manager, Prevention Science and Practice, HGSE

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, UNL
Co-director of the Bullying Research Network and Director of the Empowerment Initiative

Patriot Direct, Inc.

Amy M. Smith, Ph.D., Director of Educational Programs, Patriot Direct

Jimmy Schafe, President, Patriot Direct

Matthew Morgan, Vice President, Patriot Direct