
Ronald F. Ferguson, PhD is an
MIT-trained economist who focuses
social science research on economic,
social, and educational challenges.
He has been on the faculty at
Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of
Government since 1983, after full time
appointments at Brandeis and Brown
Universities. In 2014, he co-founded
Tripod Education Partners and
shifted into an adjunct role at the
Kennedy School, where he remains
a fellow at the Malcolm Wiener
Center for Social Policy and faculty
director of the university-wide
Achievement Gap Initiative (AGI).
Ron’s current focus as AGI director is an initiative entitled the Boston Basics. It takes a socio-ecological saturation approach, collaborating with many partners to reach extended families with caregiving advice for infants and toddlers.
Ron holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a PhD from MIT, both in economics. He has been happily married for 38 years and is the father of two adult sons.
Ron’s current focus as AGI director is an initiative entitled the Boston Basics. It takes a socio-ecological saturation approach, collaborating with many partners to reach extended families with caregiving advice for infants and toddlers.
Ron holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a PhD from MIT, both in economics. He has been happily married for 38 years and is the father of two adult sons.