Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Isley, C., Gilbert, J., Kassos, E., Kocher, M., Nie, A., Brunskill, E., Domingue, B., Hofman, J., Legewie, J., Svoronos, T., Tuminelli, C., & Goel, S. (2025, August 9). Assessing the Quality of AI-Generated Exams: A Large-Scale Field Study (arXiv:2508.08314). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.0831/

Ginodia, S, Garcia-Rios, P, & Svoronos, T  (2023). Youth Impact: Testing the Replicability of Proven Programs. Harvard Kennedy School Case Program Case #2268. Available at: https://case.hks.harvard.edu/youth-impact-testing-the-replicability-of-proven-programs/ 

Levy, D., Svoronos, T., & Klinger, M. (2023). Two-stage examinations: Can examinations be more formative experiences? Active Learning in Higher Education, 24(2), 79–94. https://doi-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1177/1469787418801668

Metzger, L, Svoronos, T, & Khan, AQ, Policy Decisions and Evidence Use among Civil Servants: A Group Decision Experiment in Pakistan (April 2020). CID Faculty Working Paper No. 377. Available at: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications/faculty-working-papers/group-decision-experiment-pakistan

Baicker, K and Svoronos, T, Testing the Validity of the Single Interrupted Time Series Design (July 2019). NBER Working Paper No. w26080. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3423793

Svoronos T and Fretheim A (2015). Correspondence: Clarifying the interrupted time series design. BMJ Quality and Safety, 24(7), 475. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004122 

Mate K, Svoronos T, & Fitzgerald DW (2015). Implementation science and translational public health. In Detels R, Gulliford, Karim, & Tan (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health (6 ed.): Oxford University Press.

Cohen J, Fink G, Maloney K, Berg K, Jordan M, Svoronos T, Aber F, and Dickens W (2015). Introducing Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria to Drug Shops in Uganda: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 93(3). doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.142489

Svoronos T, Macauley RJ, and Kruk ME (2014). Can the health system deliver? Determinants of rural Liberians’ confidence in health care. Health Policy and Planning. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czu065

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Svoronos T, Goel S. “Custom Chatbots for Enhanced Learning” TeachECONference 2024, Online (https://youtu.be/5JiV0Ue2Fw4?si=u-0rQgxwwdWF6lO9&t=1038)

Svoronos T, Goel S. “Introducing R to non-programmers with Jupyter notebooks and Google Colab” TeachECONference 2023, Online (youtu.be/aA2L_9l_R9E?t=1193)

Svoronos T. “Panel: Best Practices and New Ideas for Teaching Econometrics” with Joshua Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Tanya Byker, Amanda Gregg, and George Orlov. TeachECONference 2021, Online (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVFG1-ekbps)

Svoronos T. “Using Data to Teach More Effectively and Inclusively” University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs Education, Cambridge MA, 7 February 2020.

Svoronos T. “Power and Pitfalls: One Faculty Member’s Experience with Blended Learning.” Harvard Teaching and Learning Consortium Meeting, Cambridge MA, 25 November 2019.

Levy, D, Svoronos T. “Using Data to Teach More Effectively and Inclusively” Harvard Higher Education Leaders Forum, Cambridge, MA, 27 September 2019.

Svoronos T. “Panel Discussion: Learning from Each Other, Learning Online: Peer Learning in Online Environments” Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, Cambridge, MA, 27 September 2019.

Levy D, Svoronos T. “Implementation Workshop: Harvard-developed Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning” Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, Cambridge, MA, 21 September 2018. 

Svoronos T, Levy D, Klinger M. “Learning from Two-Stage Exams” Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, Cambridge, MA, 20 September 2017.

MEDIA

WBUR All Things Considered “How One College Professor Uses AI in the Classroom.” https://www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/09/25/artifical-intelligence-ai-education-college-harvard. 25 September 2025.

The Harvard Crimson “HKS Alumni, Professors Develop App to Promote Inclusive Learning.” Available at: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/9/21/teachly-app-class-participation/. 21 September 2020.

The Harvard Gazette “The Harvard Gazette “Preparing grad and professional Schools for remote fall.” Available at: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/09/how-harvards-graduate-schools-prepare-for-online-learning/. 10 September 2020.

The New York Times “Gender Pronouns Can Be Tricky on Campus. Harvard Is Making Them Stick.” Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/gender-pronouns-college.html. 19 February 2020.

Kennedy School Review Podcast Equity in Pedagogy at HKS. Available at: https://ksr.hkspublications.org/2019/07/22/equity-in-pedagogy-at-hks/. 22 July 2019.

EdSurge “Who You Gonna Call? A Harvard Lecturer’s Quest for Equitable Class Participation.” Available at: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-06-07-who-you-gonna-call-a-harvard-lecturer-s-quest-for-equitable-class-participation. 7 June 2019.

The Chronicle of Higher Education “Want to Study Your Classroom Dynamics? There’s an App for That.” Available at: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Want-to-Study-Your-Classroom/247582. 21 November 2019.

Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning “Into Practice: Using digital resources to augment course materials.” Available at: https://vpal.harvard.edu/digitalresources.. 27 November 2017.

The Teach Better Podcast Two-Stage Exams and Student Collaboration. Available at: http://teachbetter.co/blog/2017/10/09/tbp-episode-64/.** **9 October 2017.

Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast How to Effectively Use Presentation Tools in Our Teaching. Available at: http://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/effectively-use-presentation-tools-teaching/. 31 August 2017.

Mac Power Users Podcast #319: #383: More Education Workflows with Teddy Svoronos. Available at: https://www.relay.fm/mpu/383. 25 June 2017.

Mac Power Users Podcast #319: Teaching Workflows with Teddy Svoronos. Available at: https://www.relay.fm/mpu/319. 9 May 2016.