Andrew Babson, PhD, is an incumbent seeking a second term on the RTSD School Board. By profession he is a college professor and researcher. He is a Senior Research Affiliate and Co-Founder of the Global Possibility Network based at the University of Pennsylvania. Since 2012 he has also served as a Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and Adjunct Associate Professor at Temple University College of Education and Human Development. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan and an MSc from the London School of Economics & Political Science. Andrew has published and presented his research on South African youth in national and international venues. Andrew and his wife Emily moved to Radnor in 2015 for all that Radnor offers as a community, but the quality of the schools was a paramount consideration. Their two children attend Radnor Elementary.
While on the Board, Andrew has served on the Facilities and Policy Committees, and as Vice Chair of the Curriculum and Chair of the Government Relations and Communications Committees. He has served as board liaison to the PSBA, NSBA, and the Radnor Township Parks and Recreation Board.