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...widely-publicized meeting Monday, Kiratiana E. Freelon ’02, Marques J. Redd ’04 and Toussaint G. Losier ’04, the project’s leaders, said the project’s goal is to provide not only a guide to Harvard for black students but also a comprehensive history of black life in the Boston area...
...those who know Redd best, her appearance on the show in the first place is much more surprising than the fact that she took home such a hefty sum of money. Redd says she actually hates game shows and never watches them. But the combination of her brother’s love for “Millionaire,” her own class-free Friday schedule and pure boredom led her to the Boston “Millionaire” auditions late last year. After a trivia quiz and quick interview, she was notified that she had been accepted onto...
...skills that made Redd a game show winner, national spokesperson for a major public service organization and part-time inspirational speaker have also gone into her job as co-author of The Girl’s Guide to the SAT: The 40-Point Gender Gap and What YOU Can Do About It, coming this summer from Random House and the Princeton Review. According to Redd and co-author Ron Foley Jr., the book explores the history of the gender gap in standardized test scores from a sociological perspective and suggests measures that young females can take to tackle the problem...
While Foley originally contracted to write the book himself, he says he needed someone “down on the ground” to co-write. That’s where Redd, who conveniently is female and did well on her SATs, came into the picture. Redd regularly works as a freelance writer for educational websites, including that of the Princeton Review, and one of her editors mentioned Foley’s quest for a co-author. “The editor and I had only communicated via e-mail and one day she sent me an e-mail asking...
...women’s studies concentrator, Redd contributed the information and research on gender while Foley, who she terms an SAT guru, wrote on the standardized test itself, including trends across gender and racial lines and combative strategies. Although Foley expected a research assistant in Redd, he says he was pleasantly surprised by her professionalism, expertise and commitment to the project. “I am happy to count her as a friend and not just a collaborator. I really look forward to watching her career grow, and her grow into her career,” he gushes...