Erika Christakis (née Zuckerman) is an American educator and writer, specializing in early childhood education. She is author of The Importance of Being Little. See more

Since the 1990s, Christakis has worked as a preschool teacher, college administrator and instructor, educational consultant, and writer and journalist. See more

Christakis is married to scientist and author Nicholas Christakis and they have four children, one of whom they adopted later in life, while serving as foster parents. See more

Christakis graduated from Harvard College with a degree in social anthropology in 1986. She was one of the first undergraduate interns at Harvard's Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and studied in Kenya in 1985. In the late 1980s and … See more

During her time as a Co-Master of Pforzheimer House at Harvard in 2012, Christakis was involved in the defense of free expression. She came to the defense of minority students who were using satire to criticize the final clubs at that institution, arguing that … See more