Jeffrey L. Seglin

Jeffrey L. Seglin (born December 26, 1956) is an American columnist, author, and teacher. He is currently a senior lecturer, emeritus, at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University. From 2011 until 2023, he was a senior lecturer and director of the communications program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He consults widely on writing, communications, and ethics. His weekly column on ethics, "The Right Thing," is syndicated in newspapers in the United States and Canada. Seglin lives in Boston with his wife, a psychotherapist. He has two adult children, four grandchildren, and one great grandchild.