The Committee on Graduate Education (CGE) is responsible for considering all matters concerning graduate education that might come before the Faculty Council or the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences and for advising the Dean of the Faculty and the deans of the Graduate School on matters pertaining to graduate education.
The faculty members of the committee are selected from the Faculty Council in the fall. The president of the Harvard Griffin GSAS Student Council serves ex officio, and other student members are named in the fall.
2024-2025 Committee Members
Emma Dench
Chair, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Victoria D’Souza
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Annette Lienau
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Deidre Lynch
Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature and Harvard College Professor
Daniel Needleman
Associate Professor of Applied Physics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Amir Yacoby
Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
Administrative Members
Allen Aloise
Dean for Administration and Finance, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Noël Bisson
Dean for Academic Programs, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Lakshmi Clark
Dean of Students, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Bob Coughlin
Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Jen Flynn
Senior Director of Global Outreach, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Shelby Johnson
Associate Director of Academic Programs, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Erika McDonald
Registrar of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Bailey Snyder
Director of Communications, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Gisselle Vélez-Ruiz
Interim Assistant Dean of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Student Members from the Harvard Griffin GSAS Student Council
Laura König
GSC President
Victor Arul
GSC Vice President
Aden Solway
GSC Advisor
Lena O’Flynn
GSC Member
Gabriel Alberts
GSC Member