Serving as an important connection between the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Harvard Griffin GSAS) and academic programs, directors of graduate studies (DGS) play a critical role in helping Harvard Griffin GSAS students navigate the resources available to help them thrive in graduate school.
Directors of Graduate Studies, 2026–2027
Please note: This list will be updated as DGS contacts continue to be finalized.
- African and African American Studies: to be announced
- American Studies: Christopher Pexa
- Anthropology: Peter Der Manuelian
- Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning: Antoine Picon
- Art, Film, and Visual Studies: Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Astronomy: to be announced
- Biological Sciences in Public Health: Flaminia Catteruccia
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences: Monica Colaiacovo, David Van Vactor, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
- Biomedical Informatics: Maha Farhat, Peter Park, Johanna Gutlerner, Isaac Kohane, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
- Biophysics: Martha Bulyk, Rachelle Gaudet
- Biostatistics: Rajarshi Mukherjee
- Business Administration: Adi Sunderam, Jennifer Mucciarone
- Business Economics: Adi Sunderam, Jennifer Mucciarone
- Celtic Languages and Literatures: Paul Russell
- Chemical Biology: Emily Balskus, Philip Cole
- Chemical Physics: Theodore Betley, Joe Lavin, Joshua Cox
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology: Theodore Betley, Joe Lavin, Joshua Cox
- Classics: Richard Thomas (Fall 2026), Emily Greenwood (Spring 2027)
- Comparative Literature: Luis Giron-Negron
- Earth and Planetary Sciences: Eli Tziperman (Fall 2026), Robin Wordsworth (Spring 2027)
- East Asian Languages and Civilizations: Jie Li
- Economics: Jeffrey Miron, Brenda Piquet
- Education: Eric Taylor
- Engineering and Applied Sciences: Federico Capasso, Yiling Chen, John Girash, Boris Kozinsky, Madhu Sudan, Eli Tziperman, Daniel Weinstock, Robin Wordsworth, Steve Wofsy
- English: Ju Yon Kim
- Germanic Languages and Literatures: John Hamilton
- Government: Yuhua Wang
- Health Policy: Mary Beth Landrum
- History: Erez Manala
- History of Art and Architecture: Jinah Kim
- History of Science: Alex Csiszar
- Human Evolutionary Biology: Joe Henrich
- Immunology: Shiv Pillai, Garrett Wendy, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
- Inner Asian and Altaic Studies: Mark Elliot
- Linguistics: Kevin Ryan
- Mathematics: Melanie Matchett Wood
- Middle Eastern Studies:
- Molecular and Cellular Biology: Vlad Denic, Victoria D'Souza
- Music: Kate van Orden
- Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations: Malika Zeghal
- Neuroscience: John Assad, Chinfei Chen, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology: Stephanie Pierce, Elena Kramer
- Organizational Behavior: Adi Sunderam, Jennifer Mucciarone
- Philosophy: Mark Richard
- Physics: John Huth (Fall and Spring), Melissa Franklin (Fall 2026)
- Political Economy and Government: Robert Stavins
- Population Health Sciences: Jarvis Chen, Eric Rimm, Bruce Villineau
- Psychology: Fiery Cushman
- Public Policy: Robert Stavins
- Quantum Science Engineering: to be announced
- Regional Studies–East Asia: to be announced
- Regional Studies–Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia: Kelly O'Neill, Steve Solnick
- Religion: Michelle Sanchez
- Romance Languages and Literatures: Daniel Aguirre-Oteiza
- Slavic Languages and Literatures: Daria Khitrova
- Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology: Gwenaelle Geleoc, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
- Social Policy: Deidre Bloome
- Sociology: Jason Beckfield
- South Asian Studies: Leonard van der Kujip
- Statistics: Mark Glickman, Sam Kou
- Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology: Allon Klein, Michael Desai
- Virology: Ben Gewurz, Aaron Schmidt, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan