The Graduate Policy Committee (GPC) reviews graduate programs, engaging with program leaders about admissions practices, advising systems, student life, curricular offerings and requirements, temporal guideposts and time to degree, and outplacement of degree holders. Reviews are scheduled in a regular cycle over the years. Additionally, the GPC coordinates with the FAS Faculty Council and its subcommittee on graduate education on policy discussions, mandated reviews of programs, and consideration of proposed new PhD programs. Where appropriate, the GPC also coordinates with relevant bodies at other Harvard schools involved in interfaculty PhD programs.
Membership
Co-chaired by the Dean of the FAS and the Dean of Harvard Griffin GSAS, the GPC includes two senior faculty each from the FAS humanities, social science, and natural science programs, several senior faculty members involved with interfaculty graduate programs, an ex officio senior faculty member designated each year by the Committee on Graduate Education of the FAS Faculty Council. The Dean of Harvard College, FAS divisional deans, the registrar, and additional senior Harvard Griffin GSAS administrators are invited to attend meetings that cover issues relevant to their expertise or responsibilities.
Graduate Policy Committee Members
Emma Dench, Chair
Dean, Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics
Allen Aloise
Dean for Administration and Finance, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Josiah Blackmore
Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language and Literature of Portugal
Laura Frahm
John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities
Gonzalo Giribet
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Jerry Green
David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy
Andrew Ho
Charles William Eliot Professor of Education
Alexandra Killewald
Professor of Sociology
Rebecca Lemov
Professor of the History of Science
Jeffrey Schnapp
Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature
Daniel Jacob
Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
John Stauffer
Sumner R. and Marshall S. Kates Professor of English and of African and African American Studies
Robert Stavins
A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economy Development
S.V. Subramanian
Professor of Population Health and Geography
Karen Laura Thornber
Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Regularly Invited Guests
Noël Bisson
Dean for Academic Programs, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Ann Hall
Chief of Staff and Interim Director of Communications, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Patrick O’Brien
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Secretary to the Harvard Griffin GSAS Administrative Board
Lawrence Bobo
W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences and Dean, Social Sciences
Erika McDonald
Registrar of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Francis Doyle
Dean, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jen Flynn
Senior Director of Global Outreach, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Claudine Gay
Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Robin Kelsey
Dean of Arts and Humanities and Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography
Lisa Laskin
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education
Rosalind Segal
Dean for Graduate Education, HMS
Christopher Stubbs
Dean, Sciences and Samuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and of Astronomy
Sheila Thomas
Dean for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Special Projects Advisor, and Interim Dean of Students
Nina Zipser
Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning, FAS