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.
2026–2027 Committee Members
Emma Dench
Chair, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics
Victoria D’Souza
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Annette Damayanti Lienau
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Richard Liu
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Jeffrey Miron
Senior Lecturer on Economics
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
Chief Communications Officer, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Gisselle Vélez-Ruiz
Associate Dean of Culture, Community, and Engagement, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Student Members from the Harvard Griffin GSAS Student Council
Ana Florescu-Ciobotaru
GSC Chair of Events
Dorian Cole
GSC Vice President
Flora Giordani
GSC President
Hannah Ezer
GSC Chair of Communication
Juan Patricio Saenz
GSC Member, Student Center Orchestra Fellow