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Committee on Graduate Education

The Committee on Graduate Education considers matters related to graduate education.

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. 

2025-2026 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

Shigehisa Kuriyama
Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History, Director Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Jeffrey Miron
Senior Lecturer on Economics

Melanie Matchett Wood
William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics

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
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 

Laura König 
GSC President

Flora Giordani
GSC Vice President

Ethan Sontarp
GSC Chair of Communications

Max Lu
GSC At-Large Representative, International Students

Elissa Day
GSC Member, Student Center Outings Fellow

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