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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. 

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

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

Sheila Thomas 
Dean for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Special Projects Advisor, Harvard Griffin GSAS

Dan Volchok 
Interim Dean of Students, 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 

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