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Directors of Graduate Studies

Directors of graduate studies help Harvard Griffin GSAS students navigate the academic experience.

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.  

DGSs for 2025–2026

  • African and African American Studies: Paulina Alberto
  • American Studies: Jesse McCarthy
  • Anthropology: Peter Der Manuelian
  • Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning: Antoine Picon
  • Art, Film, and Visual Studies: Laura Frahm
  • Astronomy: Edo Berger
  • Biological Sciences in Public Health: Flaminia Catteruccia
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences: Monica Colaiacovo, Isaac Kohane, David Van Vactor, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
  • Biomedical Informatics: Maha Farhat, Peter Park, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
  • Biophysics: Martha Bulyk, Rachelle Gaudet
  • Biostatistics: Rajarshi Mukherjee, Sebastien Haneuse
  • Business Administration: Jennifer Mucciarone
  • Business Economics: Jennifer Mucciarone
  • Celtic Languages and Literatures: Catherine McKenna
  • Chemical Biology: Emily Balskus, Philip Cole
  • Chemical Physics: Joe Lavin, Theodore Betley, Joshua Cox
  • Chemistry and Chemical Biology: Joe Lavin, Theodore Betley, Joshua Cox
  • Classics: Alexander Riehle
  • Comparative Literature: John T. Hamilton
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences: Robin Wordsworth, Eli Tziperman
  • East Asian Languages and Civilizations: Jie Li
  • Economics: Jeffrey Miron, Brenda Piquet
  • Education: Luke Miratrix
  • Engineering and Applied Sciences: Federico Capasso, Finale Dosh-Velez, Madhu Sudan, John Girash, Samuel Kou, Boris Kozinsky, Yue Lu, Eli Tziperman, Daniel Weinstock,  Robin Wordsworth, Steve Wofsy, Rob Wood
  • English: Ju Yon Kim
  • Germanic Languages and Literatures: John T. Hamilton
  • Government: Josh Kertzer
  • Health Policy: Mary Beth Landrum
  • History: Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof
  • History of Art and Architecture: Filipe Pereda
  • History of Science: Anne Harrington (Fall), Alex Csiszar (Spring)
  • Human Evolutionary Biology: Joe Henrich
  • Immunology: Shiv Pillai, Garrett Wendy, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
  • Inner Asian and Altaic Studies: Mark Elliot
  • Linguistics: Jeremy Rau
  • Mathematics: Melanie Matchett Wood
  • Middle Eastern Studies: Shady Nasser
  • 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: Ben de Bivort, Elena Kramer 
  • Organizational Behavior: Jennifer Mucciarone
  • Philosophy: Mark Richard
  • Physics: Jacob Barandes, Philip Kim
  • Political Economy and Government: Robert Stavins
  • Population Health Sciences: Jarvis Chen, Bruce Villineau, Eric Rimm
  • Psychology: Fiery Cushman
  • Public Policy: Robert Stavins
  • Quantum Science Engineering: John Doyle, Evelyn Hu
  • Regional Studies–East Asia: Si Nae Park
  • Regional Studies–Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia: Timothy Colton
  • Religion: Michelle Sanchez
  • Romance Languages and Literatures: Doris Sommer
  • Slavic Languages and Literatures: Daria Khitrova
  • Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology: Gwenaelle Geleoc, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
  • Social Policy: Maya Sen
  • Sociology: Jason Beckfield
  • South Asian Studies: Martha Selby
  • Statistics: Mark Glickman, Susan Murphy
  • Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology: Allon Klein, Michael Desai
  • Virology: Ben Gewurz, Aaron Schmidt, Johanna Gutlerner, Roz Segal, Tari Tan
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