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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 2024–2025

  • 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        
  • Biology, Molecular and Cellular: Vlad Denic
  • Biology, Organismic and Evolutionary: Ben de Bivort, Elena Kramer           
  • 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: Irene Peirano Garrison
  • Comparative Literature: John T. Hamilton
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences: Robin Wordsworth, Eli Tziperman
  • East Asian Languages and Civilizations: Tomiko Yoda  
  • Economics: Jeffrey Miron, Brenda Piquet
  • Education: Paola Uccelli, 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: Derek Miller
  • Germanic Languages and Literatures: John T. Hamilton
  • Government: Josh Kertzer  
  • Health Policy: Meredith Rosenthal  
  • 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
  • Inner Asian and Altaic Studies: Mark Elliot  
  • Linguistics: Jeremy Rau  
  • Mathematics: Joe Harris
  • Medical Sciences: John Assad, Chinfei Chen, Monica Colaiacovo, Maha Farhat, Gwenaelle Geleoc, Ben Gewurz, Johanna Gutlerner, Peter Park, Shiv Pillai, Aaron Schmidt, Tari Tan, David Van Vactor, Garrett Wendy, Isaac Kohane   
  • Middle Eastern Studies: Shady Nasser  
  • Music: Kate van Orden
  • Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations: Malika Zeghal  
  • 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: Leah Somerville
  • 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: Terrence Johnson
  • Romance Languages and Literatures: Josiah Blackmore (Fall), Luis Girón Negrón (Spring)
  • Slavic Languages and Literatures: Daria Khitrova
  • Social Policy: Maya Sen
  • Sociology: David Pedulla  
  • South Asian Studies: Martha Selby  
  • Statistics: Natesh Pillai, Susan Murphy 
  • Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology: Allon Klein, Michael Desai 
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