The Graduate Policy Committee (GPC) reviews graduate programs, engaging with program leaders about admissions practices, advising systems, student life, curricular offerings and requirements, temporal guideposts and time to degree, and outplacement of degree holders. Reviews are scheduled in a regular cycle over the years. Additionally, the GPC coordinates with the FAS Faculty Council and its subcommittee on graduate education on policy discussions, mandated reviews of programs, and consideration of proposed new PhD programs. Where appropriate, the GPC also coordinates with relevant bodies at other Harvard schools involved in interfaculty PhD programs.
Membership
Co-chaired by the dean of the FAS and the dean of GSAS, the GPC includes two senior faculty each from the FAS humanities, social science, and natural science programs, several senior faculty members involved with interfaculty graduate programs, an ex officio senior faculty member designated each year by the Committee on Graduate Education of the FAS Faculty Council. The dean of Harvard College, FAS divisional deans, the registrar, and additional senior GSAS administrators are invited to attend meetings that cover issues relevant to their expertise or responsibilities.
Graduate Policy Committee Members
Emma Dench, Chair
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Allen Aloise
Dean for Administration and Finance, GSAS
Josiah Blackmore (on leave AY20-21)
Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language and Literature of Portugal
Richard Born
Professor of Neurobiology
Cassandra Extavour (Delegate from the Faculty Council)
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Cellular Biology
Laura Frahm
Assistant Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies
Gonzalo Giribet
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Jerry Green
David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy
Andrew Ho
Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Daniel Jacob
Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, on leave fall semester
Alexandra Killewald
Professor of Sociology
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History
Rebecca Lemov
Professor of the History of Science
Jeffrey Schnapp
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
John Stauffer
Professor of English and Professor of African and African American Studies
Robert Stavins
A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economy Development
S (Subu) Subramanian
Professor of Population Health and Geography
Karen Thornber
Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Regularly-Invited Guests
Noël Bisson
Assistant Dean of Academic Programs, GSAS
Lawrence Bobo
Dean, Social Sciences
Mohan Boodram
Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
Michael Burke
Registrar, FAS
Francis Doyle
Dean, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jen Flynn
GSAS Senior Director of Global Outreach
Claudine Gay
Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Robin Kelsey
Dean of Arts and Humanities
Lisa Laskin
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education
Rosalind Segal
Dean for Graduate Education, HMS
Christopher Stubbs
Dean, Sciences
Sheila Thomas
Dean for Academic Programs and Diversity
Nina Zipser
Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning, FAS