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 Harvard Griffin 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; and 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 Harvard Griffin GSAS administrators are invited to attend meetings that cover issues relevant to their expertise or responsibilities.
Graduate Policy Committee Members 2023-2024
Emma Dench, Chair
Dean, Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics
Laura Frahm
John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities
Jerry Green
David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy
Andrew Ho
Charles William Eliot Professor of Education
Daniel Jacob
Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
Elena Kramer
Bussey Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Co-Director of Harvard Integrated Life Sciences
Rebecca Lemov
Professor of the History of Science
Erez Manela
Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, FAS
Robert Stavins
A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economy Development
S.V. Subramanian
Professor of Population Health and Geography
Karen Laura Thornber
Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Regularly Invited Guests
Allen Aloise
Dean for Administration and Finance, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Noël Bisson
Dean for Academic Programs, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Lawrence Bobo
W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences and Dean, Social Sciences
Robert Coughlin
Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Jen Flynn
Senior Director of Global Outreach, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Ann Hall
Chief of Staff, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Hopi Hoekstra, Co-Chair
Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Shelby Johnson
Associate Director of Academic Programs, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Robin Kelsey
Dean of Arts and Humanities and Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography
Lisa Laskin
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education
Erika McDonald
Registrar of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
David Parkes
Dean, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Rosalind Segal
Dean for Graduate Education, HMS
William Stackman
Dean of Students, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Christopher Stubbs
Dean, Sciences and Samuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and of Astronomy
Sheila Thomas
Dean for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging and Special Projects Advisor
Nina Zipser
Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning, FAS