Staff

GSAS People and Administrative Offices

Administrative Offices

Holyoke Center 350 617-495-1814, fax: 617-495-2928

Margot N. Gill, administrative dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Dean Gill has overall responsibility for implementing Graduate School policy. She supervises the work of the deans and officers under her management and the day-to-day operation of the administrative staff

Rosemary Schulze, administrative officer
Katelyn Sankus, administrative coordinator

John McNally, assistant dean, Harvard Integrated Life Sciences
Matt Wallace, staff assistant, Harvard Integrated Life Sciences

Robert Moss, senior analyst

Elisabeth Nunez, director of publications and alumni relations
Bari Walsh, editor/writer
Jack Romano, web administrator

Eileen Doherty, assistant dean for finance and budget
Belinda Chu, financial associate
Liz Moss Levine, senior financial analyst

Bob Byrne, manager of GSAS residence halls and FAS facilities

Admissions and Financial Aid

Holyoke Center 350
617-495-5315, fax: 617-496-5333

Russell Berg, dean

Dean Berg oversees and coordinates admissions and financial aid for the 57 departments, programs, and divisions of GSAS

 

Daniel Bertwell, coordinator
Audrey Wilcox, staff assistant
Laura Pascale, teaching fellows coordinator

Sheila Thomas, assistant dean for diversity and minority affairs
Stephanie Parsons
, minority recruitment and student programming officer
Valerie Dawkins
, clerical assistant

Christine Sumner, director of admissions
Elizabeth Simmons, staff assistant
Joe O'Driscoll, clerical assistant
Karen Larsen, staff assistant

Winnie Keung, director of information systems/analyst
Jack Romano, system administrator

Bob LaPointe, senior officer in the humanities
Lisa Simpson, officer in the humanities
Collin Browne, staff assistant
Matthew Gaudiano, staff assistant

Jody Ferraro, coordinator of financial aid and senior officer in the natural sciences
Tracey Newman, officer in the natural sciences
Kamille Washington, staff assistant

Judy Mehrmann, senior officer in the social sciences
Emily Burns, officer in the social sciences
Joel Egland, staff assistant
Maggie Dunphy
, staff assistant

Patrick O'Brien, special students and visiting fellows officer
Karen Lounsbury, staff assistant

Student Affairs

Holyoke Center 350
617-495-1814, fax: 617-495-2928

 

Garth McCavana, PhD '90, dean

Dean McCavana has general responsibility for the welfare of graduate students and monitors students' academic status, progress, and discipline. He oversees the GSAS residence halls and the offices of Student Services and Housing Services. Dean McCavana also represents students in disciplinary cases before the Administrative Board and advises students on sexual harassment complaints. He coordinates orientation and registration activities. The office also administers various graduate fellowship competitions and processes leave and travel applications and readmission applications

Rise Shepsle, assistant dean

Cynthia Verba, PhD, director of fellowships
Diane Booton, staff assistant

 

Dudley House, The Graduate Student Center

Lehman Hall, Harvard Yard
617-495-2255, fax: 617-496-5459

James Hogle, master
Doreen Hogle
, co-master

James Hogle, the Edward S. Harkness professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at the Medical School, professor of biophysics, and chair of the Committee on Higher Degrees in Biophysics, and his wife Doreen, preside as master and co-master of Dudley House. The House is dedicated to serving the diverse extracurricular needs of GSAS students and provides an informal place where GSAS students can interact with fellow graduate students and faculty from all departments.

Susan Zawalich, Dudley House administrator
Jeff Chenette
, staff assistant

Office of Student Services

Dudley House, B2
617-495-5005

Ellen Fox, director of student services

Alethea Campbell, staff assistant

Office of Housing Services

Dudley House, B2
617-495-5060

Ashley Skipwith, housing coordinator
Patricia Collyer, staff assistant