Other Committees

Committee on Graduate Education

Emma Dench (Chair), Dorian Cole, Victoria D'Souza, Hannah Ezer, Ana Florescu-Ciobotaru, Annette Lienau, Richard Liu, Jeffrey Miron, and Juan Patricio Saenz

Administrators: Allen Aloise, Noël Bisson, Lakshmi Clark, Bob Coughlin, Jennifer Flynn, Shelby Johnson, Erika McDonald, Bailey Snyder, and Gisselle Vélez-Ruiz

Committee on Undergraduate Education

Amanda Claybaugh (Chair), Demba Ba, David Haig, Kara McKinley, Ella McRitchie, Brianna Mun, Maritella Petsa, Chau Nguyen, Alison Simmons, and Matthew Tobin

Administrators: Membership information for 2026–2027 is not yet available.

Committee on Student Life

Thomas Dunne (Chair), Sarah Bellagat, Zachary Berg (ex officio), Ellen Cassidy, Steve Chong, Fiery Cushman, Adam Han, Nancy Hill, Lauren Kaminsky, David Laibson, Shirley Lee, Tess Sumner, Bonnie Talbert, and Daniel Zhao (ex officio)

Members:

• Mike Holmes (Chair), Director of Administration and Operations for the Department of Anthropology
• Sean Eddy, Ellmore C. Patterson Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Mandy Ellenwood, Senior Manager, FAS Office of Research Administration
• Susan Hunt, Administrative Coordinator in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Jessica Manning, Executive Director for the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Peter Der Manuelian, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology
• Hannah Marcus, Professor of the History of Science
• Denise Oberdan, Director of Administration for the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies
• Tim Smith, Associate Dean of Harvard College and Chief of Staff to the Dean of Harvard College
• Gavin Whitelaw, Executive Director for the Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies
• Blake Williams, Director of Administration, GSAS

Purpose:

The FAS Administrative Services Advisory Council provides a structured channel through which faculty, staff, students, and academic units can offer feedback on the effectiveness of FAS administrative services. The Council identifies recurring concerns and opportunities for improvement, advises functional leaders and the Governance Board on proposed service changes and investments, and helps ensure that administrative services support the FAS’s academic mission and the needs of its users.

Members:

• Warren Petrofsky (Co-Chair), Dean of Administration and Finance
• Nina Zipser (Co-Chair), Dean for Academic Affairs
• Allen Aloise, Dean for Administration and Finance, GSAS
• John Campbell, Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics
• Rebecca Chetham, Managing Director, Sciences
• Jeita Deng, Dean for Administration and Finance, Harvard College
• Peter Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
• Mike Holmes, Director of Administration and Operations for the Department of Anthropology and Chair of the Administrative Services Advisory Council
• Andrew Juraschek, Managing Director, IT Strategy for the FAS
• Damari Rosado, Managing Director, Social Sciences
• James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Emily Warshaw, Managing Director, Arts and Humanities

Purpose:

The FAS Administrative Services Governance Board provides strategic oversight of FAS administrative services.  Informed by performance data, risk considerations, and feedback from academic and administrative users, the Board advises on service priorities, performance expectations, major policy changes, and strategic investments. The Board also monitors whether the administrative services model is effectively supporting the FAS’s academic mission.

Members:

• Erez Manela (Chair), Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History
• Edo Berger, Professor of Astronomy (on leave fall term)
• Theodore Betley, Erving Professor of Chemistry
• Mina Cikara, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society (on leave spring term)
• Mark Hatzenbuehler, Professor of Psychology (on leave 2026–2027)
• Alisha Holland, Gates Professor of Developing Societies (on leave 2026–2027)
• Deidre Lynch, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature
• Hongkun Park, Mark Hyman, Jr., Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics (on leave fall term)
• Stephanie Sandler, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy
• Salil Vadhan, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
• Justin Weir, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature (on leave 2026–2027)

Purpose:

The Faculty Conduct Committee (FCC) provides faculty oversight for concerns related to the professional conduct of professors (of all ranks) that cannot be resolved informally within departments or divisions.* The FCC reviews such concerns and makes recommendations to the FAS Dean or their designee on what actions to take, in accordance with the FAS Professional Conduct Policy.

The FCC was established as a two-year pilot and is composed of tenured faculty members.

* Individual formal complaints under the University’s Non-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying (NDAB) procedures fall outside the purview of the FCC and follow the NDAB process.

Members:

• Robin Kelsey (Co-Chair), Shirely Carter Burden Professor of Photography
• Zak Gingo (Co-Chair), FAS Chief of Campus Operations
• Lauren Brandt, Secretary of the College
• Stephen Chong, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
• Angie Cunningham, FAS Associate Director of Science Facilities
• John Doyle, Henry B. Silsbee Professor of Physics (on leave spring term)
• Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Professor of History
• Jason Meier, FAS Associate Dean of Student Engagement
• Rob Sabater, Associate Director of Safety and Security
• Brenda Tindal, Executive Director of the Office for Academic Culture and Community
• Justin Weir, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature (on leave 2026–2027)

Purpose:

The FAS Committee on Campus Use and Operations advises the Dean on the implementation of the University’s Campus Use Rules within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Committee helps ensure that FAS guidance is applied consistently, transparently, and in ways that reflect the needs and values of the FAS community.

The Committee reviews and recommends updates to FAS guidance, considers feedback on how the rules are working in practice, and provides advice on questions that arise in their application. It also serves as a sounding board on operational issues related to the use of campus spaces.

The Committee is advisory. Final authority for interpretation and implementation of FAS guidance rests with the Dean and designated administrative officers.
 

Any student, faculty member, or administrative officer who has an inquiry, suggestion, or complaint may address it to the Commission of Inquiry, c/o Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, University Hall. The Commission will then direct the inquiry, suggestion, or complaint to the appropriate agency of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. When such an agency does not exist, the Commission will attempt to aid in resolving the matter. The Commission is sometimes instrumental in establishing a new agency for handling recurrent issues. Although the Commission has no power to make rulings, it can play an advocacy role in pressing for the resolution of issues.

Ordinarily, the Commission reports to the community on the matters that come before it and, in so doing, attempts to keep the community informed about factual background material and the resolution of matters of community concern.