FAS Ad Hoc Committees for 2024–2025
Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Administrative Boards of Harvard College and Harvard Griffin GSAS
Members:
Ann Blair (Chair), Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor
Edo Berger, Professor of Astronomy
Suzie Clark, Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music
Matt Nock, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology
Anne Shreffler, James Edward Ditson Professor of Music
Dan Smail, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History
Joy St. John, Director of Admissions
John Wakeley, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Purpose:
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has delegated to the administrative boards of the Harvard College and of the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Harvard Griffin GSAS) the power to enforce the regulations of the Faculty relating to education and for the conduct of all ordinary matters of administration and discipline. By consistently applying the regulations of the Faculty, the boards foster student growth as individuals, scholars, and members of our academic community.
As bodies empowered by the Faculty, periodic review ensures that our practices evolve to accommodate changes in policy and our society. This review is intended to explore a number of key issues including the members and composition of the boards, the framework used for sanctioning students in disciplinary cases, the appeals process, and how the boards educate the community about their work.
Civil Discourse Advisory Group
Members:
Eric Beerbohm (Co-Chair), Professor of Government, Director of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, and Senior Adviser on Civil Discourse
Karen Thornber (Co-Chair), Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Valerie Beilenson, Deputy Chief of Staff & Strategic Initiatives Manager, FAS Dean’s Office
Tamara Brenner, Executive Director, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Mina Cikara, Professor of Psychology
Amanda Claybaugh, Samuel Zemurray, Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of English, Dean of Undergraduate Education
Emma Ebowe, Harvard GSAS, Department of Government, Resident Tutor of Quincy House
Emily Greenwood, James M. Rothenberg Professor of Classics and of Comparative Literature
Jonathan Hack, Director of Partnerships & Engagement, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
Edward Hall, Norman E. Vuilleumier Professor of Philosophy
Tiffany Jadotte, Associate Dean for Human Resources, FAS
Jess Miner, Executive Director, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
Camila Nardozzi, Director, Intellectual Vitality Initiatives and Director, Office of International Education
Karin Öberg, Professor of Astronomy, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences
Nicolas Pantelick, Harvard College ‘25, Modern Middle Eastern Studies and Government
Matthew Sohm, Assistant Director for Pedagogy, Intellectual Vitality Initiatives
Sheila Thomas, Dean for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Special Projects Advisor, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Brenda Tindal, Chief Campus Curator, Senior Adviser on Academic Community Engagement
Jackie Yun, Interim Assistant Dean of Students and Executive Director, Student Center, Harvard Griffin GSAS
Purpose:
The purpose of the Civil Discourse Advisory Group is to develop a unified vision of civil discourse across the FAS and to advise on strategic interventions to support these efforts. Through these coordinated actions, the Advisory Group aims to embed civil discourse within the campus culture, promoting a respectful and inclusive environment for meaningful dialogue across differences.
Classroom Social Compact Committee (CSCC)
Members:
Maya Jasanoff (Co-Chair), Coolidge Professor of History
David Laibson (Co-Chair), Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics
David Charbonneau, Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics
Na Li, Winokur Family Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics
Khaled El-Rouayheb, James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and of Islamic Intellectual History
Amanda Claybaugh (ex officio), Samuel Zemurray, Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of English, Dean of Undergraduate Education
Nina Zipser (ex officio), Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning
Purpose:
Teaching and learning environments are most effective when participants speak, listen, and ask questions of each other with curiosity and respect. Civil discourse increases the likelihood that diverse perspectives will be heard and that participants will be open to new ideas. These cultural norms are particularly important in the classroom.
To help make the most of Harvard’s learning environment – to support students in their intellectual growth and faculty in their teaching mission – the Classroom Social Compact Committee seeks to articulate a set of expectations for students and their instructors, which will promote discovery, learning, and meaningful dialogue in our classrooms.
College Dean Search Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC)
Members:
Hopi Hoekstra (Chair), Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Phil Deloria, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History
Cora Dvorkin, Professor of Physics
Emily Greenwood, James F. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature
Josh Kertzer, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government
David Laibson, Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics
Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and of Physics
Gina Schouten, Professor of Philosophy
Nina Zipser (ex officio), Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning
Lisa Mincieli (Staff), Director of Special Projects
Purpose:
The purpose of the College Dean Search Faculty Advisory Committee is to advise the FAS Dean on the search for the next Dean of Harvard College.
Emeriti Committee
Members:
Nina Zipser (Chair), Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning
Jim Hanken, Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Jay Jasanoff, Diebold Professor of Indo-European Linguistics and Philology
Ann Pearson, Murray and Martha Ross Professor of Environmental Sciences
Diana Sorensen, James F. Rothenberg Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature, Emerita
Jeremy Stein, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics
Jerrine Milke (Staff), Chief of Staff for Faculty Affairs
Purpose:
The purpose of the Emeriti Committee is to explore what the FAS can do to create a more intellectually vibrant and socially inclusive community for emeriti faculty.
Generative AI Faculty Advisory Committee
Members:
Chris Stubbs (Chair), Samuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and of Astronomy
Amanda Claybaugh, Dean of Undergraduate Education and Samuel Zemurray Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of English
Klara Jelinkova, Vice President, University & FAS Chief Information Officer
Scott Jordan, Dean of Administration and Finance, FAS
Nikola Jurkovic, Harvard College ’25
Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor and Director of IQSS
Mary Lewis, Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History
Matthew Liebmann, Peabody Professor of American Archeology and Ethnology
Ivy Livingston, Senior Preceptor in Ancient Greek and Classical Latin
Logan McCarty, Associate Dean for Science Undergraduate Education
Brendan Meade, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
David Parkes, Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science
Matthew Schwartz, Professor of Physics
Karen Thornber, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Ashley Villar, Assistant Professor of Astronomy
Martin Wattenberg, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, SEAS
Purpose:
The purpose of the Generative AI Faculty Advisory Committee is to explore the potential as well as drawbacks of using Generative AI in our teaching and research in the FAS, including SEAS. This group will provide expert guidance to the Dean's Senior Advisor on AI, ensuring the informed implementation of AI technologies in teaching, research, and administrative functions, positioning FAS as a leader in AI applications in higher education.
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