FAS Ad Hoc Committees

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.