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Chemical and Physical Biology, Degrees in—...oversees the concentration of the same name, which aims to provide students with the background needed to make new advances in the quantitative understanding of living systems. Chemical and physical biology provides a link between classical approaches to studying biology and the chemical tools and physical methods required to understand dynamic changes in complex biological systems.

Rachelle Gaudet (acting chair), Erin O'Shea (chair on leave 2009-10), Howard C. Berg, Michael P. Brenner, Jon Clardy, Melissa Franklin (on leave spring term), Stephen C. Harrison, David Jeruzalmi, Daniel Kahne, Nancy E. Kleckner, David R. Liu, Richard M. Losick, Robert Lue, Greg Tucci, Suzanne Walker, Christopher T. Walsh, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Xiaowei Zhuang (on leave 2009-10).

Environmental Science and Public Policy, Concentration In—... includes representatives from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as well as other schools within the University appropriate to the requisite breadth of the program, and the concentration itself is designed to provide a multidisciplinary introduction to current problems of the environment.

James J. McCarthy (chair on leave 2009-10), Michael B. McElroy (acting chair), Michael Aziz, John Briscoe, William C. Clark, Richard T. T. Forman, James K. Hammitt, Coleen M. Hansel, N. Michele Holbrook, Peter Huybers, Sheila Jasanoff, Jonathan Losos, Paul R. Moorcroft, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Anne Pringle, Forest Reinhardt, Peter P. Rogers, Daniel P. Schrag, John H. Shaw, Robert Stavins, Martin L. Weitzman, Steven C. Wofsy, and Richard Zeckhauser.

Folklore and Mythology, Degrees In—Steering Committee—...consists of members appointed by the Dean of the Faculty whose special fields are offered within the concentration, and its duties are to provide administration for the A.B. degree on Folklore and Mythology, and to recommend candidates to receive it.

Maria M. Tatar (chair), Lisa T. Brooks, Julie A. Buckler, David Elmer, Deborah Foster, Joseph C. Harris, Michael Herzfeld (on leave spring term), Peter B. Machinist, Catherine McKenna, Stephen A. Mitchell, Gregory Nagy, Kimberley C. Patton, Michael J. Puett, Panagiotis Roilos, John Stauffer, Jan M. Ziolkowski.

History and Literature, Degrees In—Steering Committee—...is primarily responsible for supervising the entire curriculum of the field of History and Literature, and of making appointments within it. Members also may read senior honors essays or administer oral examinations, as well as participate in other, less formal gatherings related to the field of study.

Jill Lepore (chair), David Armitage, Robin Bernstein, Steven Biel, Ann M. Blair, Lisa T. Brooks, Janet Browne (on leave spring term), Lawrence Buell, Daniel G. Donoghue, James T. Engell, Jeanne Follansbee Quinn, Virginie Greene, Maya Jasanoff, Walter Johnson, James T. Kloppenberg, Barbara K. Lewalski, Louis Menand (on leave fall term), Leah Price (on leave 2009-10), Doris Sommer (on leave 2009-10), Judith Surkis, Maria M. Tatar, Joanne van der Woude.

Neurobiology, Degrees In—.... includes representatives from several departments of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and from other schools. The concentration is designed to investigate how nervous systems organize behavior. It explores phenomena on vastly different scales, from molecules to societies, and draws on many of the classical disciplines for experimental tools and explanatory frameworks.

John E. Dowling (chair), Randy Buckner, Florian Engert, Takao Hensch, Edward A. Kravitz, Samuel Martin Kunes, Carole Landisman, Jeff Lichtman, Eng Lo, Markus Meister, Venkatesh N. Murthy, Bence Olveczky, Naomi E. Pierce, Aravinthan Samuel, Joshua Sanes, Daniel L. Schacter (on leave fall term), Naoshige Uchida, Yun Zhang.

Study of Religion⁺—...is comprised of members from both the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Harvard Divinity School, and it administers the undergraduate Honors Concentration in the Comparative Study of Religion, the Ph.D. program in the Study of Religion, and the Th.D. program in Religion offered at the Divinity School. It supervises the work of its students at all levels; it administers tutorials and General Examinations for undergraduates, and for doctoral students the General Examinations, the Prospectus examination, and the Thesis examination; and it recommends students for degrees.

Diana L. Eck (chair), Ryuichi Abé, Leila Ahmed, M. Shahab Ahmed, Ali S. A. Asani (on leave fall term), David Carrasco, Francis X. Clooney, Shaye J. D. Cohen, Francis Fiorenza, Marla Frederick, Luis Manuel Girón-Negrón, William A. Graham, R. Marie Griffith, Janet Gyatso, Charles Hallisey, Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Helen Hardacre, Amy Marie Hollywood, Tamsin Jones, David Lamberth, Laura Nasrallah (on leave fall term), Jacob Olupona, Parimal Ganapati Patil, Kimberley C. Patton, Michael J. Puett.

Social Studies, Degrees In—is primarily responsible for the organization of curriculum, the appointment of faculty, and the securing of standards via oversight and review of the program for undergraduate degrees in Social Studies.

Richard Tuck (chair), David Armitage, Eric Beerbohm (on leave 2009-10), Anya Bernstein Bassett, Richard N. Cooper (on leave fall term), Michael Frazer, Peter Eli Gordon, Peter A. Hall (on leave spring term), Michael J. Hiscox (on leave spring term), Stanley Hoffmann, Andrew Jewett (on leave 2009-10), James T. Kloppenberg, Steven Levitsky, Charles S. Maier, Jens Meierhenrich, Michael Rosen, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Emma Rothschild (on leave spring term), Michael J. Sandel (on leave spring term), Ajantha Subramanian, Judith Surkis, Jocelyn Viterna (on leave fall term), Christopher Winship (on leave spring term), Daniel Ziblatt.

Special Concentrations—...is empowered to approve and to recommend candidates for the A.B. degree, with and without honors, in Special Concentrations if the student's plan of study falls outside of the purview of any other of the College's regular concentrations. The Committee functions as a department to set academic policy for students granted the option of a special concentration and to maintain standards in the program. The Committee also ensures that no faculty member serves as Special Concentrations advisor for more than two students.

Julie Buckler (chair), Deborah Foster, Byron Good, Mary-Jo Good, David Haig (on leave 2009-2010), Jerold Kayden (on leave 2009-2010), Karel Liem (on leave spring term), Elizabeth Lyman (on leave fall term), Stephen Marglin, Robb Moss, Sandra Naddaff, Peter Rogers, Richard Wolf.

Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Degrees In—... is responsible for overseeing the curriculum and tutorial program, voting on undergraduate degrees with honors, and recommending appointment and promotions of faculty in Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality. Members of the committee also may directly advise student's academic work within the field, read theses or administer oral exams, and they are encouraged to teach courses, give lectures, and to participate in other activities sponsored by the Program.

Bradley S. Epps (chair), Robin Bernstein, Peter J. Burgard (on leave spring term), Nancy Cott, Rachel L. Greenblatt, Alice A. Jardine, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Caroline Light, Marcyliena Morgan (on leave 2009-2010), Afsaneh Najmabadi, Katharine Park, Sindhumathi Revuluri (on leave 2009-2010), Amie Siegel, Judith Surkis, Kimberly Theidon, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Jocelyn Viterna (on leave 2009-2010), Adelheid Clara Voskuhl.

+ Study of Religion supervises both graduate and undergraduate degree programs, but to avoid double counting, it is listed only under Curricular Committees — Undergraduate Degree Programs.