Leadership

Hopi Hoekstra

Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

C. Y. Chan Professor of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology

Hopi Hoekstra, a pathbreaking scholar of the life sciences, has led the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) since August 1, 2023. Dean Hoekstra, the Edgerley Family Dean of the FAS, the C.Y. Chan Professor of Arts and Sciences, and the Xiaomeng Tong and Yu...

Allen Aloise

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Valerie Beilenson

Deputy Chief of Staff and Strategic Initiatives Manager

Valerie Beilenson joined the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in February 2022. As the deputy chief of staff to the FAS Dean, she supports the design and execution of strategic priorities, facilitates collaboration across academic...

Nicole Breen

Chief Human Resources Officer

Nicole Breen serves as the inaugural Chief Human Resources Officer for Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences FAS. In this role, she leads the FAS human resources organization and advances efforts to attract, develop, and support the talented...

Amanda Claybaugh

Dean of Undergraduate Education

Samuel Zemurray Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of English

Dean Amanda Claybaugh receieved her BA in English from Yale University in 1993 and her PhD in English from Harvard University in 2001. After teaching at Columbia University for nine years, she returned to Harvard in 2010 . She is on the faculty of the...

Nancy Coleman

Dean of the Division of Continuing Education

Dr. Coleman is Dean, Harvard Extension School and Continuing Education. She is deeply committed to technology and innovation in online and place-based education that creates access and opportunities for learners of all ages, types, and socio-economic...

Nina Collins

Associate Dean and Chief of Staff to the Dean of FAS

Nina Collins joined the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in May 2008. As the chief of staff to the FAS Dean, she works closely with the FAS academic leadership to develop special initiatives, drive institutional response and planning...

Anna Cowenhoven

Dean of Communications

Chief Communications Officer

Anna Cowenhoven serves as the inaugural chief communications strategist for the FAS, leading an integrated communications and engagement organization that advances the strategic vision and priorities of the FAS and its primary units through brand and...

David Cutler

Dean of Social Science

Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics

Dean of Social Science and Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University. He served as Assistant Professor of Economics from 1991 to 1995, was named John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Social Sciences in 1995, and received tenure in...

David Deming

Danoff Dean of Harvard College

Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy

David Deming is an economist whose work focuses on higher education, economic inequality, skills, technology, and the future of the labor market. He holds teaching appointments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, and the...

Emma Dench

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics

Emma Dench is the Dean of the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics. A Roman historian and classicist who holds appointments in the Departments of the...

Michael Faber

Associate Vice President and Dean of FAS Development

Michael Faber joined Harvard as the associate vice president and dean for FAS development on August 25, 2025. Michael brings more than 25 years of experience in fundraising and external relations at some of the nation’s leading research universities. His...