FAS Leadership – Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences leadership team consists of academic and administrative leaders, who oversee the core units and functions of the FAS.

Lawrence Bobo

Dean of Social ScienceW.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences

Nancy Coleman

Dean of the Division of Continuing Education

Nina Collins

Associate Dean and Chief of Staff to the Dean of FAS

Emma Dench

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and SciencesMcLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics

William R. Fitzsimmons

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

Hopi Hoekstra

Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and SciencesC. Y. Chan Professor of Arts and SciencesProfessor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology

Scott Jordan

Dean for Administration and Finance

Robin Kelsey

Dean of Arts and HumanitiesShirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography

Rakesh Khurana

Danoff Dean of Harvard CollegeProfessor of Sociology and Organizational Behavior

Susan Lively

Secretary of the Faculty

Erin McDermott

John D. Nichols ’53 Family Director of Athletics

Michael McNally

Associate Vice President and Dean of Development

David Parkes

John A. Paulson Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Christopher Stubbs

Dean of ScienceSamuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and of Astronomy

Nina Zipser

Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning

For more information on other FAS Committees visit:

Office of the Secretary

Office for Faculty Affairs