The President and Fellows of Yale University

President
Richard Charles Levin, B.A., B.LITT., Ph.D..

Fellows
Her Excellency the Governor of Connecticut, ex officio.
His Honor the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, ex officio.
George Leonard Baker, Jr., B.A., M.B.A., Palo Alto, California.
Edward Perry Bass, B.S., Fort Worth, Texas.
Roland Whitney Betts, B.A., J.D., New York, New York.
Jeffrey Lawrence Bewkes, B.A., M.B.A., New York, New York.
Gerhard Casper, LL.M., Ph.D., LL.D., Atherton, California.
Donna Lee Dubinsky, B.A., M.B.A., Portola Valley, California.
Charles Daniel Ellis, B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., New Haven, Connecticut.
Mimi Gardner Gates, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Seattle, Washington (June 2013).
Jeffrey Powell Koplan, B.A., M.D., M.P.H., Atlanta, Georgia (June 2009).
Maya Ying Lin, B.A., M.Arch., D.F.A., New York, New York (June 2008).
Margaret Hilary Marshall, B.A., M.Ed., J.D., Cambridge, Massachusetts (June 2010).
William Irwin Miller, B.A., M.B.A., Columbus, Indiana (June 2011).
Indra Nooyi, B.S., M.B.A., M.P.P.M., Greenwich, Connecticut.
Barrington Daniels Parker, B.A., LL.B., Stamford, Connecticut.
Margaret Garrard Warner, B.A., Washington, D.C. (June 2012).
Fareed Zakaria, B.A., Ph.D., New York, New York.

The Officers of Yale University

President
Richard Charles Levin, B.A., B.Litt., Ph.D.

Provost
Andrew David Hamilton, B.SC., Ph.D.., F.R.S.

Vice President and Secretary
Linda Koch Lorimer, B.A., J.D.

Vice President and General Counsel
Dorothy Kathryn Robinson, B.A., J.D.

Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development
Bruce Donald Alexander, B.A., J.D.

Vice President for Development
Ingeborg Theresia Reichenbach, STAATSEXAMEN

Vice President for Finance and Administration
Shauna Ryan King, B.S., M.B.A.

The Administration of the Graduate School

Jon Butler, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School.
Pamela Schirmeister, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the Graduate School.
Richard G. Sleight, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the Graduate School.
Edward Barnaby, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of the Graduate School.
Robert Harper-Mangels, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of the Graduate School.
John Mangan, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Administration.
TBA, Assistant Dean and Director, Office for Diversity and Equal Opportunity.
Victoria A. Blodgett, M.Ed., Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Director, Graduate Career Services, McDougal Graduate Student Center.
Lisa Brandes, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Director, Graduate Student Life, McDougal Graduate Student Center.
William C. Rando, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Director, Graduate Teaching Center, McDougal Graduate Student Center.
TBA, Associate Director, Science Education, Graduate Teaching Center, McDougal Graduate Student Center.
Kathryn Douglas, M.F.A., Assistant Director, McDougal Graduate Student Center.
Robert Colonna, M.B.A., Director of Admissions.
Lisa Furino, Assistant Director of Admissions.
Alice Oliver, Director, Finance and Administration.
Jennifer Brinley, B.S., Associate Director, Finance and Financial Aid.
Jill Carlton, Ph.D., Registrar, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Stephen Goot, M.A., Deputy Registrar, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Judith Dozier Hackman, Ph.D., Director, Teaching Fellow Program.
Howard el-Yasin, B.A., Assistant Director, Teaching Fellow Program.

Schedule of Academic Dates and Deadlines

A Message from the Dean

Welcome to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University, the first of its kind in North America. The Graduate School stands at the very heart of Yale’s mission as a university, and this book, Programs and Policies, reveals the extraordinary breadth of opportunities for graduate study at Yale. As you peruse it, you likely will discover the intriguing ways in which graduate study differs from the undergraduate experience and the fulfillment brought by this intellectual progression. You have undertaken to explore a field in depth, master an area of inquiry, and learn to disseminate knowledge through classroom teaching. Graduate education culminates in a creative and original contribution in one’s field of study representing the ability to participate in the advancement of human knowledge.

Yale’s departments and programs constitute the center for most graduate student intellectual and social life at Yale and elsewhere. They comprise vital communities of scholars who share a common interest in advancing a particular discipline, and graduate students and faculty alike gain immeasurably from their intellectual and disciplinary collaborations. Yale’s excellent laboratory facilities, unique museum collections, and tremendous library holdings all enrich the experience of a Yale University graduate education.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has worked to extend and enrich the community life found within these disciplines. Through interdisciplinary programs and institutes, as well as the McDougal Graduate Student Center’s seminars on teaching and career education that help graduate students prepare for their professional lives, the Graduate School enables students to connect with skilled experts with a shared commitment to careers in teaching, research, and an array of potential leadership opportunities.

Use Programs and Policies as a guide throughout your graduate study at Yale. It includes practical information about registration, financial aid, teaching experiences, University resources available to you, and the full range of assistance provided by the Graduate School. All of us in the Graduate School wish you good fortune as you pursue your advanced degree, and we want you to contact us if we can help you along the way. Graduate study is exhilarating and life-changing. For well over a century Yale has prepared men and women for truly extraordinary careers across many old, new, and evolving disciplines.

Jon Butler
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies,
History, and Religious Studies

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is one of twelve schools composing Yale University and the only one that awards the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Engineering. The work of the Graduate School is carried on in the divisions of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Biological and Physical Sciences. Fifty-three departments and programs offer courses of study leading to the Ph.D. degree. There are twenty-four programs that terminate with the master’s degree.

Yale began to offer graduate education in 1847, and in 1861 it conferred the first Ph.D. degrees in North America. In 1876 Yale became the first American university to award the Ph.D. to an African American. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was formally established in 1892, when the first dean was appointed. It was in that same year that women were first admitted as candidates for the doctorate.

The Graduate School community has grown vigorously since the early twentieth century; today it comprises 2,500 graduate students and a faculty of 900 who are among the world’s most distinguished teachers and scholars. Admission to the Graduate School is highly competitive; currently each entering class is made up of about 500 students.

The Graduate School’s purpose is to educate students in research, scholarship, and teaching in the arts and sciences. Under the guidance of the faculty, graduate students engage in advanced study of a discipline and then proceed to generate new knowledge and ideas through research. They learn to disseminate this knowledge in scholarly publications and teaching. Yale’s graduate students have built careers in colleges and universities, research laboratories, government, the nonprofit sector, and private industry. Their education equips them for leadership roles in all these callings.

Yale’s standing as a great international research university is based on the strength and attractiveness of its graduate programs. The pursuit of advanced learning and new knowledge takes place in the departments and programs of the Graduate School. Thus it is the Graduate School that makes Yale a university. Furthermore, graduate students as scholars in training and apprentice teachers engage with undergraduates and the faculty. A shared sense of common purpose makes Yale a community of scholars, and a place for an unusually intimate exchange of ideas.

Yale and the World

The Yale Graduate School has always comprised an international community, but it recognizes as well that now, more than ever, advanced scholarship must occur on transnational grounds. It is increasingly important that we prepare our students to participate in a global economy of research and knowledge and that we create institutional channels through which such participation can flourish. In addition to formal student exchanges that enable graduate students to perform research and fieldwork abroad, individual faculty members, departments, and the School participate in collaborative efforts with international partners.
Approximately one-third of full-time graduate students at Yale come from outside the United States. In addition, many international students come to the Graduate School as non-degree students in the Division of Special Registration (DSR). DSR students may undertake course work and/or research for periods of one term or one year. When appropriate the period may extend for a second year. These students are subject to the usual admissions procedure, are admitted to a department, and often work with a specific faculty member. Please see International Student Life for additional information regarding international student life at Yale.

A Global University

In a speech entitled “The Global University,” Yale President Richard C. Levin declared that as Yale enters its fourth century, its goal is to become a truly global university—educating leaders and advancing the frontiers of knowledge not simply for the United States, but for the entire world:

The globalization of the University is in part an evolutionary development. Yale has drawn students from outside the United States for nearly two centuries, and international issues have been represented in its curriculum for the past hundred years and more. But creating the global university is also a revolutionary development—signaling distinct changes in the substance of teaching and research, the demographic characteristics of students, the scope and breadth of external collaborations, and the engagement of the University with new audiences.

Yale University’s goals and strategies for internationalization are described in “The Internationalization of Yale: The Emerging Framework,” a document that embraces the activity of all parts of the University. The report is available online at www.world.yale.edu/pdf/Internationalization_of_Yale.pdf.

International activity is focused and coordinated in several University organizations.

Inaugurated in 2003–2004, the Office of International Affairs serves as an administrative resource to support the international activities of all schools, departments, offices, centers, and organizations at Yale; to promote Yale and its faculty to international audiences; and to increase the visibility of Yale’s international activities around the globe. Web site: www.yale.edu/oia.

The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies is the University’s principal agency for encouraging and coordinating teaching and research on international affairs, societies, and cultures; www.yale.edu/macmillan.

Yale Center for the Study of Globalization draws on the rich intellectual resources of the Yale community, scholars from other universities, and experts from around the world to support teaching and research on the many facets of globalization, while helping to enrich debate through workshops, conferences, and public programs; www.ycsg.yale.edu.

Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS); www.oiss.yale.edu. See the description under General Information.

Yale World Fellows Program hosts twelve to eighteen Fellows from outside the United States each year for a term of concentrated study and close contact on the Yale campus; www.yale.edu/worldfellows.

For additional information, the “Yale and the World” Web site is a compilation of resources for international students, scholars, and other Yale affiliates interested in the University’s global initiatives: http://world.yale.edu.

Resources for Research and Study

Yale’s outstanding facilities for research and study include a university library system of nearly eleven million volumes, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Office of Information Technology Services, departmental libraries and collections, and the extensive resources of the professional schools. The collections and services of the Research Libraries Group, which consists of Columbia, Harvard, and Yale universities and the New York Public Library, are also available to students.

Special research facilities for the sciences include the Bass Center for Molecular and Structural Biology, Josiah Willard Gibbs Research Laboratories, Kline Geology Laboratory, Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Kline Biology Tower, Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center, the Class of 1954 Environmental Science Center, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, the Arthur W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Arthur K. Watson Hall for computer science, the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, and the many other science laboratories throughout the campus.

The Dean

Jon Butler, 112 HGS, 432.2733, grad.dean@yale.edu

The dean of the Graduate School is appointed by the president of the University and is responsible for the educational mission of the Graduate School, its faculty, the quality of its programs, and the welfare of graduate students.

Associate and Assistant Deans for Academic Affairs

Pamela Schirmeister, Associate Dean, 136 HGS, 432.7598, pamela.schirmeister@yale.edu
Richard G. Sleight, Associate Dean, 132 HGS, 432.2744, richard.sleight@yale.edu
Edward Barnaby, Assistant Dean, 135 HGS, 436.2628, edward.barnaby@yale.edu
Robert Harper-Mangels, Assistant Dean, 133 HGS, 432.1884,
robert.harper-mangels@yale.edu

The academic deans of the Graduate School are responsible for the administration of graduate programs, normally in consultation with the directors of graduate studies, and for the academic and personal well-being of students. They participate in decisions regarding admissions, financial aid, academic performance, and the application of the regulations and policies of the Graduate School.

Dean Schirmeister and Dean Barnaby oversee Ph.D. and terminal master’s programs in African American Studies; African Studies; American Studies; Archaeological Studies; Classics; Comparative Literature; East Asian Languages and Literatures; East Asian Studies; Economics; English Language and Literature; European and Russian Studies; Film Studies; French; Germanic Languages and Literatures; History; History of Art; History of Medicine and Science; International and Development Economics; International Relations; Italian Language and Literature; Management; Medieval Studies; Music; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Philosophy; Political Science; Religious Studies; Renaissance Studies; Slavic Languages and Literatures; Sociology; Spanish and Portuguese; and Urban Education Studies.

Dean Sleight and Dean Harper-Mangels oversee Ph.D. and terminal master’s programs in Anthropology; Applied Mathematics; Astronomy; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Cell Biology; Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Chemistry; Computational Biology and Bioinformatics; Computer Science; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Engineering and Applied Science (Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering); Epidemiology and Public Health; Experimental Pathology; Forestry & Environmental Studies; Genetics; Geology and Geophysics; Immunobiology; Investigative Medicine; Linguistics; Mathematics; M.D./Ph.D. Program; Microbiology; Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Neurobiology; Neuroscience; Nursing; Pharmacology; Physics; Psychology; and Statistics

Assistant Dean for Administration

John Mangan, 113 HGS, john.mangan@yale.edu

Dean Mangan administers programs, grants, and special projects related to the Graduate School. He serves as a liaison between the Graduate School and other University offices, including Development, the Registrar, Information Technology Services, and the Association of Yale Alumni. He participates in the development of strategic and long-range plans, as well as the overall management of offices and facilities in the Hall of Graduate Studies.

Directors of Graduate Studies (DGS)

A senior faculty member, appointed by the dean, serves as director of graduate studies (DGS) for each department or program. The directors of graduate studies are responsible for the satisfactory administration of the programs of graduate study and function as advisers and guides to all graduate students in their respective department and programs. They help graduate students to plan an appropriate course of study and research, and advise on and approve course schedules. The DGS acts as the liaison between each student in the department or program and the Office of the Dean.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity

TBA, Assistant Dean, Director, 127 HGS, 432.0763,
www.yale.edu/graduateschool/diversity

The Office for Diversity and Equal Opportunity’s mission is to expand the diversity of the student body and to enhance the intellectual experience of the entire scholarly community. The office coordinates efforts to recruit and retain students of color, women, and other diverse groups at Yale Graduate School. The assistant dean works collaboratively with departments and programs to support the needs of these students as they pursue graduate study. The assistant dean advises prospective and current minority graduate students, directs the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program, Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP), oversees Diversity Recruitment Days, writes and administers grants, and provides reports on the Graduate School’s progress in recruiting and retaining diverse students. Graduate Diversity Fellows within the office are also appointed annually to assist the office in the development and implementation of a wi! de array of programs, such as application seminars, mentoring programs, discussions and lectures presented by diverse scholars, and social and cultural events. An Advisory Committee, appointed by the dean, meets regularly to discuss and review the office’s programmatic efforts.

The McDougal Graduate Student Center

Hall of Graduate Studies, 432.BLUE (2583)
www.yale.edu/graduateschool/mcdougal/

Graduate Career Services

Victoria A. Blodgett, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Director, Graduate Career Services
Kathryn Douglas, Assistant Director, McDougal Graduate Student Center, and Recruiting Coordinator
124 HGS, 432.2583, mcdougal.careers@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/mcdougal/careers

Graduate Career Services (GCS) is a comprehensive career center for students and alumni/ae of the Graduate School and for postdoctoral fellows. Through individual advising, a full schedule of programs each term, on-campus recruiting, videotaped interview practice, and a library of print resources as well as career-related Web links, the office assists with career education, decision making, and job search planning. The GCS director consults with directors of graduate studies to develop programs that supplement the department’s role in the professional development of students pursuing an academic career. For graduate students considering careers beyond the professoriate, the director initiates programs and develops links with employers who seek graduate students’ skills. Students are encouraged to begin using the services of the office early in their graduate careers in order to increase their opportunities upon the completion of their degree.

Graduate Student Life

Lisa Brandes, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Director, Graduate Student Life
122 HGS, 432.2583, mcdougal.center@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/mcdougal/studentlife

The Office of Graduate Student Life is responsible for student life programs in the McDougal Center and student services in the Graduate School. McDougal Graduate Fellows and staff produce a wide array of student life programs, including coffeehouses, arts, literary, music, sports and cultural events, health and wellness sessions, outings, family activities and resources, international student events, public service opportunities, monthly happy hours, dances, and events for various student groups. Graduate Student Life provides advice and support to graduate student organizations, which may sponsor events at the Center. Activities are announced in the weekly e-mail McDougal Notes (www.yale.edu/graduateschool/mcdougal), through specialized e-mail lists, and on the McDougal Center Student Life Web calendar at the site listed above.

The Office of Graduate Student Life also coordinates general campus services for graduate students, serving as the student advocate and departmental liaison for graduate housing, dining services, health services, athletics, security, and parking and transit. The director and staff are available to answer questions or help with any problems that students may have, including speaking individually about issues concerning their life at Yale and other personal matters and concerns. The Student Life office also organizes recruitment activities, new student orientation, dean’s events, Commencement, and other events for the Graduate School community.

The McDougal Graduate Teaching Center

William C. Rando, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Director, Graduate Teaching Center
125 HGS, 432.2583, william.rando@yale.edu, mcdougal.teaching@yale.edu
TBA, Associate Director, Science Education, Graduate Teaching Center
www.yale.edu/mcdougal/teaching

The Graduate Teaching Center offers a full range of training, consultation, and development services to teachers and teaching fellows at Yale. The director and staff of fifteen graduate teaching consultants are available throughout the year and in a variety of capacities, providing assistance and training for brand-new teachers as well as experienced members of the faculty. Each year the Center offers a comprehensive program of teaching workshops, dealing with topics such as effective discussion leading, classroom management, lecturing, and course design. The Center also organizes four- to six-week courses in the fundamentals of teaching in each of four areas: humanities, social sciences, sciences, and foreign languages. Through its Spring Teaching Forum and lecture series, the GTC also provides a venue for members of the Yale community to discuss issues in undergraduate education and to explore the latest in teaching innovation. Anyone teaching at Yale can co! ntact the Center for an individual consultation at any time. Classroom visitations and videotaping are also available. The GTC works closely with academic departments to design discipline-specific training for teaching fellows and new faculty. The GTC publishes Becoming Teachers: The Graduate Student Guide to Teaching at Yale as well as Tales from the Classroom, which presents teaching cases from Yale as short, illustrated comics. Graduate students interested in the activities organized by the GTC should visit the Web site and sign up for the GTC listserv, TeachingNotes.

Dossier Service

126 HGS, McDougal Center, 432.8850, fax 432.8356, dossier@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/graduateschool/careers/dossier.html

Students and alumni/ae applying for academic or nonacademic positions may use the dossier service. The dossier contains students’ letters of recommendation and an official transcript of Yale graduate work. On request, a dossier will be sent to employers, agencies, and schools considering a student or alumnus/a for permanent or short-term positions, and for grants and fellowships. The director of Graduate Career Services oversees the Dossier Service.

Facilities and Services

A generous gift from Mr. Alfred McDougal ’53, a Yale alumnus, and his wife, Ms. Nancy Lauter, enabled Yale to create the McDougal Graduate Student Center in 1997. The McDougal Center provides space and programs for building intellectual, cultural, and social community, as well as facilitating professional development activities across the departments of the Graduate School.

The facilities of the McDougal Center, which is housed in HGS, enhance student life in many ways. The restored Common Room has a lounge with comfortable furnishings and the student-run Blue Dog Cafe, which serves coffee and light foods. Other center facilities include large meeting rooms, a recreation room with children’s corner, an ITS student computing cluster with printer and copier, telephones, information kiosks, lockers, and vending machines, a music room, and the Resource Library. The Center also has offices for the McDougal Fellows, Diversity Fellows, and Graduate Teaching Center student staff, the Graduate Student Assembly, as well as the directors and staff of Graduate Student Life, Graduate Career Services, and Graduate Teaching Center, described below.

The McDougal Center, which is open days, evenings, and weekends during the academic term, provides members of the Graduate School community with a place of their own on campus. The Center also welcomes postdoctoral appointees, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae of the Graduate School, as well as members of the larger Yale graduate and professional school community. Graduate student groups and departments may request to reserve space by contacting the Center office.

Resource Library

McDougal Center
www.yale.edu/graduateschool/mcdougal/resourceLibrary.html

Located in the McDougal Center offices and in room B45, the Resource Library is a collection of books, other documentation, and Web resources for graduate students and postdoctoral appointees regarding careers (both academic and non-academic), teaching, writing and research, graduate student life and diversity, and funding opportunities. Materials may be checked out for use in the center or be copied in the ITS computer cluster.

Admissions

Robert Colonna, Director, 117B HGS, 203.432.2771, graduate.admissions@yale.edu
Lisa Furino, Assistant Director, 117A HGS, 203.432.2771, graduate.admissions@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/graduateschool/admissions/

The Office of Graduate Admissions coordinates and oversees all aspects of application to the Graduate School for individuals seeking master’s and doctoral degrees, as well as for nondegree study. The Office of Graduate Admissions also works with the associate deans and academic departments to provide relevant information and decisions to applicants.

Finance and Administration

Alice Oliver, Director, 131 HGS, 432.2739, alice.oliver@yale.edu

The Office of Finance and Administration is responsible for all financial transactions in the Graduate School, overseeing both financial aid and operating activities. Working with the dean and others, the office develops and monitors all Graduate School budgets and expenditures, maintaining compliance with internal and external policies and regulations. The office provides support to the dean and Graduate School supervisory staff in hiring, training, and related human resources activities of the School. The office is a resource to Graduate School, University, and external organizations seeking interpretation of policies and regulations and providing guidance about procedures, reporting, and interactive systems.

Financial Aid

Jennifer Brinley, Associate Director, 130 HGS, 432.7980, jennifer.brinley@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/graduateschool/financial

The Office of Financial Aid is a resource to graduate students, departments, and non-Yale organizations needing guidance or assistance regarding financial aid policies and the administration of fellowships and student loan programs. The office oversees and maintains financial and data management systems and disburses all graduate student financial aid.

Registrar’s Office

Stephen Goot, Deputy Registrar, 114 HGS, 432.2743, stephen.goot@yale.edu

The Registrar’s Office maintains the academic records of all students in the Graduate School. In addition, the Registrar’s Office develops course and classroom schedules and oversees registration, tuition charges, academic holds, dissertation submission, final clearance at graduation, and release of diplomas for Commencement. Students should consult this office to report changes in name or Social Security number, to request transcripts, or to certify their enrollment in the Graduate School. Students can change their address listing at www.yale.edu/sis.

Teaching Fellow Program

Judith Dozier Hackman, Director, 139 HGS, 432.2757, judith.hackman@yale.edu
Howard el-Yasin, Assistant Director, 139 HGS, 432.2757, howard.el-yasin@yale.edu

The Teaching Fellow Program is the principal framework at Yale in which graduate students learn to become effective teachers. Learning to teach and to evaluate student work is fundamental to the education of graduate students. The Teaching Fellow Program provides opportunities for graduate students to develop teaching skills, under faculty guidance, through active participation in the teaching of Yale undergraduates. Teaching fellows who encounter problems or difficulties related to their teaching roles are encouraged to meet with the director of the Teaching Fellow Program or their associate dean.

Committees

Currently five standing committees are concerned with the policies and procedures of the Graduate School; as with all standing committees, their deliberations are confidential. Student members of these committees are selected by the Graduate Student Assembly.

The Executive Committee: A committee of faculty members and graduate students, chaired by the dean, advises the dean on broad matters of policy and procedure and makes recommendations to the faculty of the Graduate School.

The Degree Committees: There are three degree committees, serving the divisions of humanities, social sciences, and biological and physical sciences. The degree committees, composed of members of the division’s faculty and chaired by the dean, meet twice a year and are responsible to the faculty of the Graduate School for maintaining standards of graduate education in the School and for recommending candidates for degrees. They review special academic problems of individual students and, when appropriate, the educational programs of the departments.

Dean’s Advisory Committee on Student Grievances: Composed of three students, three faculty members, normally one from each division, and one administrator of the Graduate School, the committee reviews complaints brought by graduate students against a member of the faculty or administration of the Graduate School (see Grievance Procedures under Policies and Regulations).

The Grievance Board for Student Complaints of Sexual Harassment: Composed of two faculty members, two graduate student members, an administrator of the Graduate School, and a person with counseling experience, the board exists to support an atmosphere of mutual tolerance and respect in the Graduate School. It is responsible for addressing complaints of sexual harassment brought by graduate students against administrators, faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, other instructors of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, or other graduate students (see Grievance Procedures under Policies and Regulations).

The Committee on Regulations and Discipline: Composed of three graduate students, three faculty members, normally one from each division, and an associate dean, the committee reviews violations of the regulations governing academic and personal conduct (see Personal Conduct under Policies and Regulations).

Graduate Student Assembly (GSA)

B43 HGS, 432.8893
graduate.student.assembly@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/assembly

Students in the Graduate School are represented collectively by the Graduate Student Assembly, which provides a forum for students to address issues across the Graduate School and University. It consults with the dean and other administrators on proposed changes in Graduate School policy, raises concerns expressed by the student body, nominates the student members of all Graduate School standing committees, and administers a conference travel fund for graduate students. Representatives to the assembly are elected by students in individual departments and degree programs. Each department or program has at least one student representative, with additional representatives allotted proportionally by size of the student population.

Graduate-Professional Student Senate (GPSS)

gpss@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/gpss/

Founded in 1971, the Graduate-Professional Student Senate (GPSS) fosters discussion and the exchange of ideas among the graduate and professional student population. All graduate and professional students are eligible to become senators. Senators are chosen each year by their respective schools. The GPSS meets every two weeks throughout the academic year, and meetings are open to the graduate and professional school community. Members serve on and make appointments to University committees, meet with University officials and Yale Corporation members, sponsor informational workshops and conferences, organize lectures and social events, and assist in community service events. Additionally, the GPSS oversees operation of the Graduate-Professional Student Center at Yale (GPSCY), at 203 York Street, which includes office and meeting spaces for graduate-professional student organizations, and the Gryphon’s Pub.

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