Faculty members of the Committee on Graduate Studies serve as advisers to MALS students, attend thesis orals boards, assist with the evaluation of initial and candidacy applications, and set policies and curriculum for the program. Membership in the committee varies from year to year.
2026–2027 Graduate Commitee
Greg Anderson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (fall)
Kara Becker, Professor of Linguistics
Zhenya Bershtein, Professor of Russian
Michael Breen, Professor of History
Jay Dickson, Professor of English and Humanities (spring)
Dana Katz (Chair), Joshua C. Taylor Professor of Art History and Humanities
Aaron Ramirez, Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies (spring)
Laura Zientek (ex officio), Associate Dean of Graduate and Special Programs