The University Committee on Women Faculty and Students.
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The Graduate Faculty Representative (GFR) is a member of the doctoral student’s advisory committee who is recommended by the advisor and appointed by the Graduate School. The GFR is responsible for assuring the student is treated fairly and impartially by his or her advisory committee, and that University standards and policies are upheld.
Assist the student with selecting faculty members to serve on the dissertation committee (membership guidelines). (For Co-Chairs) Consult with each other to divide up your supervisory responsibilities, and then inform the student. Make sure everyone on the committee is familiar with the roles of Chair or Co-Chair, cognate, and the other members.
If the Chair of a dissertation committee leaves the Standing Faculty before the dissertation is completed, then a new chair from the Standing Faculty in the Graduate Group must be appointed as chair. The dissertation committee chair is responsible for convening committee meetings, advising the student on graduate group and university.
WGS offers Harvard undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to study gender and sexuality from the perspective of fields in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Faculty members are closely involved with students’ academic development at every stage of the concentration. Many of the courses offered by WGS are small seminars, allowing for an exciting and productive.
Students should select a topic and a dissertation advisor as early as possible in their graduate program. Once the student and the advisor are in agreement about the topic and the proposed methodology, additional faculty members should be asked by the student to form a committee to review and evaluate the student's work. By the last day of graduate classes in the spring.
Graduate Faculty Representative When the Advisor believes the dissertation is ready for preliminary approval, it will be circulated in easily legible form among the members of the committee. At the time the entire dissertation is first circulated to the Dissertation Committee, the Dean must be notified to request the appointment of the Graduate Faculty Representative to serve on the Examining.