The graduate officer is the faculty member or senior academic staff member who oversees graduate affairs on behalf of a department or degree-granting program. Graduate officers advocate for graduate students, provide guidance, manage conflicts, enforce departmental policies, develop strategic programming and curricula, and approve final degree lists. Most importantly, graduate officers work to ensure that a graduate program works in the best interest of its students.
The full scope of the role is determined by the practice and culture of the department or program. Additional responsibilities may include recruitment and admissions, student orientation, and advising student groups. Various Institute offices collaborate with the graduate officers as a group to catalyze positive change for MIT’s graduate student community.
The Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education convenes the graduate officers monthly during the academic year to discuss topics related to graduate education that benefit from their important perspective, and to provide a forum for graduate officers to share best practices with each other.
| DEPARTMENT | NAME | ROOM | PHONE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 – Civil and Environmental Engineering | Heidi Nepf | hmnepf@mit.edu | 48-216D | 253-8622 |
| 2 – Mechanical Engineering | Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou | ngh@mit.edu | 3-364 | 452-2280 |
| 3 – Materials Science and Engineering | Aristide Gumyusenge | aristide@mit.edu | 13-5046 | 715-2828 |
| 4 – Architecture | Timothy Hyde | thyde@mit.edu | 3-305G | 324-7311 |
| 5 – Chemistry | Adam Willard | awillard@mit.edu | 6-231 | 253-1480 |
| 6 – Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Katrina LaCurts (MEng) | lacurts@mit.edu | 38-587 | 253-5994 |
| Leslie Kolodziejski (SM & PhD) | leskolo@mit.edu | 38-450 | 253-7327 | |
| 7 – Biology | Mary Gehring | mgehring@wi.mit.edu | WI-401B | 324-0343 |
| 8 – Physics | Lindley Winslow Will Detmold | lwinslow@mit.edu wdetmold@mit.edu | 26-569 6-303 | 253-2332 324-6181 |
| 9 – Brain and Cognitive Sciences | Mark Harnett | harnett@mit.edu | 46-4019 | 324-6988 |
| 10 – Chemical Engineering | Hadley Sikes | sikes@mit.edu | E19-502C | 253-5224 |
| 11 – Urban Studies and Planning | Gabriella Carolini | carolini@mit.edu | 9-539 | 253-6254 |
| 12 – Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | Paul O’Gorman | paogorman@mit.edu | 54-1022 | 253-5735 |
| 14 – Economics | Isaiah Andrews | iandrews@mit.edu | E52-530 | 835-5274 |
| 15 – Sloan School of Management | Rodrigo Verdi (Masters Programs) | rverdi@mit.edu | E60-380 | 253-2956 |
| 15 – Sloan School of Management | Eric So (PhD programs) | eso@mit.edu | E62-677 | 253-6470 |
| 16 – Aeronautics and Astronautics | Jonathan How | jhow@mit.edu | 31-317 | 253-3267 |
| 17 – Political Science | Devin Caughey | caughey@mit.edu | E53-463 | 324-4085 |
| 18 – Mathematics | Davesh Maulik (Pure Math) | maulik@mit.edu | 2-346 | 253-1796 |
| Jonathan Kelner | kelner@mit.edu | 2-344 | 253-4344 | |
| Zhiwei Yun (Pure Math) | Zhiwei@mit.edu | 2-436 | 253-1918 | |
| 20 – Biological Engineering | Forest White | fwhite@mit.edu | 76-353 | 452-2538 |
| 21W – Science Writing | Seth Mnookin | smnookin@mit.edu | 14N-420 | 324-1868 |
| 22 – Nuclear Science and Engineering | Ju Li | liju@mit.edu | 24-202 | 253-0166 |
| 24 – Linguistics and Philosophy | Brad Skow (Philosophy) | bskow@mit.edu | 32-D930 | 253-4147 |
| Sabine Iatridou (Linguistics) | iatridou@mit.edu | 32-D882 | 253-2640 | |
| ACT – Art, Culture, & Technology | Leslie Norford | lnorford@mit.edu | E15-211 | 253-8797 |
| CMS – Comparative Media Studies | Seth Mnookin | smnookin@mit.edu | 14n-420 | 324-1868 |
| CRE – Center for Real Estate | Walter Torous | wtorous@mit.edu | 9-343 | 253-5000 |
| CSB – Computational and Systems Biology | Chris Burge | cburge@mit.edu | 68-271A | 258-5997 |
| CSE – Computational Science and Engineering (SM & PhD) | David Darmofal | darmofal@mit.edu | 33-219 | 258-0743 |
| HST – Health Sciences and Technology | Henrike Besche | hbesche@mit.edu | 460-6934 | |
| IDSS – Institute for Data, Systems & Society | Fotini Christia (SES) | cfotini@mit.edu | E53-417 | 324-5595 |
| Frank Field (TPP) | furd@mit.edu | E17-379 | 253-2146 | |
| Noelle Selin | selin@mit.edu | E17-381 | 324-2592 | |
| LGO | Thomas Roemer | troemer@mit.edu | E40-319 | 324-6209 |
| MAS – Media Arts and Sciences | Mitch Resnick | mres@media.mit.edu | E14-548P | 253-8988 |
| MICRO – Interdepartmental Microbiology | Jacquin Niles | jcniles@mit.edu | 56-341B | 324-5698 |
| Otto Cordero | ottox@mit.edu | 48-429 | 230-4153 | |
| Music Technology & Computation | Eran Egozy | egozy@mit.edu | ||
| ORC – Operations Research Center | James Orlin | jorlin@mit.edu | E62-570 | 253-6606 |
| SCM – Supply Chain Management | Maria Jesus Saenz | mjsaenz@mit.edu | E40-379 | 258-8235 |
| SDM – Systems Design & Management | Warren Seering | seering@mit.edu | 3-433 | 253-8253 |
| STS – History, Anthropology and Science, Technology and Society | Megan A. Black | mablack@mit.edu | E51-255 | 802-281-9534 |
| Joint Program with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Mick Follows | mick@mit.edu | Academic Programs Office, Woods Hole MA | 253-5939 |
