Purpose

The Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences advises the Executive and Expanded Executive Committees on matters of policy in regards to the future of the FAS.

The Steering Committee is chaired by the Dean of the FAS and includes the Deans of Yale College and the Graduate School, as well as other members who are invited by the Dean as voting or non-voting attendees.

Committee Membership for 2024-25

Tamar Szabó Gendler (Fall 2024) | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Steven Wilkinson (Spring 2025) | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies; Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Henry R. Luce Director of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies

Alexandra Apolloni | Assistant Dean for Faculty Development and Outreach, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Robert Burger | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Margaret Clark | Dean of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; John M. Musser Professor of Psychology

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Larry Gladney | FAS Dean of Science; Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Physics

Pericles Lewis | Dean of Yale College; Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English

John R. Mangan | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Dean of Faculty Affairs

Dorottya Noble | Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Marc Robinson | FAS Dean of Humanities; Malcolm G. Chace ‘56 Professor of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, of English, of American Studies; Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the David Geffen School of Drama

Kenneth Scheve | FAS Dean of Social Science; Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Pamela Schirmeister | Deputy Dean of Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Jason Zentz | Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Past Committee Membership

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Alexandra Apolloni | Assistant Dean for Faculty Development and Outreach, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Robert Burger | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Margaret Clark | Dean of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; John M. Musser Professor of Psychology

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Larry Gladney | FAS Dean of Science; Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Physics

Pericles Lewis | Dean of Yale College; Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English

Kathryn Lofton | FAS Dean of Humanities; Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History and Divinity

John R. Mangan | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Dean of Faculty Affairs

Dorottya Noble | Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Kenneth Scheve | FAS Dean of Social Science; Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Pamela Schirmeister | Deputy Dean of Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Anne Shutkin | Chief of Staff, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Jason Zentz | Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Alexandra Apolloni | Assistant Dean for Faculty Development and Outreach, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Robert Burger | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Margaret Clark | Dean of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; John M. Musser Professor of Psychology

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Larry Gladney | FAS Dean of Science; Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Physics

Pericles Lewis | Dean of Yale College; Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English

Kathryn Lofton | FAS Dean of Humanities; Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History and Divinity

John R. Mangan | Senior Associate Dean & Dean of Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Dorottya Noble | Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Kenneth Scheve | FAS Dean of Social Science; Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Peter Schiffer | Director for Strategic Projects, FAS Dean’s Office; Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics

Pamela Schirmeister | Senior Associate Dean and Dean of Strategic Initiatives for the Graduate School; Dean of Undergraduate Education at Yale College

Anne Shutkin | Chief of Staff, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Jason Zentz | Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Jeffrey Brock | Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science; FAS Dean of Science; Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics

Robert Burger | Sr. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Marvin Chun | Dean of Yale College; Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology and Professor of Neuroscience

Margaret Clark | Dean of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; John M. Musser Professor of Psychology

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Alan Gerber (Fall only) | Outgoing FAS Dean of Social Science; Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Economics and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Larry Gladney | Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Physics

Kathryn (Katie) Lofton | FAS Dean of Humanities; Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History and Divinity

John Mangan | Sr. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Dean of Faculty Affairs

Sarah Miller | Assistant Dean for Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Pamela Schirmeister | Sr. Associate Dean and Dean of Strategic Initiatives for The Graduate School; Dean of Undergraduate Education at Yale College

Anne Shutkin | Chief of Staff, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Vincent Wilczynski | Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science

Steven Wilkinson | Acting FAS Dean of Social Science; Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies; Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Jason Zentz | Assistant Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Alexandra Apolloni (non-voting member) | Project Specialist for Communications and Faculty Development, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Alexandra Apolloni (non-voting member) | Project Specialist for Communications and Faculty Development, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Jeffrey Brock | Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science; FAS Dean of Science; Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics

Robert Burger | Sr. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Marvin Chun | Dean of Yale College; Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology and Professor of Neuroscience

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Debra Fischer | Dean of Academic Affairs; Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy

Alan Gerber | FAS Dean of Social Science; Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Economics and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Larry Gladney | Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development; Professor of Physics

Kathryn (Katie) Lofton | Acting FAS Dean of Humanities; Chair, Religious Studies; Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History and Divinity

John Mangan | Sr. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Dean of Faculty Affairs

Sarah Miller | Assistant Dean for Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Pamela Schirmeister | Sr. Associate Dean and Dean of Strategic Initiatives for The Graduate School; Dean of Undergraduate Education at Yale College

Anne Shutkin (non-voting member) | Chief of Staff, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Vincent Wilczynski | Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science

Jason Zentz | Assistant Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Alexandra Apolloni (spring only; non-voting member) | Project Specialist, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Jeffrey Brock | Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science; FAS Dean of Science; Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics

Robert Burger | Sr. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Marvin Chun | Dean of Yale College; Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology and Professor of Neuroscience

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Debra Fischer | Dean of Academic Affairs; Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy

Alan Gerber | FAS Dean of Social Science; Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Economics and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Larry Gladney | Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development; Professor of Physics

Kathryn (Katie) Lofton | Acting FAS Dean of Humanities; Chair, Religious Studies; Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History and Divinity

John Mangan | Sr. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Dean of Faculty Affairs

Sarah Miller (spring only) | Assistant Dean for Science and Engineering, Facutly of Arts and Sciences

Pamela Schirmeister | Sr. Associate Dean and Dean of Strategic Initiatives for The Graduate School; Dean of Undergraduate Education at Yale College

Anne Shutkin (non-voting member) | Chief of Staff, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Vincent Wilczynski | Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science

Jason Zentz | Assistant Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Jeffrey Brock (spring only) | Dean of Science; Professor of Mathematics

Robert Burger | Sr. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Marvin Chun | Dean of Yale College; Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology and Professor of Neuroscience

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Alan Gerber | Dean of Social Science; Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Economics and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Larry Gladney (spring only) | Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development; Professor of Physics

Amy Hungerford | Dean of Humanities; Bird White Housum Professor of English and Professor of American Studies

Kathryn (Katie) Lofton (fall only) | Deputy Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development; Chair, Religious Studies; Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History and Divinity

John Mangan | Sr. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Pamela Schirmeister | Sr. Associate Dean and Dean of Strategic Initiatives for The Graduate School; Dean of Undergraduate Education at Yale College

Mitchell Smooke | Acting Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science; Strathcona Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Paul Turner (fall only) | Acting Dean of Science; Henry Ford II Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Vincent Wilczynski | Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science

Bethany Zemba (fall only; non-voting member) | Sr. Associate Dean, Chief of Staff, and Senior Advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Jason Zentz | Assistant Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Robert Burger | Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Marvin Chun | Dean of Yale College; Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology and Professor of Neuroscience

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

John Dovidio | Dean of Academic Affairs of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Carl I. Hovland Professor of Psychology and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Alan Gerber | Dean of Social Sciences; Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Economics and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Amy Hungerford | Dean of Humanities; Bird White Housum Professor of English and Professor of American Studies

Kathryn (Katie) Lofton | Deputy Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development; Chair, Religious Studies; Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History and Divinity

John Mangan | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Pamela Schirmeister | Sr. Associate Dean and Dean of Strategic Initiatives for The Graduate School; Dean of Undergraduate Education at Yale College

Mitchell Smooke (spring only) | Acting Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, Strathcona Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Paul Turner | Acting Dean of Sciences; Henry Ford II Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

T. Kyle Vanderlick (fall only) | Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science; Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Bethany Zemba (non-voting member) | Senior Associate Dean, Chief of Staff, and Senior Advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Jason Zentz (non-voting member) | Academic and Faculty Affairs Associate, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; VIncent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Emily Bakemeier | Deputy Provost; Dean of Faculty Affairs of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Robert Burger | Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Lynn Cooley | Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

John Dovidio | Dean of Academic Affairs of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Carl I. Hovland Professor of Psychology and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Alan Gerber | Dean of Social Sciences; Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Economics and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Jonathan Holloway | Dean of Yale Collge; Edmund S. Morgan Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History and of American Studies

Amy Hungerford | Dean of Humanities; Professor of English and of American Studies

Kathryn (Katie) Lofton | Deputy Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development; Chair, Religious Studies; Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History and Divinity

John Mangan | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Scott Miller | Divisional Director, Sciences; Chair, Physical Sciences and Engineering Advisory COmmittee; Irénée du Pont Professor of Chemistry

T. Kyle Vanderlick | Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Bethany Zemba (non-voting member) | Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Emily Bakemeier | Deputy Provost; Dean of Faculty Affairs of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Robert Burger | Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Lynn Cooley | Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

John Dovidio | Dean of Academic Affairs of the Faculty of Arts of Sciences; Carl I. Hovland Professor of Psychology and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Alan Gerber | Dean of Social Sciences; Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, of Economics and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Jonathan Holloway | Dean of Yale College; Edmund S. Morgan Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History and of American Studies

Amy Hungerford | Dean of Humanities; Professor of English and of American Studies

John Mangan | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Scott Miller | Divisional Director, Sciences; Chair, Physical Sciences and Engineering Advisory Committee; Irénée du Pont Professor of Chemistry

T. Kyle Vanderlick | Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering