University-wide working groups
Generative AI poses unprecedented challenges and opportunities for higher education. In summer 2023, Harvard's leadership began convening discussions with faculty and administrators to explore how GenAI could impact how we teach, learn, research, and work.
Generative AI Teaching and Learning Group
The GenAI Teaching and Learning Group seeks to share resources, identify emerging best practices, and craft effective strategies for common challenges. It provides for direct and timely communication between people responsible for implementation at each of the Schools, as well as communication with University leadership and with the other two groups.
- Klara Jelinkova (chair), Vice President and University Chief Information Officer (HUIT)
- Kristen Anderson, Administrative Dean (HDS)
- Richard Bakken, Chief Information Officer (GSD)
- Chris Bebenek, University Attorney (OGC)
- Mary Ann Bradley, Associate Dean for Administrative Operations (FAS)
- Ismael Carreras, Special Project Advisor (FAS)
- Frank Cafasso, Director of Information Technology (RAD)
- Sean Caron, Vice President for Campus Services (CS)
- Beth Clark, Chief Information Officer (HBS)
- Kyle Courtney, Director of Copyright and Information Policy (HLS)
- Manuel Cuevas-Trisan, Vice President for Human Resources (HHR)
- Jeita Deng, Associate Dean, Chief Financial Officer (HKS)
- Deane Eastwood, Chief Information Officer (SPH)
- Mark Goble, Administrative Dean (GSD)
- Lori Gross, Associate Provost for Arts and Culture (OPP)
- Stephanie Gumble, Chief Operating Officer (HUIT)
- Tim Harrigan, Associate Director for EDIB Research and Assessment (OEDIB)
- Kelsey Heroux, Project Manager (OPP)
- Ritu Kalra, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (FAD)
- Stacey Kane, Director of Risk and Compliance and IT Strategy and Security (HSDM)
- Simone Leary, Chief Human Resource Officer (HMS)
- Nisha Mongia, Executive Dean (HRI)
- Siovhan O’Connor, Associate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (AA&D)
- Robert Oatman, Chief Information Officer (GSE)
- Brooke Pulitzer, Senior Assistant Provost for Research (OVPR)
- Leslie Schaffer, Associate Dean for Finance (SEAS)
- Mary Straub, AVP of Central Finance and Administration (CADM)
- Vaughn Waters, Chief of Administrative Operations (Library)
- Tracee Whitley, Dean for Administration (HLS)
- Jenn Wickman, Chief of Staff, Office of the UCIO (HUIT)
Generative AI Research and Scholarship Group
The GenAI Research and Scholarship Group focuses on how to enable, and support the integrity of, our scholarly activities with generative AI tools. It considers how to ensure accuracy of information from generative AI tools; how to safeguard confidential data and intellectual property; how to generate and improve research proposals while meeting funder expectations; and how to use these tools to communicate scholarship.
- John Shaw (chair), Vice Provost for Research
- Demba Ba, Professor of Electrical Engineering (SEAS)
- Andy Beam, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and of Biomedical Informatics (SPH/HMS)
- Molly Brady, Deputy Dean (HLS)
- Ellen Desmarais, Chief Operations Officer & EVP Higher Ed for Harvard Business Publishing (HBS)
- Hawazin Elani, Assistant Professor of Oral Health Policy & Epidemiology
- Sam Gershman, Professor of Psychology (FAS)
- Sharad Goel, Professor of Public Policy (HKS)
- Klara Jelinkova, Vice President and University Chief Information Officer (HUIT)
- Terrence Johnson, Professor of African American Religious Studies (HDS)
- Sham Kakade, Professor of Computer Science and of Statistics (SEAS)
- Emre Keskin, University Research Data Officer (OVPR/HUIT)
- Sam Kou, Professor of Statistics (FAS/SPH)
- Hanspeter Pfister, Academic Dean for Computing, Information and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (SEAS)
- John Quackenbush, Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (SPH)
- Allen Sayegh, Design Critic and Senior Interaction Technologies Fellow
- Stuart Snydman, Associate University Librarian and Managing Director, Library Technology (HUIT/Library)
- Latanya Sweeney, Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology (FAS/HKS)
- Marty West, Academic Dean (GSE)
- Marinka Zitnik, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics (HMS)
Generative AI Administration and Operations Group
The GenAI Administration and Operations Group works to address information security, data privacy, procurement, and administration
and organizational efficiencies.
- Klara Jelinkova (chair), Vice President and University Chief Information Officer (HUIT)
- Kristen Anderson, Administrative Dean (HDS)
- Mary Ann Bradley, Associate Dean for Administrative Operations (FAS)
- Mike Burke, Dean of Student Services (College)
- Sean Caron, Vice President for Campus Services (CS)
- Beth Clark, Chief Information Officer (HBS)
- Pam Cozza, Chief Human Resources Officer (HKS)
- Manuel Cuevas-Trisan, Vice President for Human Resources (HHR)
- Deane Eastwood, Chief Information Officer (SPH)
- Mark Goble, Administrative Dean (GSD)
- Lori Gross, Associate Provost for Arts and Culture (OPP)
- Tim Harrigan, Associate Director for EDIB Research and Assessment (OEDIB)
- Ritu Kalra, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (FAD)
- Stacey Kane, Director of Risk and Compliance and IT Strategy and Security (HSDM)
- Simone Leary, Chief Human Resource Officer (HMS)
- Nisha Mongia, Executive Dean (HRI)
- Siovhan O’Connor, Associate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (AA&D)
- Robert Oatman, Chief Information Officer (GSE)
- Leslie Schaffer, Associate Dean for Finance (SEAS)
- Mary Straub, AVP of Central Finance and Administration (CADM)
- Vaughn Waters, Chief of Administrative Operations (Library)
- Tracee Whitley, Dean for Administration (HLS)