# University Faculty Advisory Council ## expand\_more In February 2025, President Alan M. Garber announced the establishment of the University Faculty Advisory Council (UFAC). The Council consists of a distinguished group of 16 faculty from across the University who, following consultation with the deans and careful consideration of nominees, were invited to serve an initial two-year term on the Council. The group meets regularly with the president, provost, and School leadership, offering insights on a broad range of University-wide issues and bringing a range of faculty perspectives to leadership conversations and decisions. ## University Faculty Advisory Council Members [### Martin Bechthold ](https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/person/martin-bechthold/)Kumagai Professor of Architectural Technology and Academic Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Design ![Martin Bechthold](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Martin-Bechthold%20copy.jpg?itok=vQ1OW0JG) [### Iris Bohnet ](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/iris-bohnet)Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government and Co-Director of the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School ![Iris Bohnet](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Bohnet_Iris1%20copy%203.jpg?itok=XsniZ0f-) [### Jorge Chavarro ](https://hsph.harvard.edu/profile/jorge-e-chavarro/)Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School ![Jorge Chavarro](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Jorge_Chavarro%20copy.jpg?itok=4ZhOLmqR) [### Stephen Chong ](https://appliedcryptographysociety.hsites.harvard.edu/people/stephen-chong)Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies for Harvard Computer Science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Faculty Dean, Winthrop House ![Stephen Chong](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Chong-Jul13-01%20copy.jpg?itok=UWAPGsbk) [### Sandeep Robert Datta ](https://neuro.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/sandeep-datta)Professor of Neurobiology and Co-Director of the Harvard Program in Neuroscience Post-Baccalaureate, Harvard Medical School ![Sandeep Robert Datta](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Sandeep_Robert_Datta%20copy.jpg?itok=UKjrLili) [### Annette Gordon-Reed ](https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/annette-gordon-reed/)Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University ![Annette Gordon Reed](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Annette%20Gordon%20Reed%20copy%202.jpg?itok=P2g8xqF-) [### Catherine Hayes ](https://www.hsdm.harvard.edu/people/catherine-hayes)Associate Professor of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine ![Catherine Hayes](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Catherine_Hayes%20copy.jpg?itok=d2RN9IRc) [### Robert Huckman ](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=10653)Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration and Howard Cox Faculty Chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative, Harvard Business School ![Robert Huckman](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Robert_Huckman%20copy.jpg?itok=Vn0MBk9W) [### Tracey Hucks ](https://www.hds.harvard.edu/people/tracey-hucks)Victor S. Thomas Professor of Africana Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School; Suzanne Young Murray Professor, Harvard Radcliffe Institute ![Tracey Hucks](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/hucks-profile-180x220%20copy_0.jpg?itok=ETCQPnzN) [### Stephanie Jones ](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/stephanie-jones)Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development and Faculty Co-Chair of the Early Childhood Concentration, Harvard Graduate School of Education ![Stephanie Jones](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/stephanie_jones_2025%20copy%202.jpg?itok=P2lWQzGB) [### Elizabeth Papp Kamali ](https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/elizabeth-papp-kamali/)Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law, Harvard Law School ![Elizabeth Kamali](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Elizabeth_Kamali%20copy.jpg?itok=5-4FsMhp) [### Robert Kingston ](https://genetics.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/robert-edward-kingston)Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Chief Academic Officer, Mass General Brigham ![Robert Kingston](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/kingston%20copy.jpg?itok=EY_bLxNN) [### Matthew Nock ](https://nocklab.fas.harvard.edu/people/matthew-k-nock-phd)Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ![Matthew Nock](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/matthew_nock%20copy.jpg?itok=y4hiyXtR) [### Karin Öberg ](https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/karin-oberg)Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences ![Karin Oberg](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/karin_oberg%20copy.jpg?itok=EeiJWmZG) [### Gina Schouten ](https://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/people/gina-schouten)Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences ![Gina Schouten](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/schouten_photo%20copy.jpg?itok=BAtKJ86r) [### Fernanda Viégas ](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=1195264)Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Sally Starling Seaver Professor, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; Chandra Family HBS University Fellow, Harvard Business School ![Fernanda Viegas](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Viegas%20copy.jpg?itok=c4BaDixK)