Faculty Affairs Office

The Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Faculty Affairs office works with the School’s academic leadership to build an outstanding faculty and to support the creation of an environment where GSD’s gifted designers, scholars, and teachers can do their best work.

Resources

Faculty Handbooks & Policies
We are pleased to share with you the GSD Faculty Policies, including the criteria and procedures for faculty appointments, and the policies by which we are governed as a community.

View Faculty Handbooks and Policies
- Faculty Appointments Handbook
- Faculty Policies Handbook
- GSD Community Values
Teaching at the GSD

As designers, planners, historians, critics, and educators, we strive to shepherd the world toward a future that we envision for a better tomorrow. –Dean Sarah Whiting

Academic Calendars and Schedules

Faculty Organizational Chart and Assignments

GSD Campus

Online Teaching Resources

How to Submit Grades

How to Use Canvas to Manage Student Work

Studio Culture Policy
Faculty Benefits

Office of Faculty Development & Diversity, provides information on faculty benefits, parental leave, child care, diversity policies, work/life programs, housing resources, and more.

Benefits Office provides customer service, communications, and education to ensure that employees can make the most of their benefits. Also provides comprehensive retirement programs for your long-term financial security.

HR Information for Faculty (HARVie)

Faculty Benefits Summary

Faculty Housing Services

Faculty Child Care Services
Resources for Non-Faculty Academic Positions (NFA)

These resources describe policies and procedures related to a range of non-faculty academic positions available at the School.

Non-Faculty Academic Appointments Handbook

Non-Faculty Academic Appointments Policy Guide

Non-Faculty Academic Hire Form (Research Associates/Post-docs)

Temporary/Short-term Employee Hire Form (Temporary Research Assistants)

Visiting Scholars and Visiting Fellows Appointments Guide

Visiting Scholars and Visiting Fellows Application Instructions & Form
Open Faculty and Non-Faculty Academic Positions

GSD faculty positions and other academic positions may be viewed here; applications are made through the Harvard Academic Jobs portal.

View Open Faculty and Non-Faculty Academic Positions
Harvard University-Wide Resources

Harvard International Office (HIO) provides information related to immigration issues, financial questions, social and cultural differences.

Office for Gender Equity works to advance Harvard’s commitment to providing an environment where each of us feels safe to participate fully in University life.

Office for Scholarly Communication spearheads campus-wide initiatives to open, share, and preserve scholarship.

Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) is a multi-specialty medical practice exclusively for members of the Harvard community.

Our Team

The Office of Faculty Affairs provides information and facilitation for appointments, promotions, professional development opportunities, leaves, retirement, visas, workload questions and other aspects of academic life. We manage faculty searches, recruiting, and the junior faculty mentorship program, and we also provide support for non-faculty academic appointments including postdocs and research associates. We are happy to schedule individual meetings as needed, or to connect via Teams on an unscheduled basis as available.

Staff