Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

The Graduate Student Organization is a student-run organization serving graduate students in the department. It organizes social events to bring graduate students in Sociology together, provides programming to meet graduate student needs, and serves as a bridge between the graduate student body and the administration. GSO meetings are held periodically throughout the year.

GSO Executive Committee

The GSO Executive Committee is made up of those individuals serving in the other elected GSO positions including the Representatives on the Committee on Higher Degrees (2), the Graduate Admissions Committee (2), the Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee (2 in years with a Tenure-Track Faculty search), and the Graduate Student Council (2). The Executive Committee is headed by the GSO President or Co-Presidents. In addition to their specific Department committee duties, these individuals are expected to attend GSO meetings throughout the year, adding their voices to discussions about GSO policy issues, and casting votes in GSO Executive Committee decision-making. In addition to representing the particular interests of the Department committees they represent (e.g., Prospective Student interests, etc.), the Executive Committee members are also the voices of the GSO ad-hoc subcommittees they oversee and the democratically chosen representatives of the current graduate student body and its interests. As the representatives of graduate student interests in GSO governance, GSO Executive Committee members are all selected through direct election by the GSO membership.

2026-2027 GSO Officers & Representatives

Co-Presidents (Incoming): Jeremy Mopsick & Emma Fromont
Co-Presidents (Outgoing): Devon Rojas & Johnny Smith
Treasurer: Amber Smith
Social Chair: Francisca Afantchao Biakou
Writing Group Co-Chairs: Jules Regan & Nicc Forster-Benson
Coffee Tsar: Iva Stojanovic
Peer Mentorship Chair: Yinan Wang
Job Market Mentorship Chair: Hannah Castner
Cohort Representative Council: G1: Henri Jackson; G2: Helen Zhou; G3: Kseniya Dzhala; G4: Hannah Castner; G5: Open; G6+: Cat O'Donnell
Graduate Student Council (GSC) Representatives: Sociology: Matt Carson; Sociology & Social Policy: Siri Neerchal; Organizational Behavior: Open
Committee on Undergraduate Studies (by appointment): Cat O'Donnell
Professional Development: Bok Pedagogy Fellow (by appointment): Cat O'Donnell
Departmental Writing Fellow (by appointment): Devon Rojas (Fall 2026); Spring 2027: Open
Colloquium Committee: N/A
Committee on Higher Degrees (CHD): Open
Graduate Admissions Committee: Open
Senior Faculty Search: N/A
Tenure-Track Faculty Search: N/A
Committee for Inclusion and Professionalism: N/A
Committee for Engaged Sociology: Open

The GSO has voted to endorse the Harvard Teaching Campaign's petition calling for a cap of 12 students per section. This proposed cap on section size bears significantly on teaching workload and teaching availability for graduate students. More information on the Harvard Teaching Campaign can be found here.