Search begins for new dean of Harvard Divinity School
Dear Colleagues, As many of you know, William A. Graham announced his intention to step down as dean of the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) at the end of this academic year, following a decade of leadership. As we begin the search for the next dean, I write to describe the search process and invite your thoughts and engagement. Dean Graham has been a dedicated leader of the Divinity School, helping to build on its important legacy within Harvard while also guiding the significant expansion of its work across religious and cultural divides. I am deeply grateful for his long and varied service to the University — as a scholar, teacher, and dean — and I am pleased that he will remain an active faculty member in the years ahead. I plan to commence the search immediately, with the goal of identifying a new dean to begin service in the next academic year. To...