Doctoral Programs

Dissertations are submitted to the Dissertation Office from Academic Programs in the Graduate Divisions & Professional Schools.

Professional Schools:

• The Divinity School (Ph.D., D.Min.) | Sandy Norbeck
• The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies (Ph.D.) | Cynthia Cook-Conley
• The Law School (J.S.D.) | Richard Badger
• The School of Social Service Administration (Ph.D.) | Jasmine Jenkins
• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Ph.D.) | Malaina Brown, Amity James

Departments and Committees:

The Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine (Ph.D.)

 Victoria Prince, Diane Hall, Melissa Lindberg

Graduate Programs

Biomedical Sciences

• Committee on Cancer Biology | Emily Traw
• Committee on Immunology | Emily Traw
• Committee on Microbiology | Kate Malloy
• Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition | Emily Traw
• Department of Pathology | Emily Traw

Darwinian Sciences

• Department of Ecology and Evolution | Alison Anastasio
• Committee on Evolutionary Biology | Carolyn Johnson
• Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy | Alison Anastasio

Molecular Biosciences

• Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Tarnisha Smith
• Committee on Developmental Biology | Kristine Gaston
• Committee on Genetics | Sue Levison
• Department of Human Genetics | Erin Brady
• Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology | Kristine Gaston

Neuroscience

• Committee on Computational Neuroscience | Nicole Kaminiski
• Committee on Neurobiology | Nicole Kaminski

Other Programs

• Biophysical Sciences
• Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program
• Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program
• Committee on Cell Physiology | Nicole Kaminski
• Committee on Medical Physics | Anne Colgan
• Department of Health Studies | Michele Thompson

The Division of the Humanities (Ph.D.)

Martina Munsters, Michael Beetley

Degree-Granting Programs

• Department of Art History | Alex Kostiw
• Committee on Cinema and Media Studies | Matt Wallace
• Department of Classics | Kathleen Fox
• Department of Comparative Literature | Rose Watson
• Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations | Dawn Brennan
• Department of English Language and Literature | Neesha Oliver
• Department of Germanic Studies | Michelle Zimet
• Committee on the History of Culture | Michael Beetley
• Committee on Jewish Studies | Michael Beetley
• Department of Linguistics | Vanessa Wright
• Department of Music | Lawrence Zbikowski
• Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | Adrianne Renberg
• Department of Philosophy | Valerie Wallace
• Department of Romance Languages and Literatures | Jennifer Hurtarte
• Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures | Tracy Davis
• Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations | Alicia Czaplewski

The Division of the Physical Sciences (Ph.D.)

Miranda Swanson, Shirley Proby

Departments and Ph.D. Programs

• Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Laticia Rebeles
• Graduate Program in the Biophysical Sciences | Michele Wittels
• Department of Chemistry | Melinda Moore, Vera Dragisich
• Department of Computer Science | Margaret Jaffey
• Department of the Geophysical Sciences | David Taylor
• Department of Mathematics | Laurie Wail
• Department of Physics | Nobuko McNeill
• Department of Statistics | Matt Johnston, Kathryn Kraynik

The Division of the Social Sciences (Ph.D.)

Patrick Hall, Elizabeth Clark

Ph.D. Programs

• Department of Anthropology | Anne M. Ch'ien
• Department of Comparative Human Development | Janie G. Lardner
• Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science | Adrian Johns
• Department of Economics | Julie Less
• Department of Education | Don Dunbar
• Department of History | David Goodwine
• Department of Political Science | Kathy Anderson
• Department of Psychology | Mimi Halpern Maduff
• John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought | Anne Gamboa
• Department of Sociology | Linnea Martin