#  Office of Academic Affairs (home) 

 



##  Welcome to the Office for Academic Affairs 

 Faculty of Arts and Sciences 

Academic Affairs brings together Faculty Affairs, including the Department Services Team, the Researcher Affairs Team, and FAS Institutional Research, into a single home base of support for faculty and researchers across the FAS. We advise on appointments, promotions, professional development, leaves, and retirement. Together, our teams support all FAS academic departments, centers, and divisions, including the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.



 

 [ About Our Office arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.fas.harvard.edu/academic-affairs) [ Request a Researcher Appointment arrow\_circle\_right ](/researcher-affairs-team) 

 

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##  Important Documents 

 



 [  arrow\_forward  FAS Appointment and Promotion Handbook ](https://academic-appointments.fas.harvard.edu/) [  arrow\_forward  Tenure-Track Handbook ](/resource/tenure-track-handbook) [  arrow\_forward  Postdoctoral Fellows' Handbook ](/links/fas-postdoctoral-fellows%E2%80%99-handbook-2021-22) [  arrow\_forward  Department Chairs' Handbook ](/resource/information-department-chairs-faculty-arts-and-sciences) 

 

 

 

 

##  OAA Quicklinks 

 



 [  arrow\_forward  New Faculty Onboarding ](/onboarding-overview-new-faculty) [  arrow\_forward  Meet our New Faculty ](/resource/new-faculty-poster) [  arrow\_forward  Department and Area Chairs ](/resource/department-and-area-chairs) [  arrow\_forward  Associate Deans and Directors ](https://facultyresources.fas.harvard.edu/office-academic-affairs#dst) 

 

 

 

 

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##  Our Teams 

 At a Glance 

- [**Department Services**](/department-services "Department Services") supports departments throughout the appointment, promotion, and review process.
- [**Researcher Affairs**](/researcher-affairs-team "Researcher Affairs Team") manages the full lifecycle of research appointments.
- [**Community Support and Nondiscrimination**](/community-support-and-nondiscrimination-decommissioned-1026 "Community Support and Nondiscrimination (decommissioned 10/26)") addresses concerns involving misconduct.
- [**Professional Development**](https://facultyresources.fas.harvard.edu/professional-development-1) supports researchers and non-ladder faculty navigating career decisions and job markets.
- [**Recruitment and Retention**](https://facultyresources.fas.harvard.edu/office-academic-affairs#recruitment) supports new tenure-track faculty with dual career and other assistance.
- [**Research Integrity**](/research-integrity "Research Integrity") supports the FAS with matters related to research integrity.
- [**Institutional Research**](https://facultyresources.fas.harvard.edu/office-academic-affairs#institutionalresearch) provides data and analytic support to Divisional, College, GSAS, and FAS leadership.
- **Labor Relations** manages labor relations for the Harvard Academic Workers union.



 

 

 

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##  Upcoming Events 

 



  [### From Postdoc to Principal Investigator: Leading a High-Functioning Research Group

 ](/event/postdoc-principal-investigator-leading-high-functioning-research-group?occ_id=0)October 19, 2026

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 3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT 

 

 Virtual 

 A four-part series led by Sharon Milgram, who has 30 years of experience developing programs at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and at the National Institutes of Health (NIH.) The transition from postdoctoral fellow to principal investigator... 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  FAS and University Quicklinks 

 



 [Teaching at FAS chevron\_right](https://teaching.fas.harvard.edu/) [Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning chevron\_right](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/) [Faculty Activity Report (FAR) chevron\_right](https://far.fas.harvard.edu/aurprd/r/atsapex/far/home?session=12388772215784) [FAS Office of the Secretary chevron\_right](https://officeofthesecretary.fas.harvard.edu/) [ARIeS chevron\_right](https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/) [FAS calendars chevron\_right](https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/calendars)