Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is a graduate school at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. Its offices are in the historic Car Barn building on the edge of the campus in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.

Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Seal of Georgetown University
Type	Private
Established	1820; 205 years ago (1820)
Parent institution	Georgetown University
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Dean	Alexander Sens
Location	Washington, D.C. , United States 38°54′19″N 77°04′11″W
Campus	Urban
Website	grad.georgetown.edu

History

The Graduate School is currently housed within the historic Georgetown Car Barn

The graduate program was first founded in 1820, when Georgetown College graduates expressed the desire for continued studies. The school offered its first graduate degree in 1821.^[1] The school existed independently from 1855 until the end of the American Civil War, when low student numbers forced its suspension. The school was reestablished in 1891, conferring its first doctoral degree in 1897.^[2]

Programs

The school is currently the largest graduate school at Georgetown and offers 46 programs in 34 departments.^[3]

List of deans

Deans

No.	Name	Years	Notes	Ref.
1	Henry J. Shandelle SJ	1900–1906		[4]
2	Charles Macksey SJ	1906–1907		[4]
3	Thomas I. Gasson SJ	1914–1923		[4]
4	John H. Fasy SJ	1923–1925		[4]
5	Louis J. Gallagher SJ	1925–1926		[4]
6	Robert A. Parsons SJ	1926–1927		[4]
7	Arthur A. O'Leary SJ	1927–1928		[4]
8	R. Rush Rankin SJ	1928–1931		[4]
9	John J. McLaughlin SJ	1931–1932		[4]
10	Miles J. O'Mailia SJ	1932–1934		[4]
11	Frederick W. Sohon SJ	1934–1936		[4]
12	Aloysius J. Hogan SJ	1936–1938		[4]
13	Wilfrid Parsons SJ	1938–1940		[4]
14	Edward C. Phillips SJ	1940–1942		[4]
15	J. Hunter Guthrie SJ	1942–1949		[4]
16	Gerard Yates SJ	1949–1955		[4]
17	John M. Daley SJ	1955–1960		[4]
18	James B. Horigan SJ	1960–1967		[4]
19	Rocco E. Porreco	1967–1973		[5]
20	Donald G. Herzberg	1973–1981		[5]
21	Richard B. Schwartz	1981–1998		[5]
22	Joseph Serene	1998–2001		[5]
23	David W. Lightfoot	2001–2006		[5]
24	Timothy A. Barbari	2006–2011		[6]
25	Gerald Mara	2011–2013	Acting dean	[7]
26	Norberto Grzywacz	2014–2019		[8]
27	Alexander Sens	2020–present		[9]