#  Staff 

 



Staff members are listed here. Other department members include, [**Faculty**](/faculty), [**Reseachers**](/researchers)**,** and [**Graduate Students**](/graduate-students).



 

 Staff: Who Can Help Me With... ? 

## Staff: Who Can Help Me With... ?

 

 

  [### Lorna Blocksma

 ](/people/Lorna-Blocksma) <lblocksma@fas.harvard.edu>Undergraduate Student Program Administrator 

 

 

 Lorna can help prospective and current undergraduate concentrators and AB/AM students. Along with the Directors of Undergraduate and Masters Studies, she monitors student academic progress, coordinates the Undergraduate Senior Thesis process, and supports... 

 

 

      ![Lorna Blocksma](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/statistics-2/files/blocksmal-01-31-2023-resized.jpg?itok=LJV-Y1Ob) 

 

 

 

   [### Kathleen Cloutier

 ](/people/kathleen-cloutier) <cloutier@fas.harvard.edu>Graduate Student Program Administrator

 

 

 Kathleen can help Statistics graduate students and GSAS graduate students pusuing the Statistics AM degree. Along with the Directors of Graduate Studies and the Director of Masters Studies, she monitors student academic progress, manages teaching... 

 

 

      ![Shield](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/statistics-2/files/harvard_shield-university.png?itok=yP2g22k_) 

 

 

 

   [### Sherry Davis

 ](/people/sherry-davis) [sherry\_davis@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:sherry_davis@fas.harvard.edu)Assistant Director of Research Administration

 

 

 Sherry can help you prepare and submit proposals to funding agencies and manage sponsored agreements and active awards. She manages faculty funds and startup accounts, and works with faculty members to oversee graduate research funding. 

 

 

      ![Shield](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/statistics-2/files/harvard_shield-university_0.png?itok=4rvdzpkQ) 

 

 

 

   [### Jess Jackson

 ](/people/jessamyn-jackson) <jessjackson@fas.harvard.edu>(She / her / hers)

Research Administrator 

 

 

 Jess can help you connect with Professor Susan Murphy and her research team. Jess supports Murphy lab sponsored research proposal preparation, monitors spending on projects, oversees research compliance, handles reimbursements, and organizes lab events. 

 

 

      ![JessJackson](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/statistics-2/files/jacksoncropped.jpg?itok=MFUV6Ufb) 

 

 

 

   [### Laverne Martinez

 ](/people/laverne-martinez) <lavernemartinez@fas.harvard.edu>Senior Research and Financial Administrator

 

 

 Laverne can help you prepare and submit proposals to funding agencies and manage sponsored agreements and active awards. She manages faculty funds and start up accounts, and works with faculty members to oversee graduate research funding. 

 

 

      ![Shield](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/statistics-2/files/harvard_shield-university_0_0.png?itok=XVrjVvBs) 

 

 

 

   [### Tiffany Mejia

 ](/people/tiffany-mejia) [tiffany\_mejia@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:tiffany_mejia@fas.harvard.edu)Director of Administration

 

 

 As Director of Administration, Tiffany provides strategic leadership and oversees the administrative infrastructure that supports our department’s mission. In close partnership with the Department Chair, Tiffany ensures everything from financial... 

 

 

      ![Tiffany Mejia](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/TiffanyM%20Headshot.png?itok=FQPDScQn) 

 

 

 

   [### Emily Palmer

 ](/people/emily-palmer) [emily\_palmer@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:emily_palmer@fas.harvard.edu)(She/ her/ hers)

Communications/ Project Manager

 

 

 Emily can help you connect with the faculty chair, plan a departmental event, space management, visiting scholar appointments, and inform the extended Statistics community about Departmental news and events (via website, newsletter, and alumni outreach)... 

 

 

      ![Emily Palmer](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/statistics-2/files/profile.jpg?itok=Lee-QrO9) 

 

 

 

   [### Dayanara Torres

 ](/people/dayanara-torres) [dayanara\_torres@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:dayanara_torres@fas.harvard.edu)Events Staff Assistant

 

 

 Dayanara can you help with coordinating and supporting department events (Stat 300, Colloquium, Department seminars, etc), including logistics, purchasing supplies, and assisting with gatherings organized by specific groups; website updates, printer... 

 

 

      ![Dayanara Torres Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/statistics-2/files/img_0437-resized.jpg?itok=8wfSD_Up)