Our advisory boards are composed of academic and industry leaders who advise in carrying out the mission of MIT Open Learning.

MITx

  • Caspar Hare (Chair)
    Professor of Philosophy, Linguistics and Philosophy

  • Bill Aulet
    Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • Martin Bazant
    E. G. Roos (1944) Professor and Executive Officer of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Mathematics

  • W. Craig Carter
    Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

  • Isaac Chuang
    Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Senior Associate Dean of Digital Learning

  • Michael Cuthbert
    Associate Professor, Music

  • Rick Danheiser
    A C Cope Professor of Chemistry; Chair of the Faculty

  • Sara Ellison
    Senior Lecturer, Economics

  • Denny Freeman
    Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Brent Ryan
    Associate Professor of Urban Design and Planning Head, City Design and Development Group

  • Susan Silbey
    Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Behavioral and Policy Sciences, Sloan School of Management

  • Pawan Sinha
    Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience

  • Gigliola Staffilani
    Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor, Mathematics

  • Iain Stewart
    Professor, Physics

Ex-Officio Members

  • Shigeru Miyagawa
    Professor of Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture; Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning

  • Krishna Rajagopal
    Professor, Physics; Dean for Digital Learning, Open Learning

  • Jessica Sandland
    Digital Learning Scientist, Materials Science & Engineering

  • Sanjay E. Sarma
    Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Vice President, Open Learning

  • Ian Waitz 
    Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Vice Chancellor

OpenCourseWare 

  • Hal Abelson
    Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Noam Buckman
    Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

  • Eric Grimson (Chair of the FAC)
    MIT Chancellor for Academic Advancement, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Valerie Karplus
    Assistant Professor, Sloan School of Management

  • Eric Klopfer
    Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning; Director of MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program

  • Antonella Masini
    Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

  • Haynes Miller
    Professor, Department of Mathematics

  • Caitlin Mueller
    Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture; Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Jeffrey S. Ravel
    Professor of History

  • Michael Short
    Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

  • Hazel Sive
    Professor, Department of Biology; Faculty Director, Higher Education @ Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL)

Ex-Officio Members

  • Vijay Kumar
    Associate Dean for Open Learning; Executive Director, Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL)

  • Shigeru Miyagawa
    Professor of Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture; Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning

  • Krishna Rajagopal
    Professor of Physics; Dean for Digital Learning, Open Learning

J-WEL

pK-12 Advisors

  • Angela Belcher
    Professor, Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
  • Eric Klopfer
    Professor, Comparative Media Studies/Writing

Higher Education Advisors

  • Hazel L. Sive (Chair)
    Professor, Biology 

  • Tayo Akinwande
    Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Bill Aulet
    Professor, Sloan School of Mangement
  • Duane S. Boning
    Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • John Brisson
    Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • James Buzard
    Professor, Literature
  • Phillip L. Clay
    Professor, Urban Studies and Planning 
  • Ed Crawley
    Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Michel DeGraff
    Professor, Linguistics
  • Elfatih Eltahir
    Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Yasheng Huang
    Professor, Sloan School of Management 
  • Vijay Kumar
    Associate Dean for Open Learning; Executive Director, Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL)
  • Paulo Lozano
    Professor,  Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Haynes Miller
    Professor, Mathematics 
  • Shigeru Miyagawa
    Professor, Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture; Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning
  • Jacquin Niles
    Professor, Biological Engineering 
  • Krishna Rajagopal
    Professor, Physics; Dean for Digital Learning for Open Learning
  • Sanjay Sarma
    Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Vice President for Open Learning
  • Anjali Sastry
    Professor, Sloan School of Management 

Workforce Learning

  • Lotte Bailyn
    Professor, Sloan School of Management 

  • Bill Bonvillian
    Lecturer, Science, Technology & Society and Political Science
  • Eugene A. Fitzgerald
    Professor, Materials Science and Engineering 
  • Martha Gray
    Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Tom Kochan
    Professor, Sloan School of Management 

Online Professional Education Governance Committee

  • Jason Baletsa
    Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

  • Peter Bebergal
    Technology Licensing Officer, Technology Licensing Office

  • Ed Crawley
    Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics

  • Anton Garcia-Abril Ruiz
    Professor, Architecture

  • Sanjay Sarma
    Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Vice President for Open Learning

  • Ezra Zuckerman Sivan
    Deputy Dean, Professor, Sloan School of Management

Ex-Officio Members

  • Tc Haldi
    Senior Director, MIT xPRO

  • Lisa Schwallie
    Executive Director, Business & Operations, Open Learning