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

MITx Faculty Advisory Committee (MITx FAC)

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

  • Tania Baker
    E.C. Whitehead Professor of Biology

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

  • W. Craig Carter
    Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

  • John Core
    Nanyang Technological University Professor of Accounting

  • Rick Danheiser
    A C Cope Professor of Chemistry

  • Sara Ellison
    Senior Lecturer, Economics

  • Anette Hosoi
    Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Mathematics; Associate Chair of the Faculty

  • Krishna Rajagopal
    William A. M. Burden Professor of Physics

  • 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

  • Ana Bell
    Lecturer and Digital Learning Scientist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Christopher Capozzola
    Professor, History; Senior Associate Dean, Open Learning

  • Dana Doyle 
    Director, Online Worldwide Learning Services (OWLS)

  • Dimitris Bertsimas
    Vice Provost for Open Learning

OpenCourseWare Faculty Advisory Committee (OCW FAC)

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

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

  • Michel DeGraff
    Professor of Linguistics; Director of MIT-Haiti Initiative
  • Gloria H. Kang
    Undergraduate student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Nancy Kanwisher
    Professor of Cognitive Science, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences

  • Eric Klopfer
    Professor and Section Head, Comparative Media Studies/Writing;  Director of Scheller Teacher Education Program

  • Robert Miller
    Distinguished Professor of Computer Science; Education Officer for Computer Science

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

  • Rosalind Picard
    Professor, Program in Media Arts and Sciences; Faculty Chair, MIT Mind+Hand+Heart

  • Krishna Rajagopal
    Professor of Physics

  • Shannon Shen
    Graduate student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Yufei Zhao
    Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ex-Officio Members

  • Christopher Capozzola
    Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning; Professor of History

  • Eric Grimson
    Vice President for Open Learning; MIT Chancellor for Academic Advancement

  • Curt Newton
    Director, MIT OpenCourseWare

  • Anjali Sastry 
    Faculty Director of J-WEL; Associate Dean for Open Learning

Jameel World Education Lab Faculty Advisory Committee

John Brisson (Chair)
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Duane Boning
Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering

Cynthia Breazeal
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Dean for Digital Learning

Eric Klopfer
Professor and Section Head, Comparative Media Studies/Writing;  Director of Scheller Teacher Education Program

Vijay Kumar
Senior Advisor to Vice President for Open Learning

Admir Masic
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga
Professor, Science, Technology, and Society

Haynes Miller
Professor Emeritus, Mathematics

Pawan Sinha
Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Ex-Officio Members

Anjali Sastry
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management; Faculty Director, J-WEL; Associate Dean, Open Learning

Julia Reynolds Cuéllar
Associate Director, J-WEL Membership

Corporate Education Faculty Advisory Committee

  • Cynthia Breazeal (Chair)
    Professor, Media Arts and Sciences; Dean for Digital Learning, Open Learning 

  • Deborah L Ancona
    Professor, Management

  • Eric Grimson
    Chancellor for Academic Advancement

  • D. Fox Harrell
    Professor, Digital Media & AI

  • Thomas Anton Kochan
    Professor, Management

  • Ray Eugene Reagans
    Professor, Management

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

  • Christopher A Schuh
    Professor, Materials Science and Engineering