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
  • Stephanie Han 
    Undergraduate student, Finance

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

  • R. Scott Kemp
    Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Director, MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy

  • 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
  • Gerardo Berlanga Molina
    Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering

  • 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

Ex-Officio Members

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

  • Curt Newton
    Director, MIT OpenCourseWare

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

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
  • Christopher A Schuh
    Professor, Materials Science and Engineering