Academic & industry leaders who advise MIT Open Learning

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
Isaac Chuang
Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Senior Associate Dean of Digital Learning
John Core
Nanyang Technological University Professor of Accounting
Rick Danheiser
A C Cope Professor of Chemistry
Sara Ellison
Senior Lecturer, Economics
Denny Freeman
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Rob Miller
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
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
Lily Tsai
Ford Professor of Political Science; Chair of the Faculty

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)
Eric Grimson
Interim Vice President for Open Learning
Ian Waitz
Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Vice Chancellor

Hal Abelson
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Michel DeGraff
Professor of Linguistics; Director of MIT-Haiti Initiative
Yasheng Huang
Professor of International Management; Faculty Director of Action Learning, MIT Sloan
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 (Chair of the FAC)
Professor of Physics
Jeffrey S. Ravel
Professor of History
Shannon Shen
Graduate student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Michael Short
Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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

pK-12 Advisors

Angela Belcher
Professor, Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Eric Klopfer
Professor and Section Head, Comparative Media Studies/Writing; Director of Scheller Teacher Education Program

Higher Education Advisors

John Brisson (Chair)
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Tayo Akinwande
Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Duane Boning
Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering
Edward Crawley
Ford Professor of Engineering; Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Michel DeGraff
Professor, Linguistics
Yasheng Huang
Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Paulo Lozano
Miguel Alemán Velasco Professor or Aeronautics and Astronautics
Haynes Miller
Professor, Mathematics

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 Higher Education Collaborative
Sanjay Sarma
Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Cynthia Breazeal
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Dean for Digital Learning

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

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

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