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

OpenCourseWare Faculty Advisory Committee (OCW FAC)

  • 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

J-WEL Advisory Committees

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 

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
     

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