MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences - Great Ideas Change the World

Endowed Chairs 

 
 

Professorship

 

Holder
 

Anthropology  
Class of 1957 Career Development Chair Heather Paxson
The Leon and Anne Goldberg Chair Susan Silbey


Economics
 
Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics Joshua Angrist
Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics Abhijit Banerjee
Class of 1941 Professor Olivier Blanchard
Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics Ricardo Caballero
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor in Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics Esther Duflo
Gregory K. Palm (1970) Professor of Economics Glenn Ellison
3M Professor of Environmental Economics Michael Greenstone
John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor Jerry Hausman
Paul A. Samuelson Professor Bengt Holmstrom
Elizabeth and James Killian Professor Paul Joskow
Pentti J. K. Kouri Career Development Professor Guido Lorenzoni
Castle-Krob Career Development Chair Anna Mikusheva
David W. Skinner Professor Michael Piore
Mitsui Professor James Poterba
Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Chair Stephen Ryan
Elisha Gray II Professor Peter Temin
Elizabeth and James Killian Professor Robert Townsend

 
Linguistics and Philosophy
 
Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics David Pesetsky
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy Robert Stalnaker
Class of 1941 Professor Donca Steriade

 
Political Science
 
Elting E. Morison Professor Stephen Ansolabehere
Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Professor of International Relations Suzanne Berger
The Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Chair Taylor Fravel
Ford Foundation International Professor of Political Science Barry Posen
Ford Foundation International Professor of Political Science Richard Samuels
Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor James Snyder
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor Charles Stewart III
Ford Professor of Political Science Kathleen Thelen
Ford Foundation International Professor of Political Science Stephen Van Evera

 
Foreign Languages and Literatures
 
Mitsui Career Development Professor Ian Condry
Ann F. Friedlaender Professor of Humanities Isabelle de Courtivron
Kochi Prefecture - John Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture Shigeru Miyagawa
John E. Burchard Professor Edward Turk
S.C. Fang Professor of Chinese Language and Culture Jing Wang

 
History
 
Ford Foundation International Professor of History Philip Khoury
William R. Kenan Professor Pauline Maier
Arthur J. Conner Professor Harriet Ritvo

 
Literature
 
Class of 1948 Career Development Professor Sandy Alexandre

 
Music and Theater Arts
 
Class of 1949 Professor Ellen Harris
Lister Brothers Career Development Professor Keeril Makan
Class of 1958 Career Development Professor Jay Scheib
Robert R. Taylor Professor Marcus Thompson
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor Evan Ziporyn

 
Science, Technology, and Society
 
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Michael Fischer
Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing David Mindell
Leo Marx Career Development Professor of the History and Culture of Science and Technology Natasha Schull
Leverett Howell Cutten and William King Cutten Professor Merritt Roe Smith
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor Sherry Turkle
Bern Dibner Professor of Science and Technology Rosalind Williams

 
Writing and Humanistic Studies
 
The Rudge (1948) and Nancy Allen Chair Junot Díaz
Thomas Meloy Professor of Rhetoric Kenneth Manning
Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Writing James Paradis