Melissa Nobles

Melissa Nobles is Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Class of 1922 professor of political science. The chancellor oversees student life and learning at MIT. The chancellor works closely with the MIT Corporation, the President, the provost, vice presidents, vice chancellors, and other senior leaders to develop and implement the Institute’s strategic priorities. Nobles oversees more than 60 interconnected offices that support undergraduate and graduate students’ academic success, foster community and wellbeing, and cultivate personal and intellectual growth. Nobles’ international, comparative research focuses on restorative justice in light of ethnic and racial conflicts.

She graduated from Brown University with a degree in history and received her MA and PhD in political science from Yale University. She has held fellowships at Boston University’s Institute for Race and Social Division and Harvard University’s Radcliffe Center for Advanced Study.