Faculty
Institute Professor Marcus Thompson and Yukiko Ueno Egozy during an Emerson Scholars performance
Guide to SHASS Faculty Experts
This guide provides a listing of SHASS faculty by areas of expertise, along with contact information. The guide also gives links to the faculty listing sections on the websites of each of the SHASS academic areas. Visit the Guide.
Faculty Composition
| 179 | Full-time Faculty |
| 6 | Institute Professors (4 Emeriti) |
| 1 | Adjunct Professor |
| 2 | Professors of the Practice |
| 11 | Visiting Professors |
| 18 | Senior Lecturers |
| 115 | Lecturers |
| 9 | Technical Instructors |
| 57 | Emeriti Faculty |
| 55 | Women Faculty |
| 36 | Minority Faculty |
| 71 | Endowed Chairs |
Summary of Key Awards
| 8 | Nobel laureates (6 current faculty) |
| 7 | MacArthur Prize winners |
| 5 | Pulitzer Prize winners |
| 2 | National Medal of Science winners |
| 12 | National Academy of Science Fellows |
| 57 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows |
| 40 | Guggenheim Fellowships |
| 6 | John Bates Clark medalists |
Faculty Awards and Honors
Gallery of Nobel laureates
Gallery of Pulitzer Prize recipients
Gallery of MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Gallery of Levitan Teaching Award recipients
Endowed Chairs
Awards by Year
Rotating image from the Gallery of SHASS Faculty
MIT historians at the SHASS Commencement reception, 2016: Jeffrey Ravel (Head), Christopher Leighton, Anne McCants, and Craig Steven Wilder