GALLERY | NEWLY TENURED FACULTY 2019
Five MIT SHASS faculty members receive tenure
Dean Melissa Nobles and the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences are delighted to announce that five members of the MIT SHASS faculty have received tenure. Their extensive research and writing investigates a wide variety of topics, from the history of western thought to electoral behavior in low-income areas.
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Nikhil AgarwalAssociate Professor of Economics
Agarwal joined the MIT faculty in 2014 after earning his PhD at Harvard and teaching economic policy at Stanford University. He has received grants from the National Institute of Health and a Sloan Research Fellowship. He teaches Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy, and courses of Industrial Organization.
Story: Agarwal's research at MIT News |
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Sana AiyarAssociate Professor of History
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Stephanie FramptonAssociate Professor of Literature
A classicist, comparatist and historian of media in antiquity, Frampton is the author of "Empire of Letters." She joined the MIT faculty in fall 2012 after teaching at Harvard University and the College of the Holy Cross./p>
Story: How writing technology shaped classical thinking |
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F. Daniel HidalgoCecil and Ida Green Associate Professor of Political ScienceHidalgo's research focuses on the political economy of elections, campaigns, and representation in developing democracies, especially in Latin America, as well as quantitative methods in the social sciences.
Hidalgo's MIT webpage
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Miriam SchoenfieldAssociate Professor of Philosophy Schoenfield PhD '12, returned to MIT in 2017 after holding teaching positions at the University of Texas at Austin and at New York University. Her primary research interests are in epistemology with ethics and normativity more broadly.
Schoenfield's MIT webpage |
