Angela Saini
Assistant Professor,
Graduate Program in Science Writing;
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Angela Saini is a journalist and assistant professor of science writing at MIT. She is the author of four books, which have been translated into 18 languages. Her bestselling 2019 book “Superior: The Return of Race Science” was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, and her latest, “The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule,” was a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. Her next, out in January 2027, investigates the limitations and risks of human classification.
Angela holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Oxford and a master’s in science and security from the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London. She was elected an honorary fellow of her alma mater, Keble College, in 2023.
