Speakers | Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony
MIT chapter, Xi of Massachusetts

Arthur Bahr | 2023

Associate Professor of Literature

“Reading by Hand: Mens, Manus, and the Medieval Manuscript" 
 
Arthur Bahr
MIT Literature

Story: 2023 PBK ceremony

Elizabeth Wood | 2022

 
Professor of History

“Love of wisdom is the helmsman of life.”
 
Elizabeth Wood
MIT History

Story: 2022 PBK Ceremony

Hazel Sive | 2019

 
Professor of Biology
MacVicar Faculty Fellow

"Belonging and Community"
 
Hazel Sive | Webpage
MIT Biology Webpage

Allan Adams | 2018

 
Principle investigator of the MIT Future Oceans Lab

"On the Value of Invisible Things"
 
Allan Adams | Webpage
Oceans Lab at MIT Webpage

Malick Ghachem | 2017

 
Associate Professor, History

"The University, the Constitution, and the Ends of Academic Excellence"
 
Malick Ghachem | Webpage
MIT History Webpage

3Q: How history can help us solve today's issues

Diana Henderson | 2016

 
Professor of Literature,
MacVicar Faculty Fellow
 
"To Be and Not To Be: Working with Shakespeare at 400"
 
Diana Henderson | Webpage
MIT Literature Webpage
 

John Belcher | 2015

 
Professor of Physics,
Class of 1960 Faculty Fellow
 
"Voyager in the Interstellar Medium:
What Are We Seeing Out There?"
 
John Belcher | Webpage
MIT Physics Webpage
 

Emma Teng | 2014

 
T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations,
Head, Women's and Gender Studies Program,
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, History and Global Studies and Languages
 
"Crossing Boundaries:
The Hidden Histories of Transnational and Mixed Families in the US, China and Hong Kong, 1842-1943"
 
Emma Teng | Webpage
Global Studies and Languages
History Webpage

David Kaiser | 2013

 
Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science,
Department Head, MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society,
Senior Lecturer, MIT Department of Physics
 
"Quantum Jitters on the Sky: Why the Universe is Lumpy"
 
David Kaiser | Webpage
Program in Science, Technology, and Society Webpage
 

Rebecca Saxe | 2012

 
Associate Professor of Cognitive Sciences
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
 
“How We Read Each Other’s Minds”
 
Rebecca Saxe | Webpage
Brain and Congitive Sciences Webpage
 

David Jones | 2011

 
Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine
Harvard University
 
Making Decisions, in Medicine and in Life"
 
Harvard Global Health and Social Medicine
Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
 

Anne McCants | 2010

 
Professor of History, MIT History
Director, MIT Concourse Program
 

"Cloth, Cloister, Cathedral: a Medieval Puzzle"
 
Anne McCants | Webpage
MIT Concourse Webpage
 

Charles Stewart III | 2009

 
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science,
MIT Department of Political Science 
 
"Stalking the Pregnant Chad:
What I Learned on the Way to Fixing Elections"
 
Charles Stewart III | Webpage
Political Science Webpage
 

Pardis Sabeti | 2008

 
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
MIT Alum ‘97, Rhodes Scholar
 
"Evolution: Exploring New Territory While Preserving Fundamentals"
 
Pardis Sabeti | Webpage
 

Rebecca Blevins Faery | 2007

 
(July 27, 1940 - May 29, 2017)

Former Director, MIT First-Year Writing Program
 
"Writing Our Lives"
 
 

William Porter | 2006

 
Leventhal Professor of Architecture Emeritus
MIT Department of Architecture
 
"Symmetrical Ramblings"
 
MIT School of Architecture and Planning