Melissa Nobles

Melissa Nobles
7th Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assumed office
August 18, 2021
Preceded byCynthia Barnhart
9th Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
In office
2015–2021
Preceded byDeborah Kay Fitzgerald
Succeeded byAgustín Rayo
Personal details
Born (1963-05-13) May 13, 1963 (age 60)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationBrown University (BA)
Yale University (MA, PhD)

Melissa Nobles (born May 13, 1963) is an American political scientist and academic administrator. She is currently Chancellor and Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2] She previously served as the Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science.[3]

Nobles' scholarship focuses on the comparative study of racial politics, categorization, violence, and reconciliation.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b "Melissa Nobles named MIT's next chancellor". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  2. ^ Blackstone, Andrea (2021-07-23). "Melissa Nobles Becomes MIT's Next Chancellor". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ^ "Melissa Nobles". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  4. ^ "3 Questions: Melissa Nobles on the U.S. Census". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. April 2010. Retrieved 2022-04-04.

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