Faculty Officers
Per Rules and Regulations of the Faculty, there are three elected officers of the MIT Faculty: one Chair and two Associate Chairs; prior to 2023, this was one chair, one associate chair, and one secretary. The Faculty Officers are assisted in their work by the Faculty Governance Administrator. History of MIT Faculty Officers, 1975-2027
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CHAIR OF THE FACULTYRoger Levy, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, joined the MIT faculty in 2016, following nearly a decade in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego. At MIT, Roger directs the world’s first computational psycholinguistics lab. His research program lies in cognitive science at the intersection of artificial intelligence, linguistics, and psychology, focusing on theoretical and applied questions in the fundamental architecture of natural language processing and acquisition. Roger served as chair of the Committee on the Library System for five years, collaborating with the MIT Libraries to develop the Framework for Scholarly Contracts, and in 2024-2025 he served as president of the Cognitive Science Society. Roger won the School of Science Teaching Prize in 2023 for a new undergraduate class on computational psycholinguistics that he developed since his arrival at MIT. |
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ASSOCIATE CHAIR OF THE FACULTYBevin Engelward, Professor of Biological Engineering, joined the MIT faculty in 1997, and was one of the founding faculty in the creation of the Department of Biological Engineering. Her research includes studies of the causes of mutations, as well as the creation and application of novel technologies for measuring genomic damage. The major objective of her work is to reveal the underlying mechanisms that drive genomic instability as a basis for contributing to improved global public health. Bevin has served on the Faculty Policy Committee and as Secretary of the Faculty. She currently serves as director of MIT’s Superfund Research Program and as chair of the Community Giving at MIT Steering Committee. |
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ASSOCIATE CHAIR OF THE FACULTYErica James, Professor of Medical Anthropology and Urban Studies, joined the MIT faculty in 2004. Her work is focused on violence and trauma; philanthropy, humanitarianism, and charity; human rights, democratization, and postconflict transitions; race, gender, and culture; religion and healing, and climate change and food (in)security, especially for Haiti's cocoa farmers. Erica is director of the MIT Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative. She has been very active around the Institute, having served on: the Faculty Policy Committee, Committee on Campus Planning, Committee on Prehealth Advising, Community Giving at MIT Steering Committee, Community Service Fund Board, and Future of the Libraries Task Force. |
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FACULTY GOVERNANCE ADMINISTRATORDr. Tami Kaplan has served as Faculty Governance Administrator since September 2015. She first joined MIT in 2003, holding positions first in the Office of Development Research and Systems, and then in the Office of Foundation Relations. She began her career as Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Director of ESL Programs at the University of Iowa. |