Melissa Nobles
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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]
Quick Facts 7th Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Preceded by ...
Melissa Nobles | |
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7th Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
Assumed office August 18, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Cynthia Barnhart |
9th Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | |
In office 2015–2021 | |
Preceded by | Deborah Kay Fitzgerald |
Succeeded by | Agustín Rayo |
Personal details | |
Born | (1963-05-13) May 13, 1963 (age 60) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Education | Brown University (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
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Nobles' scholarship focuses on the comparative study of racial politics, categorization, violence, and reconciliation.[1][4]