Martin Luther King, Jr. demonstrated [the butterfly] effect in the social and political realms: for if ever one man’s life–and life’s work–changed an entire society irreversibly, it was his life.
CHARLES M. VEST - MIT President 1990-2004
MIT welcomes six new MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars
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Read more +30 September 2019 in Appointments, NewsSean Seymore appointed to Endowed Chair at Vanderbilt University
2019-2020 MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars
Rhonda Y. Williams
John L. Seigenthaler Chair in American History, Vanderbilt University
Jamie C. Macbeth
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Smith College
Tina Opie
Associate Professor in the Management Division, Babson College
Benjamin McDonald
Postdoctoral Associate at The Swager Group, MIT
Kasso Akochayé Okoudjou
Professor of Mathematics, University of Maryland
Matthew Schumaker
Composer and music instructor at University of California, Berkeley
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MLK Visiting Scholars Program
Program Mission:
- honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- recognize outstanding scholars
- support innovative research, teaching and service
- promote diversity at the Institute
- enrich members of the MIT community
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MIT News: Meet the 2019-20 MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars
From MIT News, 8 October 2019: Founded in 1990, the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Visiting Profe...
FRI 25 OCT- “The Things That Divide Us: Meditations” by Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams
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Sean Seymore appointed to Endowed Chair at Vanderbilt University
From The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 30 September 2019: Sean B. Seymore [MIT MLK Vis...