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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2019-2020 MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars
Rhonda Y. Williams
Professor of History, 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
Prof., Dept. of Mathematics/Assoc. Chair for Undergraduate Studies, 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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MON 29 APR- MLK Luncheon Seminar: Lorgia García Peña
Mother and Whore: Colonialism, Immigration and Black Womanhood in the Diaspora Lorgia García Pe...
APR 25 2019: 7th Annual MLK-Inspired Art Contest & Performance
EVENT Thursday, April 25, 2019 6-8 pm MIT Student Center – W20-307 Come for dinner and to...
2019 PEN Courage Awardee: Anita Hill
PEN America will honor professor, lawyer, and equal rights advocate Anita Hill with the PEN Cou...