New SHASS Heads
New SHASS Heads
| New Head | Department / Program | Former Head |
| James M. Poterba | Economics | Bengt Holmstrom |
| Anne E. C. McCants | History | Harriet Ritvo |
| Susan S. Silbey | Anthropology | Jean E. Jackson |
| Janet Sonenberg | Music and Theater Arts | Evan Ziporyn |
| David A. Mindell, PhD ’96 | Science, Technology and Society | Rosalind H. Williams |
Source: MIT News Office
Five new heads in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences were named, effective July 1, 2006. Interim Dean of SHASS Deborah K. Fitzgerald also announced two new appointments to chairs in SHASS: Agustin Rayo, PhD ’01 to the Ford Foundation Caeer Development Professorship and Jonathan Rodden to a Ford Foundation International Professorship in Political Science.
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