Keeril Makan, head of the MIT Music and Theater Section, has been named associate dean of MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. He will serve concurrently in both roles.
MIT Associate Professor of Music Leslie Tilley is breaking down barriers in music research. An ethnomusicologist and music analyst, Tilley recently received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Society for Music Theory.
MIT instructors Nicholas Ackert, Nilma Dominique, Caitlyn Doyle, Emily Goodling, Teresa Neff, and Margery Resnick have received the James A. and Ruth Levitan Teaching Award for 2023.
Frederick Harris Jr., MIT senior lecturer and creator of the It Must Be Now! initiative, reflects on music’s historic role in addressing racial issues.