The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has appointed three scholars to its faculty.
Grisha Coleman is a full professor in the Music and Theater Arts Section. Her research explores tensions between our physiological, technological, and ecological systems; human movement, our machines, and the places we inhabit. Professor Coleman has taught at Northeastern University in Boston and Arizona State University. A graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Professor Coleman earned a master of fine arts degree in music composition and integrated media from the California Institute of the Arts.
Claire Luchette is an assistant professor in the comparative media studies/writing program. Luchette is the author of the novel Agatha of Little Neon (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2021). A second novel, Swans, and a story collection, Big Whoop, are forthcoming. Luchette is a winner of a Whiting Award and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree. A 2024–25 Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University, Luchette is a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Oregon.
Lindsey Raymond is an assistant professor in the department of economics, holding a shared position with the department of electrical engineering and computer science. She has been conducting postdoctoral research at Microsoft. Her research examines how new technologies shape labor markets and market competition. Dr. Lindsey is a graduate of Yale University and holds a Ph.D. from MIT.