The MIT Global Diversity Lab is based in the Department of Political Science. Within our ranks are leading faculty with wide regional expertise; research skills in experimental, statistical, historical/case-study, machine learning, and field-based methods; and experience conducting research and teaching in related substantive and methodological courses. We span the traditional disciplinary Political Science subfields of Comparative Politics, International Relations and American Politics.
People
ASSOCIATED FACULTY
Volha Charnysh
Assistant Professor
Ariel White
Silverman: (1968) Family Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science
Evan Lieberman (Director)
Professor of Political Science, Faculty Director of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
Mai Hassan
Associate Professor
Asya Magazinnik
Assistant Professor
Melissa Nobles
Professor of Political Science, Chancellor
GRADUATE FELLOWS
Lab Manager
UROPs / Research assistants

Jenny Chan
Wellesley, Data Science and Economics, 2022

Joy Li
Wellesley College, Art History and Media Arts and Sciences, 2023
Emmi Mills
MIT, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2024
Yeabsira Moges
MIT, 2025

Sharon Opara-Ndudu
MIT, Biological Engineering, 2022
Julia Sokolowska
Wellesley College, International Relations and Environmental Studies, 2022
Alumni

Ilma Aamir
Wellesley College, Political Science and Biological Sciences, 2023
Darien Brown
Tuskegee University, Political Science, 2021

Jayden Graham-White
Tuskegee University, Political Science, 2021
Sarah Green
Wellesley College, Political Science, 2022

Jennah Haque
MIT, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2021

Sinoxolo Hashe
University of the Western Cape (South Africa), Education (Honours), 2023
Uma Ilavarasan
Ph.D. Candidate (Harvard Government)

Brian Liu
MIT; Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science; 2024

Aerin Lo
Deerfield Academy, 2022

Kenza M’Haimdat
Wellesley College, International Relations and Environmental Studies, 2021

Elijah Neil
Morehouse College, Political Science, 2021

Betty Qian
Wellesley College, Political Science and Economics, 2023