14 Facts About Melissa Nobles

Melissa Nobles was born on May 13,1963 and is an American political scientist and academic administrator.

Melissa Nobles is currently Chancellor and Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Melissa Nobles previously served as the Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science.

Melissa Nobles was born on May 13,1963 at Sydenham Hospital in Harlem, New York City.

Melissa Nobles's mother was a social worker while her father worked as a police officer.

Melissa Nobles was raised primarily in the Bronx; her family moved to New Rochelle, New York, when she was in junior high.

Melissa Nobles majored in history at Brown University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1985.

At Brown, Melissa Nobles became interested in the racial politics of Brazil.

Melissa Nobles joined the faculty of MIT in 1999 as an associate professor of political science.

Melissa Nobles held the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Professorship from 1997 to 2000 and was appointed the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professorship in 2010.

Between 2013 and 2015, Melissa Nobles headed the university's department of political science.

From 2013 to 2014, Melissa Nobles was vice-president of the American Political Science Association.

In 2015, Melissa Nobles was appointed Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, making her the first Black dean of MIT's academic schools.

Melissa Nobles succeeded Cynthia Barnhart who served in the position from 2014 to 2021.