Curated category
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty
- Amy FinkelsteinAmy Nadya Finkelstein was born on the 2nd of November 1973 in New York City. Her parents were both biologists who earned doctorates at The Rockefeller…
- Terrence MalickTerrence Malick was born on the 30th of November 1943 in Ottawa, Illinois. His father Emil worked as a geologist and his mother Irene came from an Irish…
- Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky was born on the 7th of December 1928 in the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Ashkenazi Jewish…
- Esther DufloEsther Duflo was born on the 25th of October 1972 at the Port Royal Hospital in Paris, France. Her father taught mathematics while her mother worked as a…
- Paul KrugmanPaul Robin Krugman was born on the 28th of February 1953 in Albany, New York. He spent his early years moving between upstate cities before settling into…
- Paul SamuelsonPaul Samuelson was born in Gary, Indiana, on the 15th of May 1915. His family consisted of upwardly mobile Jewish immigrants from Poland who had prospered…
- Junot Díazthe 31st of December 1968 marked the birth of Junot Díaz in Santo Domingo. His family moved to Parlin, New Jersey six years later.
- Hubert DreyfusHubert Lederer Dreyfus entered the world on the 15th of October 1929 in Terre Haute, Indiana. His parents were Stanley S. and Irene (Lederer) Dreyfus.
- Olivier BlanchardOlivier Jean Blanchard was born on the 27th of December 1948 in Amiens, France. His father worked as a neurologist while his mother practiced psychiatry.
- Henry JenkinsHenry Guy Jenkins III was born on the 4th of June 1958 in the United States. He began his academic journey at Georgia State University where he earned a…