Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

MIT and DMSE are committed to excellence in education and research. We recognize that effective science and engineering is a result of collaborative efforts, and that a community has better collaborations with differing experiences, education, backgrounds, and interests.

DMSE is committed to advancing the inclusion of underrepresented minorities and women in our community. We acknowledge the Institute’s goals of the 2004 faculty resolution to increase the number of underrepresented minority and women graduate students and the 2010 Report of the Initiative on Faculty Race and Diversity (pdf).

The MIT DMSE faculty care deeply about the mental and physical health of our students, and both the health of our students and the quality of their academic work are extremely important to us. We value diversity and inclusiveness in our students, faculty, and staff with regard to their backgrounds and opinions, and we remain committed to MIT’s goal of increasing the percentage of underrepresented minority faculty and students expressed as a resolution of the MIT Faculty Meeting of 5/19/2004.

By ongoing review and improvement of our recruitment, hiring, and retention practices and by promoting a supportive academic and social environment, the DMSE faculty pledge to enhance diversity and inclusiveness within departmental faculty, students, and staff. Our progress towards creating a diverse, caring community will be reviewed biennially by the DMSE Visiting Committee.

The MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Collaborative (DEIC) was convened in fall 2020. The objective of this collaborative is to reflect upon and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion while integrating them into the mission of materials science and engineering, namely education, research, and development of materials for the benefit of society.

DEI Collaborative Members

The collaborative members are drawn from the key stakeholder groups of Faculty and Instructional Staff; Graduate and Undergraduate Students; Administrative and Support Staff; and Postdocs. The DEI Collaborative facilitates events for the stakeholder groups individually as well as together, in order to address the ways that community members in DMSE experience DEI in both distinct and similar ways. Check back soon for DEI Collaborative Members 2024-2025.

Chair

Faculty and instructional stakeholder
group co-chair

Graduate student stakeholder group co-chair

Undergraduate student stakeholder group chair

Facilitator

Staff stakeholder group chair

Faculty and instructional stakeholder group
co-chair

Graduate student stakeholder group co-chair

Administrative Help

Annual Report and Future Plans 2020-2021

This report details the Collaborative’s strategic approach to enhance the learning, research, and working environment for all of DMSE. Full Annual Report (pdf)