Director's Fellows

There are people all over the world with less-than-traditional backgrounds who would be great additions to the Media Lab community. We wanted to create a program to loop them in. Our Director's Fellows initiative creates a way for these extraordinary individuals to take part in Media Lab research alongside our faculty and students. We've brought a cohort of characters from a broad range of sectors and geographies to join us in doing collaborative research and to expand our growing global community. The fellows work with the Lab's students and faculty, and also with each other.

Learn more about the Director's Fellows and the program.

Current Director's Fellows

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    Marko Ahtisaari
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    Sultan Al Qassemi
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    Karole Armitage
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    Katy Croff Bell
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    Gillian Caldwell
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    Perry Chen
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    Ophelia Dahl
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    Gabriella Gomez-Mont
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    Sheila Hayman
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    Masataka Hosoo
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    Eman Jaradat
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    Arielle Johnson
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    Van Jones
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    Sam Kass
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    Christine Sun Kim
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    Joyce Kim
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    Colleen Macklin
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    Quentin Mitchell
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    Viktoria Modesta
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    Alaa Murabit
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    Pashon Murray
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    Rob Pardo
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    Madeline Sayet
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    Allison Tauziet
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    Céline Semaan Vernon
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Program Alumni

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    JJ Abrams
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    Maurice Ashley
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    Christopher Bevans
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    Khalida Brohi
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    David Kobia
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    Geetha Narayanan
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    Juliana Rotich
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    Shaka Senghor
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    Jeff Sturges
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    Marco Tempest
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    Baratunde Thurston
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