Expert Guide

CIS faculty and scholars are available to members of the media who seek comment and background information on issues related to international affairs. The best way to reach our experts is to contact them directly. If additional information is needed, please contact Michelle English, the Center’s Communications Officer.

CIS faculty and scholars are available to members of the media who seek comment and background information on issues related to international affairs. The best way to reach our experts is to contact them directly. If additional information is needed, please contact Michelle English, the Center’s Communications Officer.

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Carol Saivetz

Senior Advisor, Security Studies Program

Expertise: Russia, former Soviet Union 		csaivetz@mit.edu617-324-3065E40-476
Richard Samuels

Ford International Professor of Political Science
Faculty Director, MIT-Japan
Former Director, Center for International Studies (2003-2023)

Expertise: Asia (Japanese politics and leadership, Asian security, political economy, comparative politics), Japan (security, politics, public policy, political leadership, defense/aerospace, international education), Italy (political leadership and economic history), civil-military relations 		samuels@mit.edu617-253-2449E40-475

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Bishwapriya Sanyal

Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning
Director, Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS)/ Humphrey Fellows Program 

Expertise: Urban studies and planning 		sanyal@mit.edu617-253-32709-435A

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Harvey Sapolsky

Professor, Public Policy and Organization (Emeritus)
Former Director, Security Studies Program

Expertise: Civil-military relations, military issues (innovation, defense politics, organizational theory) 		sapolsky@mit.edu617-253-5265E40-481

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Ben Ross Schneider

Ford International Professor of Political Science
Faculty Director, MIT-Chile

Expertise: Capitalist development in Latin America (diversified business groups, foreign investment, human capital, labor markets, and commodity-led growth), new forms of state capitalism, industrial policy, state-owned enterprises 		brs@mit.edu617-253-7207E53-423

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Serenella Sferza

Co-director, MISTI Italy

Expertise: European political parties, globalization (effect on long-term political change, working in the global economy), Italy, European political economy 		ssferza@mit.edu617-452-2693E40-411
David Andrew Singer

Professor, Political Science
Department Head

Expertise: Political economy (international financial regulation, capital flows/policy, central banking, governance), international economics 		dasinger@mit.edu617-258-9372E53-473

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Pawan Sinha

Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Faculty Director, MIT-India

Expertise: International education, brain and cognitive sciences, neurological disorders, mechanism of learning, neuroplasticity, object representations in the brain 		psinha@mit.edu617-253-143446-4077
Eugene Skolnikoff

Professor, Political Science (Emeritus)

Expertise: Interaction of science and technology and international politics 		ebskol@mit.edu617-253-3140E53-373
Justin Steil

Assistant Professor of Law and Urban Planning
Inter-University Committee on International Migration

Expertise: International migration, housing policy, urban policy, local government law, land use law, civil rights law, residential segregation, anti-discrimination policy 		steil@mit.edu617-253-20179-515

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Scott Swift

Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow 2018-2019

Expertise: Global security; Indo-Pacific region; military issues 		shswift@mit.edu617-253-8093E40-400