Students
Benjamin Norwood Harris
PhD Student

Benjamin Norwood Harris is a PhD candidate in the MIT Department of Political Science and affiliated with the Center’s Security Studies Program. He specializes in security studies and international relations, researching emerging technology and the future of war. Ben majored in political & social thought and physics at the University of Virginia as a Jefferson Scholar and completed his master's at Tsinghua University through the Schwarzman Scholars Program. Prior to joining MIT, Ben worked at the RAND Corporation as a Defense Analyst.