Established through a gift from the late James A. Levitan, a 1945 MIT graduate in chemistry who was also a member of the MIT Corporation, the Levitan Prize was first awarded in 1990. The prize is awarded annually as a research fund to support scholarship in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. All regular tenure track SHASS faculty are eligible to apply. Visit the Levitan Prize website.
Benjamin Mangrum, assistant professor of literature at MIT, has been awarded the 2023 Levitan Prize in the Humanities.
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Benjamin Mangrum receives the 2023 Levitan Prize
Benjamin Mangrum, assistant professor of literature at MIT, has been awarded the 2023 Levitan Prize in the Humanities.
Mangrum will use the award to support research for his upcoming book, which is a cultural and intellectual history of environmental rights.
Athulya Aravind receives the 2022 Levitan Prize
Athulya Aravind, associate professor of linguistics and director of the Language Acquistion Lab, was awarded the 2022 Levitan Prize in the Humanities.
Researchers at the MIT Language Acquisition Lab are using funds from the 2022 Levitan Prize in the Humanities to carry out a set of studies investigating children's acquisition of "expletives" or “dummy words” — words that don't seem to have any meaning.
Political scientist In Song Kim receives the 2021 Levitan Prize
New project by inventor of LobbyView.org will advance trade theory and the ability of citizens to influence public policymaking.
2020 Levitan Prize Winner
Associate Professor Amy Moran-Thomas is the recipient of a 2020 James A. and Ruth Levitan Prize. The prize is awarded to instructors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) in recognition of their outstanding contributions to teaching.
Award History
