The Stories
Sharon Bridburg Director of Human Resources
"I feel very fortunate to have worked at MIT through the period when I was starting a family"
Aaron Donaghey Events Planning Assistant
"People look at me and. . .are shocked that wow, he's working a full-time job and he's paralyzed. . . . I open a lot of peoples' eyes to what goes on around here."
Abigail Francis LBGT Services
"I saw a position posted for LBGT Services and realized that that was a very new type of position."
Wesley Harris Associate Provost for Faculty Equity
"As the Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, my challenge is to make sure that faculty members of color whom we invite here are given every opportunity to show their gifts."
Sally Haslanger Director, Women's & Gender Studies
"At MIT there's a very profound commitment on the part of the administration to make a difference, to have a fair representation of women and minorities."
Alyce Johnson Human Resources
"I work in a department that has a diversity of staff. I was not the only one and so that made it very comfortable for me to be me."
Diane Magnuson Manager of Diversity and Inclusion
"One of the challenges is recognizing my own biases and recognizing the things that I bring to the table."
Robert Randolph Chaplain to the Institute
"The biggest challenge with regard to religious life at MIT is simply keeping people talking to each other."
