Mimi Sheller

Dean of Global School
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EDUCATION
AB History and Literature Harvard University
MA Sociology and Historical Studies New School for Social Research
PhD Sociology and Historical Studies New School for Social Research
Expert Bio

Mimi Sheller is the Dean of The Global School at WPI. She is a widely cited expert in the post-colonial context of the Caribbean, with particular expertise on Haiti. Sheller also founded and directed the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy, an interdisciplinary field that studies the movement of people, objects, and information, as well as the complex new mobilities (and immobilities) that are afforded by changing technologies and infrastructures. Sheller can also provide insight into the following:

  • Caribbean migration
  • Climate migration
  • Lifestyle mobilities
  • Labor migration and nomadic workers
  • Deportation from the United States

She is the author of seven books, eight co-edited books, and 125 refereed journal articles and book chapters as well as the founding co-editor of the journal Mobilities. since. In addition she has consulted for international agencies, including the World Bank, and for such companies as Michelin, and has given dozens of keynote talks and invited lectures at leading universities in the United States and Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

Livability
Meet the People Who Help Power Higher Education in Worcester

“WPI is making contributions to global efforts around sustainability, climate adaptation, social equity and global health.” Mimi Sheller, dean of The Global School, discusses the global impact of WPI faculty and students; and the dynamic environment and cross-institutional collaboration generated by Worcester’s colleges and universities. 

Bloomberg
EVs Can’t Fix a Global Epidemic of ‘Car Harm,’ Study Finds

 Mimi Sheller, dean of The Global School and mobilities researcher, provided analysis for this Bloomberg article on a new review that estimates the number of deaths, injuries, and other health and social impacts attributed to vehicles and driving

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