Session 7: Perception, Cognition, and Expression

​How do we make meaning? How do we understand beauty? How does art shape what we think and feel? In this discussion, MIT SHASS scholars will examine the profound ways we interpret the world and express ourselves.

​Panelists:

• ​Sandy Alexandre, Associate Professor, Literature

• ​Elise Newman, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy

• ​Justin Khoo, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy

• ​Jay Scheib, Class of 1949 Professor, Section Head, Music and Theater Arts

​Moderator

• ​Angela Saini, Assistant Professor, Comparative Media Studies/Writing