Michel Anne Frederic DeGraff[1] (born 1963) is a Haitian creolist and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

[5] In 1992, he earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania, with a dissertation on the role of language acquisition in the formation of the syntax of Haitian Creole.

[7] In the fall of 2012, he received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to introduce online Creole language materials in the teaching of STEM in Haiti.

In addition to linguistics and education, his writings engage history and critical race theory, especially the links between power-knowledge hierarchies and the hegemonic representations of non-colonial languages and their speakers in the Global South and beyond.

[8] In response to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, DeGraff wrote in support of universal justice and freedom for Israelis and Palestinians,[9][10] and criticized MIT's leadership's stance on Gaza protests and counter-protests.