@harvardstudents OMG profs have twitter accounts!

In case you don’t speak “tweet,” that means that a handful of Harvard professors—including Jeffrey Miron, Gary King, and Niall Ferguson—have Twitter accounts, which just might make them cooler than you. Well, Niall Ferguson was already cooler, but, then again, you’ve known that for awhile.

Anyway, these three professors—who tweet about a range of topics related to their respective areas of expertise—have made the effort to leave the Ivory Tower and communicate with the world beyond the gates of Harvard. Here’s a little rundown of each of these Twitter accounts (along with a recent tweet):

Jeffrey Miron (senior lecturer in the economics department)

Subjects: economics, politics

Account: jeffreyamiron

Following: 1

Followers: 220

Tweets: 244

Sample tweet: The Demand for Guns in India: In the land of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian gun owners are coming out of the shadows for t... http://bit.ly/cWcyzC

Gary King (biostatistics professor)

Subject: government, current affairs

Account: kinggary

Following: 11,907

Followers: 12,001

Tweets: 573

Sample tweet: Harvard Govt Dept Ph.D. Student practice job talk in K262 starting about now...

Niall Ferguson (professor of history and business administration)

Subject: various travels, book tours, hikes up mountains, etc.

Account: nfergus

Following: 0

Followers: 1,433

Tweets: 30

Sample tweet: Willy Dalrymple's Jaipur Literary Festival was a joy. A huge crowd, a palatial setting, perfect weather and all the curry I could eat.