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Samuel Naranjo Rincón, originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, is a Computational and Data Science PhD student with research interests in large-scale brain architecture and temporal dynamics of functional neural connections. He earned his BS in Psychology at the University of Central Florida. There, he joined the McNair program where he became interested in pursuing a doctoral degree. […]

Brianna is a Molecular Cell Biology PhD student with research interest in the intersection of genetic diseases and neurodegeneration. She received her BA in Chemistry, BS in Psychology from the University of Missouri- Columbia in 2021. She became involved in research during her undergraduate career within the fields of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, where she […]

A PhD student in Cancer Biology, Alyssa aspires to deepen her understanding of the biological mechanisms that promote cancer initiation, growth, and metastasis. As a woman in STEM and the first in her family to pursue graduate education, she is enthusiastic about mentoring other young women in STEM and empowering students from all backgrounds. She […]

A PhD student in the Immunology department of The Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Crystal Lovato seeks to understand the immune system as it pertains to autoimmunity. With her background in Microbiology and personal connections to the challenges disease presents, she hopes to add to the body of knowledge that feeds treatment options of […]

Joseph Adjei is a first-year PhD student in the Plant and Microbial Biosciences (PMB) program seeking to explore intracellular/intercellular communication within organisms, with the aim of improving food security and human condition. He is a deaf student from Ghana, West Africa. Joseph received his BS with Honors in Biomedical Science from the Rochester Institute of […]

Izzy Howerton (she/her) is a PhD student in Public Health Sciences, with a passion for investigating systems-level facilitators and barriers to LGBTQ+ health—particularly as it relates to intimate partner violence and gender norms. Since graduating with an MPH from the Brown School in 2020, Izzy has worked as an epidemiologist, whose work was dedicated to […]

An incoming PhD student in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (EEPS), Alexander Nguyen aims to use radar remote sensing to study earth processes on the planets and moons in our solar system. In his experience of navigating predominately white and affluential spaces while being biracial, low-income, and the child of a refugee, […]

Ali is an evaluation specialist. She provides expertise in the assessment of student learning and experience alongside the design and implementation of psychosocial interventions and/or programmatic initiatives intended to enhance equity in student outcomes, particularly in STEM fields. She works collaboratively with the vice provost for educational initiatives, Institutional Research & Analysis, the Center for […]

Pam is a senior data analyst for the institutional research & analysis unit. She creates dashboards to share data visualizations with WashU stakeholders, helps analyze WashU rankings, and builds repeatable processes for managing data. Pam also conducts research and analysis to answer questions raised by senior management and committees and helps administer institutional surveys. 

Mike is a senior data analyst supporting key initiatives which aim to assess and improve student outcomes and promote equity of success across the student body. In collaboration with the vice provost for educational initiatives, the institutional effectiveness team, and other partners across WashU. He is helping to develop more systematic assessment of key student […]

School of Medicine Member until August 2026 Research: Stroke recovery, Rehabilitation, and Accelerometry Teaching: Graduate content in motor systems neuroscience, motor control, and research design. Graduate research mentorship.

Tamara Kulish serves as the administrative project coordinator in the Office of the Provost working closely with the senior program manager and the vice provost. She supports a variety of programs and initiatives for Danforth Campus faculty.

Katelyn serves as a project manager in the Office of the Provost.  She is responsible for various projects that promote the initiatives of the provost and vice provosts.

Professor, Performing Arts & American Culture Studies, Fall 2023 | Elaine Peña’s teaching and research interests include border studies, hemispheric Latinx performance, and religious studies. She is the author of Performing Piety: Making Space Sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe (University of California Press, 2011), an ethnographic study of transnational devotional practices between central Mexico […]

Assistant Professor, Art, Fall 2023 | Chris Dingwall is a historian of American and African American design with particular interest in race, material culture, political economy, and the relationship between art and power in scenes of everyday life and labor. Currently, he is writing Selling Slavery: Race and the Industry of American Culture, a book […]

Professor, African and African American Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies, Fall 2022 | Marlon M. Bailey is a Black queer theorist and critical/performance ethnographer who studies Black LGBTQ cultural formations, sexual health, and HIV/AIDS prevention. Marlon’s book, Butch Queens Up in Pumps: Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit, was published by the University […]

Walter D. Coles Professor of Law, Law, Fall 2022 | Rafael I. Pardo researches and teaches in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial law, contracts, and legal history. His published work over the last five years has focused on the intersection of the 1841 Bankruptcy Act, slavery, and race in the antebellum United States. This research […]

Assistant Professor, Biology, Fall 2022 | Liz’s research focuses on the causes and consequences of variation in the gut microbiome both within and between species. Much of her research examines how diet, environmental change, and host physiology influence wild nonhuman primate gut microbiomes, but her recent work identifies factors shaping microbiome variation in adults and […]