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Hispanic Studies | Entering Year: 2021 Nayive Gaytán is originally from Southern California and spent most of her adolescence in south Texas. She studied history and Spanish at Emory University where her honors research on regional tourism, an iconic cultural product, and Mexican national identity was supported by fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the Fox […]

Molecular Cell Biology | Entering Year: 2021 St. Louis native Wesley Agee is a doctoral student within the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) program. Throughout his undergraduate career he has participated in research opportunities spanning from his initial introduction in plant science to working in Drosophila model systems. His interest is in all facets of biomedical research […]

History | Entering Year: 2020 Bridget Kelly is a third year PhD student of International Urban History who researches Black suburbanization in postbellum American cities. In her dissertation, Bridget conducts a comparative study of three suburban neighborhoods located in Tennessee, Missouri, and Georgia, built for Black American settlement in the final decade of the nineteenth […]

Diana is Senior Director Institutional Effectiveness. She leads the implementation of the IE strategy and oversees IE operations. She works in partnership with the Associate Provost for IE and the Executive Vice Provost to provide leadership and expertise to advance the Provost’s and WashU’s mission and strategic priorities. She serves as a member of the Here […]

A PhD candidate in Germanic Languages and Literatures, Sylvia Sukop seeks to deepen her engagement with neglected histories, including the lives and work of artists and writers that speak to the challenges of our own time. The lesbian Jewish daughter of German-speaking immigrants and an advocate for LGBTQ+ equality since the 1980s, Sylvia is committed […]

Biomedical Engineering | Entering Year: 2021 Rebecca Reals is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.  She graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University in May 2021, where she earned a degree in Bioengineering with a concentration in Cell & Tissue Engineering and a minor in Mathematics.  While at Northeastern, she welcomed first-year students to the […]

Computational and Data Sciences | Entering Year: 2020 Abigail Lewis is pursuing a doctorate in Computational and Data Sciences. She graduated summa cum laude from Grinnell College with a degree in mathematics and statistics. While at Grinnell, Abigail operated in the math department as a peer mentor and tutor. Further, Ms. Lewis volunteered at the […]

Nursing Science | Entering Year: 2020 Brittany Ferrell is pursuing a Nursing Science PhD within an interdisciplinary program at Washington University in St. Louis and Goldfarb School of Nursing. Brittany graduated from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis in May 2020, where she earned a Master of Public Health, and earned a […]

Computational and Data Sciences | Entering Year: 2019 Jean Springsteen is studying computational and data sciences, with a focus in computational methodologies and public health. In 2019, she graduated from Coe College summa cum laude, where she studied mathematics and economics and ran cross country and track and field. Her thesis focused on the economic […]

Earth & Planetary Sciences | Entering Year: 2019

Psychological & Brain Sciences | Entering Year: 2019 Jaisal Merchant is a  PhD student in the Clinical Science program, studying social motivation and effort allocation in patients with psychotic disorders. For the last eight years, Jaisal has pursued her interest in psychological research working in social, cognitive, and clinical psychology labs. After graduating magna cum […]

Jennifer is responsible for managing and directing key administrative and academic support projects for the Office of the Provost. She works closely with the senior associate provost and chief of staff on strategic projects and priorities. Jennifer also manages and creates structures around academic initiatives and unique projects through the Office of the Provost. 

As assistant provost for inclusive excellence, Aurora contributes professional expertise and leadership recommendations to the provost and the provost’s leadership team on efforts regarding inclusive policies and practices. As a mixed methodologist, she conducts evaluations and assessments to provide evidence-based recommendations for programs housed in the Office of the Provost.  Although, Aurora also provides expert consultation […]

Cecilia manages, plans, develops, implements, and coordinates administrative and programmatic support to the Office of the Provost initiatives, including directing diversity projects and programs.  She supports the department leadership through the design and management of programming aligning with the Office of the Provost’s goals and mission. Leading and partnering with a team of Project Coordinators […]

Angela is responsible for managing and directing key academic support projects for the Office of the Provost including the PhD program reviews and academic integrity. Serving as the Office of the Provost contact on numerous compliance topics including SARA, she manages the University wide reporting related to Graduate Education and advises our vice provosts on issues […]

Karen develops communications strategies and plans for specific Office of the Provost initiatives across a variety of digital platforms and channels including web, social media, email marketing, events, and collateral with an overall emphasis on reputation building and promotion of Washington University.

Jen is the vice provost for educational initiatives and professor of earth and planetary sciences.   Her administrative duties include enhancing equity in undergraduates’ academic opportunities, experiences and outcomes; deepening student research experiences; assessing educational programs; and fostering innovation in educational programs and practices. As a faculty member, Jennifer’s research focuses on understanding the role the […]

Kia is the vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity, a professor in the Department of African and African-American Studies and the Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar in Arts & Sciences. Kia’s administrative duties include consulting and collaborating with the school deans and other WashU school leaders to strengthen policies, procedures and processes that enable faculty […]

As senior associate provost, Erin serves as a strategic partner for the provost and the Office of the Provost, focusing on broad-based and large-scale academic and operational initiatives, complex project management, oversight of high risk and challenging matters. She is responsible for the management and implementation of the Workday Student system, a large-scale, multi-year IT capital […]

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