Our People

Federico Acosta y Lara

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: acostaylara@wustl.edu

Deniz Aksoy

• Associate Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: denizaksoy@wustl.edu

Lukas Alexander

• Second Year Graduate Student
• Weidenbaum Center Graduate Research Affiliate

• E-mail: a.lukas@wustl.edu

Alex Avery

• Fourth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: a.d.avery@wustl.edu

Timm Betz

• Associate Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: betzt@wustl.edu

Zachary Bowersox

• Lecturer in Political Science

• E-mail: bowersox@wustl.edu

Christina L. Boyd

• Professor of Law and Political Science

• E-mail: clboyd@wustl.edu

Daniel Butler

• Professor of Political Science
• Director of Undergraduate Studies in Political Science

• E-mail: daniel.butler@wustl.edu

Anthony Buzzacco

• Academic & Administrative Cluster Supervisor

• E-mail: anthonyb@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8577

Randall Calvert

• Thomas F. Eagleton University Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science
• Professor Emeritus of Political Science

• E-mail: calvert@wustl.edu

Michael Cannon

• Professor of the Practice

• E-mail: mrcannon@wustl.edu

Taylor Carlson

• Associate Professor of Political Science
• Weidenbaum Center Director of Survey Research

• E-mail: tncarlson@wustl.edu

David Carter

• Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: davidcarter@wustl.edu

Zeynep Ceren Topac

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: t.zeynep@wustl.edu

Amaan Charaniya

• Fifth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: a.charaniya@wustl.edu

Tian Chen

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: chen.tian@wustl.edu

Dino P. Christenson

• Professor of Political Science
• Director of the Environmental Policy Major

• E-mail: dinopc@wustl.edu

Brian F. Crisp

• Professor Emeritus of Political Science

• E-mail: crisp@wustl.edu

Taylor Damann

• Sixth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: tjdamann@wustl.edu

Alfred Darnell

• Political Science Lecturer

• E-mail: adarnell@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5856

Niko Dawson

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: a.dawson@wustl.edu

Rex Weiye Deng

• Fifth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: weiye.deng@wustl.edu

Juan Dodyk

• Assistant Professor of Political Science (starting Fall 2025)

Aaron Yuen Ng Du

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: aaron.d@wustl.edu

Abbie L. Eastman

• Second Year Graduate Student
• Dean's Distinguished Graduate Fellow

• E-mail: a.eastman@wustl.edu

Patrick Edwards

• Fourth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: edwards.p@wustl.edu

Ted Enamorado

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: ted@wustl.edu

Nathan Englehart

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: enathan@wustl.edu

Lee Epstein

• Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor

• E-mail: epstein@wustl.edu

Justin Fox

• Associate Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: justin.fox@wustl.edu

Nick Freed

• AAC Assistant to the Chair and Communications Support

• E-mail: nickf@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7455

Matthew Gabel

• Professor of Political Science
• Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Faculty

• E-mail: mgabel@wustl.edu

Amy Gais

• Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Thought and Political Science

• E-mail: amy.gais@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4200

Irene Gerrish

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: g.irene@wustl.edu

James L. Gibson

• Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government

• E-mail: jgibson@wustl.edu

Rachel Goodman

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: goodman.r@wustl.edu

Matthew Hayes

• Associate Professor of Political Science
• Director of Departmental Climate, Faculty and Student Success

• E-mail: matthew.hayes@wustl.edu

Clarissa Rile Hayward

• Professor of Political Science
• Professor of Philosophy (By Courtesy), and Urban Studies (Affiliate)

• E-mail: chayward@wustl.edu

Carlo Horz

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: horz@wustl.edu

John Inazu

• Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion
• Professor of Political Science (by courtesy)

• E-mail: jinazu@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6273

Alexis Jang

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: alexis.jang@wustl.edu

Elisabeth Annie Jarman

• ABD Status

• E-mail: a.a.jarman@wustl.edu

Soyeon Jeon

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: j.soyeon@wustl.edu

T. Ryan Johnson

• ABD Status

• E-mail: thomas.johnson@wustl.edu

Jaclyn Kaslovsky

• Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow

• E-mail: kjaclyn@wustl.edu

Lizzy Kearns

• Academic & Administrative Coordinator

• E-mail: ekearns@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8086

Masanori Kikuchi

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: m.kikuchi@wustl.edu

Dahjin Kim

• Sixth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: dahjin.kim@wustl.edu

Scott Krummenacher

• Lecturer in Environmental Studies

• E-mail: krummenacher@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7491

Ruilin Lai

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: ruilin.lai@wustl.edu

Zhaozhi Li

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: l.zhaozhi@wustl.edu

Ruiyuan Li

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: l.ruiyuan@wustl.edu

Jiayi Li

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: jiayi1@wustl.edu

Gechun Lin

• Sixth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: lingechun@wustl.edu

Stefanie Lindquist

• Nickerson Dean and Professor of Law at WashU Law
• Professor of Political Science (courtesy)

• E-mail: slindquist@wustl.edu
• Phone: (314) 935-6420

Zion Little

• Fourth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: l.zion@wustl.edu

Kuan Liu

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: kuan@wustl.edu

Dominique Lockett

• ABD Status

• E-mail: dlockett@wustl.edu

Frank Lovett

• Associate Chair of Political Science
• Professor of Political Science Professor of Philosophy, by courtesy Director of Legal Studies

• E-mail: flovett@wustl.edu

William Lowry

• Professor Emeritus of Political Science

• E-mail: lowry@wustl.edu

Christopher Lucas

• Associate Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: christopher.lucas@wustl.edu

Jie Ma

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: jie.m@wustl.edu

Andrew Martin

• Chancellor
• Professor of Political Science, Law, Statistics, and Data Science

• E-mail: admartin@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5100

Raduan van Veltham Meira

• Fifth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: raduaneugenio@wustl.edu

Jacob Montgomery

• Professor of Political Science
• Chair of the Political Science Concentration for Division of Computational and Data Sciences

• E-mail: jacob.montgomery@wustl.edu

Lucia Motolinia

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: luciam@wustl.edu

Jordon Newton

• Fifth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: j.newton@wustl.edu

Thanh Nguyen

• Third Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: davidnguyen@wustl.edu

Amanda Nutter

• Academic & Administrative Coordinator

• E-mail: nutter@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5810

Diana Z. O'Brien

• Bela Kornitzer Distinguished Professor
• Professor of Political Science, and Women and Gender (Affiliate)

• E-mail: dzobrien@wustl.edu

Tae Sung Oh

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: o.taesung@wustl.edu

Maria Leticia Oliveira

• Third Year Graduate Student
• Dean's Distinguished Graduate Fellow

• E-mail: m.l.oliveira@wustl.edu

Michael Olson

• Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow

• E-mail: michael.p.olson@wustl.edu

Maryam Oyebamiji

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: maryamo@wustl.edu

Sunita Parikh

• Associate Professor of Political Science and Law (by courtesy)
• Lecturer in Law

• E-mail: saparikh@wustl.edu

Sein Park

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: p.sein@wustl.edu

Chanhyuk Park

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: chanhyuk@wustl.edu

Jenna Pedersen

• Sixth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: jenna.pedersen@wustl.edu

Peng Peng

• Assistant Professor in Political Science

• E-mail: pengp@wustl.edu

Amy Pond

• Associate Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: pamy@wustl.edu

Annamaria Prati

• Sixth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: aprati@wustl.edu

Mariah Pugliese

• Academic & Administrative Coordinator

• E-mail: mariahp@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5822

Seonkyung Pyo

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: p.seonkyung@wustl.edu

Xiaoyan (Christy) Qiu

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: x.qiu@wustl.edu

Andrew Reeves

• Professor of Political Science
• Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy

• E-mail: reeves@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5856

Guillermo Rosas

• Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: grosas@wustl.edu

Jose Santiesteban

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: joses@wustl.edu

Keith Schnakenberg

• Professor of Political Science
• Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science

• E-mail: keschnak@wustl.edu

Itai Sened

• Professor Emeritus of Political Science

• E-mail: sened@wustl.edu

Stephanie N. Shady

• Lecturer of Political Science
• Associate Director of Graduate Studies

• E-mail: shadys@wustl.edu

Shiran Victoria Shen

• Assistant Professor of Political Science (starting Fall 2025)

Dihan Shi

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: dihan@wustl.edu

Hannah Simpson

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: hsimpson@wustl.edu

Betsy Sinclair

• Thomas F. Eagleton University Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science
• Chair of Political Science
• Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: bsinclai@wustl.edu

Steven S. Smith

• Kate M. Gregg Distinguished Professor of Social Science
• Professor Emeritus of Political Science
• Former Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy

• E-mail: smith@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5810

Andrew​ Sobel​

• Professor of Global Studies
• Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) ON LEAVE SPRING 2025

• E-mail: sobel@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5845

Xiangyu Song

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: xiangyusong@wustl.edu

James F. Spriggs II

• Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government

• E-mail: jspriggs@wustl.edu

Andrew Strasberg

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: a.e.strasberg@wustl.edu

Michael Strawbridge

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: strawbridge@wustl.edu

Yuan (Cecilia) Sui

• Fifth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: c.sui@wustl.edu

Margit Tavits

• Dr. William Taussig Professor in Arts & Sciences
• Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: tavits@wustl.edu

Leo (Yuan) Tien

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: tien.y@wustl.edu

Ophelia Vedder

• Assistant Professor of Political Science (starting Fall 2025)

Alma Velazquez

• Fourth Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: a.m.velazquez@wustl.edu

Carly Wayne

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: carlywayne@wustl.edu

Addison "Rose" Wellenberger

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: a.r.wellenberger@wustl.edu

Jordan Duffin Wong

• Fifth Year Graduate Student
• Weidenbaum Center Survey Research Affiliate

• E-mail: jordan.d.wong@wustl.edu
• Phone: 308-224-9695

Bort Wu

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: bort@wustl.edu

Yifan (Frank) Xu

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: frank.x@wustl.edu

Elaine Yao

• Assistant Professor of Political Science (starting Summer 2025)

Hongyu Yu

• First Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: hongyu.y@wustl.edu

Tianlang Leona Zhao

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: leona@wustl.edu

Shuren Zheng

• Second Year Graduate Student

• E-mail: shuren.z@wustl.edu