For Faculty

The Faculty Associate and Faculty Fellows programs emerged in response to the realization that there was a growing gap between faculty members and undergraduate students at WashU.

In addition, many faculty members wished to extend their interaction with students outside the academic realm. Today, many campuses across the nation have well-developed faculty/student interaction programs (e.g., Stanford, Georgetown, UCLA, Elon, etc.).

The faculty members involved in the programs are volunteers. By participating in the program, both faculty and students gain a better understanding of the rich lives we lead outside of the classroom. In turn, faculty help improve the undergraduate experience of their students, while students increase the number of quality interactions with faculty outside of academics.

Faculty Fellows

Marlon Bailey

Apartments North Faculty Fellow

Professor of African and African American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Faculty Fellows

Flora Cassen

Thomas H. Eliot House Faculty Fellow

Associate Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies and of History

Faculty Associate

Megan Daschbach

HIG Faculty Associate

Teaching Professor of Chemistry

Faculty Fellows

Kia Davis

Wayman Crow Faculty Fellow (Dardick House, Nemerov House)

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Faculty Fellows

El Hadji Samba Diallo

Park Mudd Faculty Fellow

Lecturer in African & African-American Studies

Faculty Fellows

Catalina Freixas

Liggett Koenig Faculty Fellow

Associate Professor of Architecture

Faculty Fellows

Adam Kepecs

Thomas H. Eliot House Faculty Fellow

Robert J. Terry Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Psychiatry

Faculty Associate

Jia Luo

HIG Faculty Associate

Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Faculty Fellows

Luis Alejandro Salas

Umrath Zetcher Faculty Fellow

Associate Professor of Classics

Faculty Associate

Maggie Schlarman

JKL Faculty Associate

Lecturer in Biology

Faculty Fellows

Trent Silbaugh

Robert S. Brookings Faculty Fellow

Senior Lecturer of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Faculty Fellows

Joe Steensma

William Greenleaf Eliot Faculty Fellow

Professor of Practice in Public Health and Environmental Studies

Before living on campus, I knew students from the brain up.  I knew in the classroom.  After serving as a Faculty Fellow, I now know the hearts and souls of the students.  It has changed the way I teach and advise.

Dr. Brian Carpenter, former faculty fellow & professor of psychology

Past Faculty programs