Butler-Barnes named visiting professor at Rutgers University

Sheretta Butler-Barnes, an associate professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the Sojourner Truth in Racial & Social Justice Visiting Professor at Rutgers University School of Social Work for the 2023-24 academic year. Read more here.

Celebrating teaching-track faculty promotions in Arts & Sciences

Congratulations to the 17 teaching-track faculty members in Arts & Sciences who recently earned promotions! Teaching-track faculty make vital contributions to Arts & Sciences by lending their expertise and voices to mission-critical activities across campus. Read more here.

Phillips wins Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

Carl Phillips, a professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Phillips received the honor for his latest collection, “Then The War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020.” The prizes were announced May 8 at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York by the Pulitzer […]

Faculty recognized by psychological association

Denise Head and Lori Markson, both professors of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named fellows of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Additionally, Calvin Lai, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences, has received the 2023 Association for Psychological Science Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career […]

Professors Allman and Kidder elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Jean Allman, the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities and a professor of African and African American studies, and T. R. Kidder, the Edward S. and Tedi Macias Professor in the Department of Anthropology have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Additionally, Scott J. Hultgren and Lilianna Solnica-Krezel of the Washington […]