Arts & Sciences

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | The Unseen Leaders: Bridging the Global Leadership Gender Gap By Fu-Hsuan Tsai | October 2025 Women make up more than half of the world’s population, yet they hold only 26.9% of seats in national parliaments worldwide (IPU, 2024). This absence creates an imbalance in the policies that affect all of […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | PsychoHairapy: Re-braiding strands of life through Community By Grace Mensah-Fosu | November 2025 On May 18, 2023, the New York Times published an article titled “Black Men Don’t Do Therapy. Or so I thought,” which made me think a lot about Western conceptions of therapy and, more broadly, what it […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | Lemons, Politicians, and the Need for Courage By Federico Marri | November 2025 When my friend entered politics at eighteen, she carried the kind of idealism every democracy dreams of: sharp mind, strong competence, genuine care for her community. She spent five years organizing events, paying campaign costs from […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | Change the Package, Keep the Core: Strategic Adaptation By Heeyeon Kim | October 2025 I was walking home after a long day in the lab, exhausted and ready to shut off my brain. As I passed the parking lot, a familiar beat drifted out of a neighbor’s car window. […]

Scholar Voices Insight to Exhibition: VaNetta Clark’s Research Findings Showcased at Olin Library October 2025 VaNetta Clark’s first research study, “High-Quality Education: Insights from Exemplary Teachers on Pedagogy and In-School Community,” has been transformed into an inspiring exhibit at WashU’s John M. Olin Library, Gingko Reading Room. The study reveals significant findings that underscore the […]

Scholar Voices McDonnell Scholars attend COP27 WashU Environmental Studies | January 2023 In November, two of our McDonnell Scholars attended the 27th Annual Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Ganesh Chelluboyina (EECE PhD) and Bea Addis (Anthropology PhD) share their insights on the complex nature of the climate crisis from a global and interdisciplinary perspective. Ganesh’s […]