Faculty

Ambassador to Boğaziçi University and Middle East Technical University in Turkey, Hayrettin Yucesoy earned his BA from Istanbul University, his MA from the University of Jordan, and his PhD in History from the University of Chicago in 2002. His research interests are in the history of medieval Middle East, in particular, the interaction of religion […]

Ping Wang earned his BS in ocean transportation from the National Chao Tung University in the Republic of China (R.O.C.). He holds an MS in economics from National Chengchi University (R.O.C.), an MS from the University of Rochester, and a PhD in economics from the University of Rochester (1987). Wang has held faculty positions at […]

Jean-Francois Trani is an associate professor at the Brown School. He joined in 2012 from the Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. Professor Trani’s work lies at the intersection of mental health, disability, vulnerability, and poverty with a focus on conducting research […]

Fred Ssewamala directs the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) and SMART Africa Center at Washington University.  He holds a bachelor’s in Social Work and Social Administration from Makerere University in Uganda, and an MSW and PhD from the Brown School at Washington University.  He leads innovative, interdisciplinary research that informs, develops, and tests economic empowerment and […]

Yongseok Shin earned his BA from Seoul National University in 1999, and his PhD in economics from Stanford University in 2004. Prior to joining Washington University in 2008, he taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Shin is a macroeconomist, but his research draws heavily on micro-level data and emphasizes how the decision making by […]

Michael Sherraden is the founding director of the Center for Social Development (CSD), at Washington University’s Brown School. Sherraden was educated at Harvard (AB, 1970) and the University of Michigan (MSW, 1976; PhD, 1979). Professor Sherraden has played a central role in articulating the notion of asset-based development, which suggests that policy and programs should promote […]

Zhao Ma was born and grew up in Beijing. He received my PhD in History from the Johns Hopkins University in 2007, and joined the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Washington University in 2011. His first book, Runaway Wives, Urban Crimes, and Survival Strategies in Wartime Beijing, 1937-1949, was published by Harvard […]

Jonathan Losos received his AB from Harvard University, followed by a PhD in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley, and postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Davis. He then taught at Washington University for 14 years, rising to the rank of professor and serving as the Director of the Tyson Research Center and the […]

Jr-Shin Li joined the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis in 2006. He completed his BS (1996) and MS (1998) degrees at National Taiwan University, and his PhD in Applied Mathematics at Harvard University (2006). He is now Professor of Systems Science and Mathematics in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering. He also holds […]