Our People

Ruilin  Lai

• Fourth Year Graduate Student
• Weidenbaum Center Graduate Fellow

• Email: ruilin.lai@wustl.edu

Gregory  Magarian

• Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law

Timothy  McBride

• Bernard Becker Professor, School of Public Health
• Co-Director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research

Leilani  Moise

• Undergraduate Student Affiliate

Julie Holland  Mortimer

• James Langenfeld Professor of Industrial Organization
• Professor of Economics
• NBER Research Associate: Industrial Organization
  Weidenbaum Center Faculty Research Fellow

• Email: hollandmortimer@wustl.edu

Khoi  Ngo

• Graduate Student
• Weidenbaum Center Graduate Fellow

• Email: khoi@wustl.edu
• Phone: +1 (314) 935-5790

Michael  Olson

• Associate Professor of Political Science (effective July 1st)
• Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow

• Email: michael.p.olson@wustl.edu

Elizabeth  Pippert Larson

• Associate Director of Research & Administration

• Email: elizabeth.larson@wustl.edu

Melanie Fontes  Rainer

• Leading Healthcare Strategist, J.D.
• Chief Strategy and Transformation Office, L.A. Care
  Former U.S. National Director Civil Rights & Chief Privacy Officer at HHS
  Weidenbaum Center Senior Fellow
  

• Email: Melaniefontesrainer@gmail.com

Andrew  Reeves

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

• Email: reeves@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5636

​Jake  Rosenfeld​

• Department Chair of Sociology
• Professor of Sociology
  Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy Resident Fellow
  

• Email: jrosenfeld@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6196

Rich  Ryffel

• Executive Director of Business Leadership and Professor of Practice, Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University, and Weidenbaum Center Senior Fellow

• Email: rryffel@purdue.edu
• Phone: Phone: (314) 614-3232

​Ariela  Schachter​

• Associate Chair of Sociology​
• Associate Professor of Sociology
  Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow
  Faculty Affiliate in Asian American Studies
  

• Email: ariela@wustl.edu
• Phone: +1 (314) 935-5790

Sheren Victoria  Shen

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

Hwayong  Shin

• Weidenbaum Center Postdoctoral Fellow in Survey Research

• Email: hwayong@wustl.edu

Betsy  Sinclair

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

• Email: bsinclai@wustl.edu

Michael  Strawbridge

• Assistant Professor of Political Science

• Email: strawbridge@wustl.edu

Joseph  Sutherland

• Assistant Teaching Professor, Quantitative Theory and Methods
• Director, Center for AI Learning
  Emory University and Weidenbaum Center Non-Resident Fellow

Chris  Varvares

• Regional Director for the Americas, Economist Intelligence Unit, The Economist Group
• Weidenbaum Center Senior Fellow
  

• Email: chrisvarvares@economist.com

Addison "Rose"  Wellenberger

• Second Year Graduate Student
• Weidenbaum Center Graduate Research Affiliate

• Email: a.r.wellenberger@wustl.edu

Kiara  Wyndham

• Assistant Professor of Sociology

• Email: wyndham@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5790