Alumni

In October 2021, Andia Augustin-Billy, MA ’09, PhD ’15, became the first Black faculty member to receive tenure at Centenary College of Louisiana in its 196-year history. She pursued graduate studies at Washington University upon learning that Julie Singer, professor of French in Arts & Sciences, was looking for bright students to build a program. […]

WashU Engineering alumnus, Frank Bergh, BA ’08, uses his education to take electricity to remote regions of the world. Bergh has spent much of the past several years working to set up microgrids and off-grid solar energy systems in sub-Saharan Africa. He is now a senior electrical engineer with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association […]

Before even graduating from the Washington University School of Medicine, classmates Yang Jae Lee, MD 2021 and Gautum Adusumilli, MD 2021 were already committed to solving some of the most pressing problems in global health equity. Together with Ibrahim Ssekalo, in 2018 they co-founded Empower Through Health (ETH), a nonprofit healthcare organization dedicated to improving […]

Melinda Kramer graduated from WashU in 2003 with a BA in Cultural Anthropology and Environmental Studies. In addition to working with various NGOs, such as CARE International, Pacific Environment and the Natural Capital Institute, she is best known for founding The Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA). The nonprofit seeks to foster sustainability while empowering women and […]

For many years, Li-Chen Cheng has been involved in developing and evaluating anti-poverty programs based on assets for many local governments in Taiwan. When Cheng, a professor at National Taiwan University, learned that President Tsai Ing-wen signed into law the Act on Savings Accounts for the Education and Development of Children and Teenagers, she was […]