The Graduate and Professional Education Working Group will assess the strategic position of our programming, determine ways to incentivize and optimize interdisciplinary initiatives, and enhance the recruitment of a talented, diverse student body while preparing them for a variety of career pathways.
Working Group Chairs

Panos Kouvellis
Director of The Boeing Center for Supply Chain Innovation and Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management

Laurie Maffly-Kipp
Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor & Interim Dean and Vice Provost for Graduate Education, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Working Group Members
- Jean Allman
J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities, Arts & Sciences - Scott Baker
William F. & Jessica L.Kirsch Professor of Law, School of Law - Laura Benoist
Associate Director, McDonnell International Scholars Academy - Danielle Bristow
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Brown School - Andrew Butler
Chair and Associate Professor of Education, Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Arts & Sciences - Michelle Delair
Assistant Director of Career Development - Ram Dixit
Professor of Biology, Arts & Sciences - Bisiayo Fashemi
Graduate student in DBBS - Cathy Freesmeier
Associate Dean, SEAS Graduate Student Services, McKelvey School of Engineering - Aurora Kamimura
Lecturer, Department of Education; Fellow, Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity
- Heidi Kolk
Assistant Professor; Assistant Vice Provost for Assessment, Office of the Provost - Catherine Lang
Professor of Physical Therapy - Patrick Moreton
Professor of Practice in Strategy & Management, Olin Business School - Erin Murdock
Associate Dean for Student Life - Kelley Murphy
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Sam Fox School - Neal Patwari
Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering - Jessie Runiewiecz
Director of Enrollment Management and Student Services, Graduate School - Neil Schoenherr
Senior News Director, Law & Social Work, Office of Public Affairs - Brett Wick
Professor of Mathematics, Arts & Sciences - Angela Wilson
Associate Dean, Graduate School
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