Our People

Andrea  Katz

• Associate Professor of Law

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

Khoi  Ngo

• Graduate Student
• Weidenbaum Center Graduate Fellow

• Phone: +1 (314) 935-5790

Michael  Olson

• Assistant Professor of Political Science
• 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.
• Former U.S. National Director Civil Rights & Chief Privacy Officer at HHS
  Weidenbaum Center Senior Fellow
  

Jonathan  Rapkin

• Data Archivist and Technical Support Specialist

• Email: rapkin@wustl.edu
• Phone: (314) 935-7545

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
  

• 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
• Weidenbaum Center Senior Fellow

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

​Ariela  Schachter​

• Department Associate Chair of Sociology​
• Associate Professor of Sociology​
  Associate Director of the Weidenbaum Center
  Faculty Affiliate in Asian American Studies
  

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

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

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

Jordan Duffin  Wong

• Sixth Year Graduate Student
• Weidenbaum Center Survey Research Affiliate

• Email: jordan.d.wong@wustl.edu
• Phone: 308-224-9695

Kiara  Wyndham

• Assistant Professor of Sociology

• Email: wyndham@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8660