Alexander Seidel
Department of Physics
Our people are extraordinary.
Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.
select honors from our faculty
search for faculty:
Stephanie N. Shady
Department of Political Science
Christopher Shaffer
Department of Biology
Toqeer Shah
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
John Shareshian
Department of Mathematics
Michael Sherberg
Romance Languages and Literatures
Ila Sheren
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Vincent Sherry
Department of English
Yongseok Shin
Department of Economics
Matthew Shipe
Department of English
Betsy Sinclair
Department of Political Science
Julie Singer
Romance Languages and Literatures
Philip Skemer
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Elzbieta Sklodowska
Romance Languages and Literatures
Virginia Slachman
College Writing Program
Rachel Slaughter
College Writing Program
Cecil Slaughter
Performing Arts Department
Mattias Smangs
Department of Sociology
Craig Smith
Department of Biology
Jennifer R. Smith
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Richard Smith
Department of Anthropology
Steven S. Smith
Department of Political Science
William Smith
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.
See what our faculty are working on now
More from The Ampersand
Three Questions with Adia Harvey Wingfield
Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology, studies the intersection of race, work and sociology. In addition to writing regularly about such matters for The Atlantic, she also has written numerous scholarly articles and books, including No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Mens Work.
Meet WashU’s Lego professor, a political scientist using animation to teach civics
Dan Butler’s stop-motion videos turn pop culture into lessons on the U.S. government for high school students.
Finding harmony: How the WashU Concert Choir unites campus and community
Now more than 100 voices strong, the WashU Concert Choir is expanding opportunities for creative expression and connection within and beyond the university.