Melissa Jonson-Reid


Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work Research, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis;
Associate Dean for Transdisciplinary Faculty Affairs

Jewel Stafford


Assistant Dean, Field Education, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis

Social justice • Racial equity • Health disparities

Janelle Gibson


Senior Lecturer, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis

Social justice • Leadership/management • Asset building • Community development • Community organizing • Economic and social work

Vetta Sanders Thompson


E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Studies, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis; Co-Director, Center for Community Health Partnership & Research

Social justice • Mental health • Community engagement • Health equity

Susan Stiritz


Professor of Practice, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis; Chair, Specialization in Sexual Health and Education, Brown School

Indigenous populations • Social justice • Leadership • Mental health • Child welfare • Community development • History • Sexual health • Social work

Elizabeth J. Fuchs


Lecturer, Field Unit Director, Office of Field Education, Sexual Heath and Gender (SHAG) Center Faculty, Domestic and Social Economic Development Faculty, Master of Social Policy Field Faculty

Activism, advocacy, social justice warrior, white-supremacy abolitionist, somatic healing, policy strategist, and political system change agent

Ryan Lindsey


Associate Professor of Practice, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis; Chair, Mental Health Concentration, Brown School; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Joint Appointment

Mental health • Substance Abuse • Leadership • Higher Education • Child Welfare

Steven Gunn


Adjunct Professor, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law

Indigenous populations • Social justice • Asset building • Environmental justice • Child welfare • Community development • Law

Christina Finsel


Executive Director, Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition, Inc. 

Areas of Expertise: Indigenous populations, Asset building, Religious Studies/Native worldviews, Social justice, History, Rural, Community development, Nonprofit management

Joe Steensma


Professor, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis

Leadership • Environmental justice • Public health • Sustainability • Climate change • Entrepreneurship