Ampersand Programs are special multi-semester seminar programs open only to matriculating first-year Arts & Sciences students. An Ampersand Program combines a coherent, group-oriented learning experience with out-of-classroom activities while still allowing time for electives. There are no majors or minors available in this area. Ampersand Programs change each year and have included topics such as the following:

  • All the World's a Stage
  • Art(s) of Writing. Intersections of Art, Literature, and Translation in Creative Practice, The
  • Biotech Explorers Pathway
  • Democracy and Myth in Ancient Greece
  • Ecology, Culture, Health, and Origins
  • Gateway Black Holes and Exoplanets
  • Global Citizenship Program
  • Hallmarks of Cancer and Patient Care, The
  • History, Memory & Representation of the Holocaust
  • Literary Culture of Modern Ireland
  • Medicine and Society
  • Mind Brain Behavior
  • Pathfinder Fellows in Environmental Leadership
  • People, Planet, Health
  • Phage Hunters
  • Safe Asylum: Refugee Politics and Pathways
  • Text and Traditions
  • Trendsetters & Troublemakers: Undressing Fashion in the Modern Age

Enrollment in each Ampersand Program is limited to ensure closely-mentored, personalized instruction. All Ampersand Programs constitute integrations and, therefore, fulfill one of the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree. Ampersand Programs are open only to matriculating first-year Arts & Sciences students, regardless of their intended majors, and they complement any major or pre-professional curriculum. The full list of Ampersand Programs and sign-up details are available on the First-Year Programs website.

Contact Info

Contact:Elizabeth Eikmann
Phone:314-935-7696
Email:eeikmann@wustl.edu
Website:https://artsci.wustl.edu/fyp

Participating Faculty

Jennifer Arch
Teaching Professor in English​
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Sarah Baitzel
Associate Professor of Archaeology
PhD, University of California, San Diego

Todd Braver
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Radiology, and Neuroscience
PhD, Carnegie Mellon

Katherine Bowman
Lecturer in Environmental Studies
PhD, The Ohio State University

Amber Burgett
Assistant Dean of Advising
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Ian Clark
Lecturer in College Writing
MPhil in Irish Writing, Trinity College Dublin

Emily Cohen-Shikora
Senior Lecturer in Psychological & Brain Sciences
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Tansu Daylan
Assistant Professor of Physics
PhD, Harvard University

Michelle DeLair
Lecturer in American Culture Studies
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Erin Finneran
Lecturer
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Esther Gabel
Lecturer in Art History and Archaeology
PhD, University of Cambridge

Matthias Goeritz
Professor of Practice of Comparative Literature
PhD, Washington University in Saint Louis

Kathleen Hafer
Professor of the Practice of Biology
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Anna Jacobsen
Director of Anthropology’s Medicine and Society Program
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Joseph Jez
Professor of Biology
PhD, University of Pennsylvania

AJ Jones
Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology
PhD, Emory University

Dirk M. Killen
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, Harvard University

Henric Krawczynski
Professor of Physics
PhD, University of Hamburg

Beth Martin
Teaching Professor in Environmental Studies
MS EECE, Washington University in St. Louis

Erin McGlothlin
Associate Professor
PhD, University of Virginia

John Parks
Lecturer, Environmental Studies
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Philip Purchase
Senior ​Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Thought
PhD, University of Southern California

Meghann Pytka
Instructional Specialist
PhD, Northwestern University

Elizabeth Reynolds
Lecturer in Global Studies
PhD, Columbia University

David Schuman
Teaching Professor in English
MFA, Washington University in St. Louis

Chris Shaffer
Lecturer
PhD, Cornell University

Anthony Smith
Senior Lecturer & Coordinator of Undergraduate Research Experiences
PhD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Claire Sommers
Lecturer
PhD, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Younasse Tarboni
Senior Lecturer in Arabic
PhD, Université PSL

Chelsea Viteri
Instructor, Global Citizenship Program
MA, Clark University

Kathryn Wilson
Lecturer
PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Bill Whitaker
Professor of Practice in Drama
MA, Catholic University of America and MFA, Florida Atlantic University

Helina Woldekiros
Associate Professor of Archaeology
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Visit the Ampersand Programs website to view semester offerings.