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:
- 50 Years of Hip Hop
- American Stories
- Biotech Explorers Pathway
- Confronting the Past: Transformative Justice in St. Louis and Beyond
- Global Citizenship Project
- 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
- Rome: The Eternal City?
- Safe Asylum: Refugee Politics and Pathways
- Text and Traditions
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.
Participating Faculty
Todd Braver
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Radiology, and Neuroscience
PhD, Carnegie Mellon
Amber Burgett
Assistant Dean of Advising
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
Emily Cohen-Shikora
Senior Lecturer in Psychological & Brain Sciences
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
Michelle DeLair
Lecturer in American Culture Studies
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
Jonathan Fenderson
Associate Professor of African and African American Studies
PhD, University of Massachusetts
David Fike
Professor
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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
Dirk M. Killen
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, Harvard University
Ron Mallon
Chair and Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
PhD, Rutgers University
Zachary Manditch-Prottas
Lecturer in African and African American Studies and American Culture Studies
PHD, University of California, Berkeley
Beth Martin
Teaching Professor in Environmental Studies
MS EECE, Washington University in St. Louis
Timothy Moore
Classics Department Chair
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eleanor Pardini
Assistant Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies
PHD, University of Georgia
Meghann Pytka
Instructional Specialist
PhD, Northwestern University
Nicole Svobodny
Teaching Professor of Global Studies
PhD, Columbia University
Chelsea Viteri
Instructor, Global Citizenship Program
MA, Clark University
Geoff Ward
Professor of African and African American Studies
PHD, Sociology, University of Michigan
Visit the Ampersand Programs website to view semester offerings.