People

Zo is a first-year MSW and MSP dual student, concentrating in Domestic Social and Economic Development. A 2014 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Social Thought and Political Economy program, Zo is interested in analyzing complex systems of power and domination and collaborating with others to dismantle structures that reproduce inequality and oppression. Zo loves live music, bike riding, outdoor adventures, and their cat, Phoebe

Arpit is a first-year MBA student from Amritsar, India. He graduated from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology with a B.E. in Mechatronics Engineering. For the last six years, he worked with Alstom Transport, a French MNC, building and testing trains across three continents. He loves visiting museums, photography, and reading poetry and prose in different languages.

Jessica sets the strategic direction for The Graduate Center and the University-wide graduate fellowships including the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Fellowship, Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship, and the Pivot 314 Fellowship.  Jessica works closely with the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and International Affairs to oversee all aspects of university-wide programming designed to advance the development of the graduate student body.

Nancy provides administrative support for The Graduate Center. In this role, she supports and assists the director and manager of The Graduate Center with event logistics, coordinates activities with outside vendors, processes the accounting through WorkDay, manages the logistics of specific events, and greets visitors.

Rachel works closely with the leadership staff of The Graduate Center and plays a key role in its continuing innovative development as a dedicated campus space with interdisciplinary programming and information resources for graduate and professional students at Washington University in St. Louis.

Sandra is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive engagement strategies for our graduate and professional students by leveraging data analytics to inform engagement strategies, and optimizing TGC’s resources to enhance graduate and professional student programming, recruitment and retention.

She is a recent WashU alumna who graduated with her PhD in German and Comparative Literature. Sandra enjoys computational analyses and translates her passion for storytelling into building data stories and communicating insights.

Jessica provides day-to-day leadership of the university-wide graduate fellowship programs housed in The Graduate Center.  Jessica works with graduate students interested securing external funding by designing structures to enable students to more easily discover and pursue external funding opportunities.

DaFene is a 2^nd year MBA student from Albany, Georgia. He has a bachelors and a masters degree in Political Science from Albany State University and Florida A&M University respectively. Before coming to WashU, he worked as an English teacher on Jeju Island, South Korea. When he isn’t studying you can find him practicing photography, videography, and Muy Thai.

Jenn is an MSW/MBA student from Beaumont California. They graduated from UC-San Diego with a BS in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience and Business Psychology. Jenn staffs the Center and helps promote the Center to graduate and professional students.

Chloe assists in creating, publishing and maintaining social media and event flyers for the Graduate Center. She is a first-year MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics Student at the Brown School. She likes baking pastries, practicing self-care and watching Netflix in her free time.