A steering committee of Washington University in St. Louis academic leaders oversee the Academy’s programs and act as the admissions committee.
The director of the Academy serves as committee chair, and the committee includes a representative from each of the university’s graduate and professional divisions.
Steering Committee Members
As of January 1, 2019
| Kurt T. Dirks Chair Vice Chancellor for International Affairs; Director McDonnell International Scholars Academy; Bank of America Professor of Leadership |
| Jean Allman J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities, Arts & Sciences Director, Center for the Humanities |
| Pratim Biswas Lucy and Stanley Lopata Professor; Chair, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering; Director, McDonnell Academy Global Energy & Environment Partnership (MAGEEP); Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Affairs-India |
| Lingchei Letty Chen Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Language & Literature; Head of Chinese, Arts & Sciences |
| Gerald L. Early Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters; Professor, Department of English Director, African and African-American Studies, Arts & Sciences |
| Peter A. Joy Vice Dean and Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law School of Law; Director Criminal Justice Clinic |
| Bruce M. Lindsey E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration; Dean of College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design; Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts |
| William G. Powderly Larry J. Shapiro Director, Institute for Public Health; J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine |
| James V. Wertsch David R. Francis Distinguished Professor; Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Arts & Sciences; Director Emeritus, McDonnell International Scholars Academy |