Faculty Directors

Our efforts are organized around areas of work led by CSD Faculty Directors, who hold appointments at Washington University’s Brown School and other prominent institutions around the globe.

David Ansong

CSD Faculty Director; University of North Carolina
Financial Capability and Asset Building (FCAB) in Africa; Global Asset Building: Innovations in Policies and Services

Email: ansong@email.unc.edu

Julie Birkenmaier

CSD Faculty Director; William and Helen Reichmann Research Professor, Saint Louis University School of Aocial Work
Financial Capability: Combining Access and Abilities

Email: birkenjm@slu.edu

Li-Chen Cheng

CSD Faculty Director; National Taiwan University
Global Asset Building: Innovations in Policies and Services

Email: ccheng@ntu.edu.tw

Gina Chowa

CSD Faculty Director; University of North Carolina
Global Asset Building: Innovations in Policies and Services

Email: chowa@email.unc.edu

Marion Crain

CSD Faculty Director; Washington University in St. Louis
Livable Lives: Achieving Basic Conditions for Stability

Email: mgcrain@wulaw.wustl.edu

Suo Deng

CSD Faculty Director; Peking University
Global Asset Building: Innovations in Policies and Services

Email: dengsuo@hotmail.com

Christine Ekenga

CSD Faculty Director; Emory University
Environment and Social Development

Email: cekenga@emory.edu

William Elliott III

CSD Faculty Director; University of Michigan
Inclusion in Asset Building: Toward Universal and Progressive Policies

Email: willelli@umich.edu

Shu Fang

CSD Faculty Director and Visiting Scholar; Associate Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics
Financial Capability and Asset Building (FCAB)

Email: fangshu09@163.com

Steven Fazzari

CSD Faculty Director; Washington University in St. Louis
Livable Lives: Achieving Basic Conditions for Stability

Email: fazz@wustl.edu

Patrick Fowler

CSD Faculty Director; Washington University in St. Louis
Inclusive Housing: Racial and Class Diversity in Urban Communities
Child Well-Being: Beyond Child Protection