Martin was appointed WashU's 15th chancellor by the university's board of trustees on July 14, 2018.[2] He started his full-time service as Chancellor-elect on January 1, 2019, and as Chancellor on June 1, 2019.[citation needed]
At his 2019 inauguration, Martin introduced the WashU Pledge, a financial support offering to some eligible Missouri and southern Illinois students. In 2021, he launched the $1 billion Gateway to Success initiative. In 2023, the university adopted a no-loan policy, replacing federal loans with scholarships and grants starting in fall 2024.[3][4][5]
In February 2019, Martin announced the creation of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity, which was launched in August 2020.[6][7]
During Martin's tenure as chancellor, Washington University responded to COVID-19 by initiating a campus shutdown and remote operations earlier than local mandates. The university delayed the start of the 2020 fall and 2021 spring terms, reinstated retirement and salary programs, and developed a scalable saliva-based diagnostic test at the School of Medicine.[8][9][10]
In 2024, Martin started a local engagement campaign "In St. Louis, for St. Louis", extended local offerings through the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and launched the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative. WashU's economic influence on the local areas in fiscal year 2024 was $8.8 billion.[11][12]
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
On April 13, 2024, a peaceful sit‑in took place on the Danforth campus, resulting in the arrest of 12 students by WashU police during the protest.[13]
On April 20, 2024, a larger group of students, faculty, and community members set up an encampment outside Brookings Hall.[14] On April 27, 2024, Martin called local police to address the pro-Palestinian protest. The police crackdown arrested around 100 protestors, including 23 students and at least four employees. Some students and faculty faced disciplinary action. A professor was arrested for interfering with police and later hospitalized with broken ribs and a hand after being tackled by officers.[15]
WashU students, faculty, and community members denounced the Martin administration with open letters and petitions regarding its response to the protests,[16] including Martin's decision to evict arrested students from campus housing and ban faculty who attended the protest from campus. Martin's actions were condemned by United States Representative Cori Bush (D–MO)[17] and the St. Louis city leadership, while being praised by some pundits[18] and some elected officials.[19]
Academics
Martin co-authored An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research with Lee Epstein and Judicial Decision-Making: A Coursebook with Barry Friedman and others.[20][21] His academic contributions include the development of the Martin-Quinn scores, created with Kevin Quinn, which estimate the ideological positions of United States Supreme Court justices.[22][23]
↑Epstein, Lee, and Andrew D. Martin. An introduction to empirical legal research. Oxford University Press, 2014.
↑Clark, Tom S., et al. Judicial Decision-Making: A Coursebook. United States, West Academic, 2020.
↑Martin, Andrew D. and Kevin M. Quinn. 2002. “Dynamic Ideal Point Estimation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo for the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953–1999,” 10 Political Analysis 134–153
↑Martin-Quinn Scores: Description Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Mqscores.wustl.edu. Retrieved on November 12, 2011.
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