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Advancing Social Work, Public Health & Social Policy Menu Academics Master of Social Work Master of Public Health Master of Social Policy Dual Degrees 3-2 Programs PhD in Social Work PhD in Public Health Sciences AIBDA Certificate Global Opportunities Field Education Faculty &＃038; Research Faculty Professors of Practice Research Professors Teaching Professors, Senior Lecturers &＃038; Scholars Visiting &＃038; Adjunct Emeritus Faculty Research Centers Faculty Recruitment Resources &＃038; Initiatives Professional Development Clark-Fox Policy Institute Community Partnerships Field Instructor Resources Driving Equity 2030 Open Classroom Advanced Learning Certificates Grand Challenges for Social Work News Most Recent News Alumni Students Social Work Practicum Public Health Policy Faculty Research Community Engagement Diversity Global Life at Brown Admitted Student Resources Life at Brown School Our Facilities Student Support Student Groups & Events Student Body Profile Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Career Engagement International Student Support Brown School Library Student Blog St. Louis Region Washington University Apply About Driving Equity 2030 Events Alumni Contact Us Back to Search Ellis Ballard’s research and teaching focus on advancing participatory approaches to system dynamics modeling with communities to advance health access and social justice. Ballard is director of the Brown School’s Social System Design Lab. In that role, he innovates group model building practice methods in cross-cultural contexts, trains future cohorts of social work and public health practitioners to apply system dynamics modeling in their work, and cultivates the growing global community of community based system dynamics practitioners.  He is also the specialization chair for the Brown School’s System Dynamics Specialization and teaches system dynamics modeling courses in social work and public health.  As a researcher and consultant, Ballard works with community organizations, foundations, development banks, research teams, and corporations to build capabilities to develop system dynamics models for organizational strategy, research design, and advocacy.   Prior to joining the Social System Design Lab, Ballard worked in disability rights advocacy and research.  He advanced disability rights advocacy in U.S foreign affairs and contributed to capacity building efforts and program evaluations with community-based organizations and disabled people’s organizations in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.  Ellis Ballard Assistant Professor of Practice MSW/MPH, Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work Office Phone: 314-935-3072 Email: [email protected] Areas of Focus: Systems science Participatory methods Communities of practice Disability inclusion In The News Reis Hosts Lancet Project Meeting on Climate Change, Physical Activity, and Planetary Health March 3, 2023 Well-Received Systems Science Summer Institute Back In-Person for its Third Year May 12, 2022 Social System Design Lab Tackles Complex Problems Using Community-Based Science March 5, 2022 Brown School Awarded Systems for Action Grant to Improve Child Welfare July 1, 2020 Quick Links: Apply About Brown School Contact Us Directions Academic Professional Integrity Policy Native Land Acknowledgement wustl.edu Keep Up with Our Latest News, Research and Insights: Support the Campaign: to Grow. to Lead. to Change. --> Founded in 1925, the George Warren Brown School was named with a generous gift from Betty Bofinger Brown in memory of her late husband. Copyright 2024 by Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis Washington University  •  One Brookings Drive   •  St. Louis, MO 63130