Lee Epstein (born March 17, 1958) is an American political scientist who is the Ethan A. H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
in political science and sociology (with high honors) from Emory University in 1980.
In 1991, she began teaching in the political science department at Washington University in St. Louis.
In 1998, she was appointed as the Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and served in that role until 2006.
[3][4][5] Epstein was previously University Professor of Law & Political Science and the Hillard Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Southern California.