Your department chair, designated staff representative, or dean of faculty remains your best source of information for help in getting settled at USC. If you do not know whom to contact, you may want to start with your dean of faculty whose contact information is listed below:
ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM
François Bar
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
fbar@usc.edu
John Keim
Chief Academic Officer
johnkeim@usc.edu
Sean P. Curran
Vice Dean of Faculty and Research
spcurran@usc.edu
DORNSIFE COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SCIENCES
William (Bill) Francis Deverell
Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences
deverell@usc.edu
Ian Ehrenreich
Divisional Dean of Life Sciences
ehrenrei@usc.edu
Steven Finkel
College Dean of Graduate and Professional Education
sfinkel@usc.edu
Emily Hodgson Anderson
College Dean of Undergraduate Education
ehanders@usc.edu
Aaron Lauda
Divisional Dean for the Physical Sciences and Mathematics
lauda@usc.edu
Rebecca Lemon
Divisional Dean for the Humanities
rlemon@usc.edu
GLORYA KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF DANCE
Rebecca Salzer
Assistant Dean of Academic & Faculty Affairs
rsalzer@usc.edu
Jordan Michael Barry
Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
jbarry@law.usc.edu
Judy A. Garner
Associate Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Academic and Faculty Affairs
jgarner@usc.edu
Davina Wolter
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs
dwolter@usc.edu
Cindy A. Crusto
Senior Associate Dean
crusto@usc.edu
Christina L. Runge
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
crunge@usc.edu
Ruth I. Wood
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
riw@usc.edu
Ruth Wallach
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
rwallach@usc.edu
MANN SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Irving Steinberg
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
isteinbe@usc.edu
Greys Doddick Sošić
Senior Vice Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs
sosic@marshall.usc.edu
Kirk D. Snyder
Vice Dean of Teaching & Faculty Affairs
kirks@marshall.usc.edu
Mahvash Navazesh
Executive Associate Dean for Academic, Faculty & Student Affairs
navazesh@usc.edu
ROSKI SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
Information coming soon.
Darnell G. Cole
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
darnellc@usc.edu
Oliver Mayer
Associate Dean of Faculty
omayer@usc.edu
Amy L. Murphy
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
almurphy@usc.edu
Akira Mizuta Lippit
Vice Dean of Faculty
lippit@usc.edu
SOL PRICE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
Jason N. Doctor
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
jdoctor@usc.edu
SUZANNE DWORAK-PECK SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
Michael Hurlburt
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
hurlburt@usc.edu
Joanna Demers
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
jtdemers@usc.edu
Antonio Ortega
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
aortega@usc.edu
Last updated July 2026