From devising improved treatments for cancer to crafting poetry and prose that help people reshape the ways in which they interact with the world, the skills and ideas our new faculty members bring to this community are tremendous. I am honored that you chose USC Dornsife as the setting in which to realize your professional dreams. Always know that I have no more important mission than to help you thrive. USC Dornsife is a hub of frontline scholars — faculty members, as well as graduate and undergraduate students who are dedicated to garnering knowledge that has the potential to improve conditions for humanity. You draw our students here because of your unparalleled ambitions, creative approaches to problem solving and genuine love of your fields. The synergistic relationship between you and your students will continue to elevate the caliber of this college. By selecting the most successful and promising new faculty members, we are in turn investing in the level of excellence of the next generation of scholars — our students. We seek out new faculty members who are open to working together to solve society’s most formidable challenges; but collaboration only succeeds when all parties are trailblazers in their fields. I have no doubt that USC Dornsife will offer you a space in which to follow your own curiosity, and pass that insatiable yearning for answers onto your students and colleagues. I am thrilled to welcome you as members of the USC Dornsife faculty. Steve Kay Dean, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Anna H. Bing Dean’s Chair
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3. VALERY V. FOKIN Professor of Chemistry
12. VAHÉ PEROOMIAN Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Physics and Astronomy
7. SETH JOHN Associate Professor (Research) of Earth Sciences
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11. NATALIA PÉREZ Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
6. JUHI JANG Associate Professor of Mathematics
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2. COL. STEVEN FLEMING Professor of the Practice of Spatial Sciences
5. BRUCE E. HERRING Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
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10. STANISLAV MINSKER Assistant Professor of Mathematics
4. JENNIFER GREENHILL Associate Professor of Art History
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1. GEOFFREY DYER Writer in Residence
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8. JONATHAN NGUYEN MARKOWITZ Assistant Professor of International Relations 9. GRETA MATZNER-GORE Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
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13. GORETTI PRIETO BOTANA Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Spanish 14. CLAUDIA RANKINE Aerol Arnold Chair of English 15. STEFANO REBEGGIANI Assistant Professor of Classics 16. EMILY SMITH-GREENAWAY Assistant Professor of Sociology and Spatial Sciences 17. VELI NAMIK YASHIN Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature