{"id":3576,"date":"2024-10-01T21:10:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/advising\/?page_id=3576"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:55:07","slug":"administrative-team-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/advising\/administrative-team-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrative Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n \n Harold Waters, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Associate Dean, Dornsife Undergraduate Advising<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>haroldwa@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong> B.A. Psychology & English, University of Michigan; M.A. Counseling Education, Wayne State University; Ph.D. Educational Leadership \u2013 Higher Education, Mercer University<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Detroit, MI<\/p>\n

Fun fact:\u00a0<\/strong>I am naturally introverted, but I operate using an extroverted mindset at work. I am also a left-handed guy who has never enjoyed the taste of chocolate or coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Viannda Hawkins, Ed.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Director, First- Year Advising & Operations <\/strong><\/p>\n

E-mail:<\/strong>\u00a0vhawkins@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong>\u00a0B.A. History, UCLA; M.Ed. Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs, USC; Ed.D. Educational Leadership, USC<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

Fun fact:<\/strong> Favorite movies: The Godfather & Coming to America; Favorite beverage: I love a chai tea latte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Luis Ramirez\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Associate Director, Natural Sciences Cluster Lead<\/strong><\/p>\n

E-mail:<\/strong>\u00a0lframire@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong>\u00a0B.S. Public Policy and Management, USC; M.S.E. Counseling, USC<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

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\n \n Jessica Kanoski , Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Senior Assistant Director, Humanities Cluster Lead<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0E-mail:<\/strong>\u00a0jkanoski@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong>\u00a0B.S. Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A. Linguistics, Purdue University; Ph.D. Linguistics, Purdue University<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Waterloo, Belgium<\/p>\n

Fun fact:<\/strong>\u00a0I will only buy cars that are stick shift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Dahlie Conferido\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Senior Assistant Director, Humanities Cluster Lead<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> conferid@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong> B.A English Literature, La Sierra University; M.A English, La Sierra University; M.S Academic Advising, Kansas State University<\/p>\n

Fun Fact:<\/strong> I’m trying to visit one U.S. national park in every state of the union. It will take a while, but I’ll get there!<\/p>\n

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\n \n Dominique Smith\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Office Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n

E-mail:<\/strong>\u00a0smithdom@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong>\u00a0B.A.\u00a0Sociology, University of Oregon; M.A. Psychology, Pepperdine University<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

Fun Fact:<\/strong>\u00a0I was a competitive cheerleader for 8 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Lorena Avalos \n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Student Services Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0E-mail:<\/strong>\u00a0avalosl@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong>\u00a0B.A. Business Administration, Cal State Fullerton<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

Fun Fact:<\/strong>\u00a0I love to travel and experience new cultures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAdministrative Team - Dornsife Undergraduate Academic Advising<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/advising\/administrative-team-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Administrative Team - Dornsife Undergraduate Academic Advising\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/advising\/administrative-team-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dornsife Undergraduate Academic Advising\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-16T18:55:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/advising\/administrative-team-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/advising\/administrative-team-2\/\",\"name\":\"Administrative Team - 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