{"id":826,"date":"2023-06-13T14:39:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T21:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/calis-temp\/?page_id=826"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:09:20","slug":"staff-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/calis\/staff-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Our appreciation to those who are part of who we are today…
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\nFormer CALIS staff members <\/strong>
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Anika Sinha, 2026
\nOscar Lam, 2026
\nDasha Zakharova, 2026
\nKeji Jurkin, 2025
\nRavin Wijesuriya, 2022
\nJamie Schlegel, 2021
\nJason Cerin, 2021
\nAmanda Scott, 2020
\nMarkus Sherman, 2020
\nCiara Taylor, 2019
\nAllen Ortega, 2019
\nRachel Weinberger, 2018
\nKatie McDowell, 2018
\nKara Junttila, 2017
\nOlga Mateos, 2016<\/td>\n		Alicia Liu, 2017
\nMichelle Le, 2015
\nLogan Childers, 2016
\nAlex Blow, 2014
\nLaura Vossler, 2013
\nKatharine Soper, 2014
\nScarlett Royston, 2013
\nMarina Tolchinsky, 2013
\nRouhan Shao, 2014
\nJake Kennedy, 2012
\nLauren Slak, 2011
\nAlex Fadil, 2012
\nKate Hubbell, 2010
\nErin Hern, 2009
\nCraig Nelson, 2009<\/td>\n		Arlene Valenzuela, 2008
\nDaphne Wu, 2010
\nMonica Youssef, 2008
\nChloe Brown, 2006
\nDevin Llopis, 2005
\nDarcy Horak, 2005
\nRema Christy, 2004
\nMona Mikael, 2005
\nShawn Kravich, 2005
\nAnna Walther, 2004
\nWendy Arce, 2003
\nJulie Lankford, 2001
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The CALIS family of amazing student staffers continues to grow…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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CALIS Program Coordinators \u2502 Fall 2023<\/h3>\n \n \n
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Leo – Aren – Oscar – Marissa – Pranavi<\/p>\n

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Jason – Rav – Amanda – Jamie – Markus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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Logan – Kara – Michelle – Alex – Laura<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n

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Arlene – Erin – Teresa – Craig – Daphne
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Justyna – Darcy – Rema – Teresa – Wendy
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Steve Lamy has been the champion of CALIS outreach. When he came to USC in 1980, he started trainings in global studies and conducted workshops for teachers locally and nationally.\u00a0 His leadership in case teaching with analytical tools spearheaded the CALIS mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Outreach was a longstanding priority for the School of International Relations.\u00a0 SIR launched the Teaching International Relations Program\u2014TIRP<\/a> in the 1990s. Professors are staunch supporters of service-learning credit in their IR courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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