Faculty

Morteza Dehghani, Director, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and Computer Science
Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI), USC Dornsife
Department of Psychology
Email: mdehghan@usc.edu

Canaan Breiss, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics
Email: cbreiss@usc.edu

Dani Byrd, Ph.D.

Professor of Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics
Email: dbyrd@usc.edu

Jonathan Choi, J.D.

Professor of Law
USC Gould School of Law
Email: jchoi3@law.usc.edu

Antonio Damasio, MD, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, Philosophy and Neurology, and David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience
Brain and Creativity Institute – USC Dornsife
Email: damasio@usc.edu

Hanna Damasio, MD

Professor of Psychology, Philosophy and Neurology, and David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience
Brain and Creativity Institute – USC Dornsife
Email: hdamasio@usc.edu

Yao Du, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Clinician Educator)
USC Keck School of Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Email: yaodu@usc.edu

Louis Goldstein, Ph.D.

Professor of Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics
Email: louisgol@usc.edu

Khalil Iskarous, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics
Email: kiskarou@usc.edu

Robin Jia, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Email: robinjia@usc.edu

Elsi Kaiser, Ph.D.

Professor of Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics
Email: emkaiser@usc.edu

Jonas Kaplan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (Research) of Psychology and Co-Director of Dornsife Neuroimaging Center
Brain and Creativity Institute – USC Dornsife
Email: jtkaplan@usc.edu

Alexander LaTourrette, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
Email: latourre@usc.edu

Jonathan May, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor of Computer Science
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Email: jonmay@isi.edu

Toby Mintz, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics
Email: tmintz@usc.edu

Niki and Max Nikias Chair in Engineering and University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Linguistics, Psychology, Pediatrics, and Otolaryngology
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Email: shri@ee.usc.edu

Payam Piray, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
Email: piray@usc.edu

Sean (Xiang) Ren, Ph.D.

Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair and Associate Professor of Computer Science
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Email: xiangren@usc.edu

Nina Rouhani, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
Email: nrouhani@usc.edu

Deniz Rudin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Linguistics & Philosophy
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Email: drudin@usc.edu

Stephanie Shih, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Linguistics
Email: shihs@usc.edu

Swabha Swayamdipta, Ph.D.

Gabilan Assistant Professor of Computer Science
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Email: swabhas@usc.edu

Jesse Thomason, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Email: jessetho@usc.edu

Alexis Wellwood, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Philosophy, Psychology and Linguistics
Email: wellwood@usc.edu

Hajar Yazdiha, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Sociology
Email: hyazdiha@usc.edu

Jason Zevin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology and Linguistics
Email: zevin@usc.edu

Jieyu Zhao, Ph.D.

Gabilan Assistant Professor of Computer Science
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Email: jieyuz@usc.edu