Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Karina Chicas

Assistant Director 

kchicas@usc.edu

Leon Johnson

Student Services Advisor II

leonjohn@usc.edu

Juan Lopez

Student Services Advisor I

juanlope@college.usc.edu

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Kathryn Vallis

Student Services Advisor II

kvallis@usc.edu

Master’s

Master’s

Mary Rivas

Student Services Advisor II

maryriva@usc.edu

Candice Jiayi Xu

Admissions Counselor II

jxu58954@usc.edu

Doctoral

Doctoral

Annie Le

Associate Director, Doctoral Program

anniele@usc.edu

Annie works with faculty and administrators to implement as well as to adjust policies and operations that concern admissions, curricula, student advisement, and placement. She regularly counsels doctoral students, acts as the Staff Advisor for the student group Women in Economics, and represents the Department on all matters pertaining to its PhD in Economics program. When not at work, Annie can be found eating far too much Szechuan food, hiking, or gaming.

Departmental

Departmental

Irma Alfaro

Administrative Assistant II

irmaalfa@usc.edu

Alice Holzman

Executive Director Of Development

afholzma@usc.edu

Fatima Perez

Administrative Assistant II

fcperez@usc.edu

Postdoctoral

Postdoctoral

Siyu Chen

Postdoctoral Scholar – Teaching Fellow

schen792@usc.edu | Website

Xin Jiang

Postdoctoral Scholar – Teaching Fellow

xjiang33@usc.edu | Website

Andres Perez

Postdoctoral Scholar – Teaching Fellow

aperez11@usc.edu

Peiran Xiao

Postdoctoral Scholar – Teaching Fellow

peiranxi@usc.edu