Faculty Council Roster
DFC Elections
Elections take place each spring and representatives serve on a two-year term. We are always looking for strong and active contributing members.
DFC Goals
We aim to strengthen faculty governance within USC Dornsife and work constructively with the college administration to further faculty interests, advance USC Dornsife within the university, and improve USC Dornsife for everyone.
Officers
Voting is done by division: Humanities, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Undergraduate Education. Per the DFC bylaws, the allotment of the 18 divisional representatives on the council is determined proportionately with the number of faculty within each division.
If you have an issue you want addressed by the Faculty Council, contact a representative in your division.
Anastassia Tzoytzoyrakos
Department: American Language Institute
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2025
Jennifer N. Swift
Department: Spatial Sciences Institute
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2026
Humanities
Goretti Prieto Botana
Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2025
Amy Cannon
Department: Thematic Option
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2025
Nina Kang
Department: American Language Institute
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2026
Leah Pate
Department: The Writing Program
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2026
Patti Taylor
Department: The Writing Program
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2026
Keasha Worthen
Department: The Writing Program
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2026
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Sylvain Barbot
Department: Earth Sciences
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2025
Tom Bertolini
Department: Earth Sciences
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2025
Jason Buhle
Department: Psychology (MAPP)
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2026
Dion Dickman
Department: Biological Sciences
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2025
Eden Goldman
Department: Physical Education & Mind Body Health
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2025
Sourena Haj-Mohamadi
Department: Psychology
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2025
Steve Hsu
Department: Physical Education & Mind Body Health
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2024
Social Sciences
Lodovico Pizzati
Department: Economics
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2026
Laura Isabel Serna
Department: History and Cinema and Media Studies
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2025
Suzanne Wali
Department: Middle East Studies
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2025
Kristiana Willsey
Department: Anthropology
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2026
Academic Senate Representatives
The Dornsife Faculty Council has the following voting representatives on USC’s university-level Academic Senate.
The 2024-2025 Senate representatives are:
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- Anastassia Tzoytzoyrakos (President), tzoytzoy@usc.edu
- Jennifer Swift (Vice President), jswift@usc.edu
- Liz Blomstedt (Secretary), blomsted@usc.edu
- Sylvain Barbot, sbarbot@usc.edu
- Goretti Prieto Botana, botana@usc.edu
- Amy Cannon, akcannon@usc.edu
- Steve Hsu, stevehsu@usc.edu
- Lodovico Pizzati, pizzati@usc.edu
- Jason Buhle (alternate), buhle@usc.edu
- Nina Kang (alternate), ninakang@usc.edu
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