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.
Jennifer N. Swift
Department: Spatial Sciences Institute
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2026
Nina Kang
Department: American Language Institute
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2026
Jason Buhle
Department: Psychology (MAPP)
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2026
Anastassia Tzoytzoyrakos
Department: American Language Institute
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2027
Humanities
Gayle Fiedler-Vierma
Department: Philosophy
Division: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
End of Term: 2027
Jake Monaghan
Department: Philosophy
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2027
Mary Ann Murphy
Department: Philosophy
Division: American Language Institute
End of Term: 2027
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
Rita Barakat
Department: Biological Sciences
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2027
Marcos Briano
Department: Physical Education and Mind Body Health
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2027
Shannon Gibson
Department: Environmental Sciences
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2027
Steve Hsu
Department: Physical Education & Mind Body Health
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2026
Chrisandra Kufeldt
Department: Biological Sciences
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2027
Isabelle Pilliere Mazumdar
Department: Physical Education and Mind Body Health
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2027
Sam Silva
Department: Earth Sciences
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2027
Social Sciences
Doug Becker
Department: Political Science
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2027
Brian Karl Finch
Department: Sociology
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2027
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 2025-2026 Senate representatives are:
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- Jennifer Swift (President), jswift@usc.edu
- Nina Kang (Vice President), ninakang@usc.edu
- Jason Buhle (Secretary), buhle@usc.edu
- Anastassia Tzoytzoyrakos (Past President) tzoytzoy@usc.edu
- Rita Barakat, rbarakat@usc.edu, Alternate
- Doug Becker, dbecker@usc.edu
- Marcos Briano, marcos@usc.edu
- Shannon Gibson, smgibson@usc.edu
- Steve Hsu, stevehsu@usc.edu
- Chrisandra Kufeldt, kufeldt@usc.edu, Alternate
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