Stained glass window in Doheny Memorial Library.

Faculty Council Roster

Elections are held each spring for a two-year term on the Council. We are always looking for strong and active contributing members with good ideas about how 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.

President

Anastassia Tzoytzoyrakos

Department: American Language Institute
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2024

Vice President

Goretti Prieto Botana

Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2025

Secretary

Tanvi Patel

Department: Writing Program
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2024

Humanities

Liz Blomstedt

Department: Writing Program
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2025

Amy Cannon

Department: Thematic Option
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2025

Jim Clements

Department: Writing Program
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2024

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

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

Timothy Armstrong

Department: Economics
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2024

Douglas Becker

Department: International Relations & Environmental Studies
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2024

Monalisa Chatterjee

Department: Environmental Studies
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2024

Lodovico Pizzati

Department: Economics
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2024

Daniel Lainer-Vos

Department: Economics
Division: Sociology
End of Term: 2024

Jennifer Swift

Department: Spatial Sciences Institute
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2025

Suzanne Wali

Department: Economics
Division: Middle East Studies
End of Term: 2025

Academic Senate Representatives

The Dornsife Faculty Council has the following voting representatives on USC’s university-level Academic Senate.

The 2023-2024 Senate representatives are: