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.
Doug Becker
Department: Political Science
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2027
Meredith Wells Lepley
Department: Psychology (MAPP)
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2027
Jennifer N. Swift
Department: Spatial Sciences Institute
Division: Social Sciences
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
Alessio Filippi
Department: French and Italian
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2028
Vanessa Osborne
Department: Writing Program
Division: Humanities
End of Term: 2028
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
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
Shannon Cross
Department: Physical Education & Mind Body Health
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2028
Mona Farid Nejad
Department: Psychology
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2028
Helen (Eleni) Soultanakis
Department: Human & Evolutionary Biology
Division: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
End of Term: 2028
Social Sciences
Brian Karl Finch
Department: Sociology
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2027
Kristiana Willsey
Department: Anthropology
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2028
Tracie Mayfield
Department: Anthropology
Division: Social Sciences
End of Term: 2028
Academic Senate Representatives
The Dornsife Faculty Council has the following voting representatives on USC’s university-level Academic Senate.
The 2026-2027 Senate representatives are:
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- Nina Kang (President), ninakang@usc.edu
- Doug Becker (Vice President), dbecker@usc.edu
- Meredith Wells Lepley (Secretary), mlepley@usc.edu
- Rita Barakat, rbarakat@usc.edu, Alternate
- Marcos Briano, marcos@usc.edu
- Jason Buhle, buhle@usc.edu
- Shannon Gibson, smgibson@usc.edu
- Chrisandra Kufeldt, kufeldt@usc.edu, Alternate
- Tracie Mayfield, tmayfiel@usc.edu
- Helen (Eleni) Soultanakis, soul@usc.edu, Alternate
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