USC Mellon Mentoring Awards Recognize Faculty

Eleven USC Dornsife faculty members received USC Mellon Mentoring Awards recognizing faculty who exemplify the best in mentoring activities and programs, creating environments that further the academic success of students and faculty.

In its 11th year, the annual event recognizes faculty who foster faculty-to-student and faculty-to-faculty mentoring. The USC Mellon Culture of Mentoring Award honors a mentoring program or faculty development strategy that has demonstrated exceptional effectiveness in creating a sustainable culture of mentorship in an academic unit.

Faculty Mentoring Postdoctoral Scholars and Fellows

David Kang, professor of international relations and business
Vanessa Schwartz, professor of history and art history

Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students

Dominic Cheung, professor of East Asian languages and cultures, and comparative literature
Lori Meeks, associate professor of religion, and East Asian languages and cultures
Charles Sammis, professor of Earth sciences
Mark Thompson, professor of chemistry and materials science

Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students

Michelle Gordon, assistant professor of English and gender studies
Jessica Parr, assistant professor (teaching) of chemistry

In Memoriam

Michael Preston, Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Special Award for Outstanding Mentoring

Solomon Golomb, University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, and Andrew and Erna Viterbi Chair in Communications

Innovations in Mentoring

Beth Meyerowitz, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, and professor of psychology and preventive medicine