Spatial Sciences Institute Administration – Leadership
John P. Wilson![John P. Wilson<](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/08/Wilson-Architecture-Head-Shot_20182-cropped-150x150.jpg)
Founding Director
GIS • spatial analysis • environmental modeling • environment and human health •
geodesign education
jpwilson@usc.edu / 213.740.1908 / AHF B55F
Susan H. Kamei![Susan H. Kamei](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/08/Susan-Kamei-author-2023-cropped-150x150.jpg)
Managing Director
university and nonprofit administration • online education • civic engagement
• Japanese American incarceration
kamei@usc.edu / 213.740.1375 / AHF B55E
Darren M. Ruddell![Darren M. Ruddell](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/08/Darren-Ruddell-headshot-1-150x150.jpg)
Director of Graduate Studies
geospatial technologies • climate and society • human-environment interactions • geodesign
• urban sustainability
druddell@usc.edu / 213.740.0521 / AHF 57F
Diana Ter-Ghazaryan![Diana Ter-Ghazaryan headshot](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2024/05/Diana-Ter-Ghazaryan-headshot-150x150.jpg)
Director of Undergraduate Studies
geospatial data visualization • human security and geospatial intelligence • digital humanities • human geography
terghaza@usc.edu / 213.821.1190 / AHF B55K
Spatial Sciences Institute Administration – Staff
Alicia Adiwidjaja ![](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2024/01/Alicia-Adiwidjaja-150x150.png)
Geospatial Database Analyst I
adiwidja@usc.edu / AHF B55
Dairon Caro![Dairon Caro](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/09/Dairon-Caro-320x320-1-150x150.jpg)
Academic Program Administrator
recruitment administration • admissions administration • academic
program management
dcaro@usc.edu / 213.740.0739 / AHF B57E
Hilary Johnson![Hilary Johnson Headshot](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2024/05/Hilary-Johnson-Headshot-150x150.jpg)
Administrative Assistant
office management • event management • fiscal administrative support
hilaryj@usc.edu / 213.740.5910 / AHF B55
Jeff Liwag![Jeff Liwag](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/09/Jeff-Liwag_320x320-150x150.jpg)
Distance Education Operations Specialist
remote learning operations
jliwag@usc.edu / 213.821.3253 / AHF 145
Beau MacDonald![Beau MacDonald](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/09/Beau-MacDonald-320x320-1-150x150.jpg)
GIS Project Administrator
GIS • cartography • design • research
beaumacd@usc.edu / 213.740.7164 / AHF 145D
Myron Medalla![Myron Medalla](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/09/Myron_Medalla_320x320-150x150.jpg)
Systems Administrator
IT systems and support
mmedalla@usc.edu / 213.740.5085 / AHF B56B
Monica Pan![Monica Pan](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/09/Monica-Pan-320x320-1-150x150.jpg)
Academic Programs Director
student services • academic advising • student affairs
monicap@usc.edu / 213.740.8298/ AHF B56B
Stephanie Tran![Stephanie Tran](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/09/Stephanie-Tran-320x320-1-150x150.jpg)
Senior Analyst, Budget Management
fiscal administration • grant administration • ArcGIS licenses
transtep@usc.edu / 213.821.2193 / AHF B55H
Spatial Sciences Institute Administration – Postdoctoral Scholar
Ayda Kianmehr![Ayda Kianmehr](https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2023/09/Ayd-Kianmehr_320x320-150x150.jpg)
microclimate modeling • machine learning • statistical analysis • policy content analysis • environmental health impacts
kianmehr@usc.edu / 213.764.7947 / AHF B57E