CORE FACULTY | PART-TIME FACULTY | AFFILIATED FACULTY | STAFF
AFFILIATED DOCTORAL STUDENTS | PAST FACULTY & NOTABLE ALUMNI
Core Faculty
Part-time Faculty
![]() Yao-Yi Chiang Lecturer Biographical Sketch Curriculum Vitae My Citations |
![]() Jordan Hastings Lecturer Biographical Sketch Curriculum Vitae My Citations |
![]() Tarek Rashed Lecturer Biographical Sketch Curriculum Vitae My Citations |
Affiliated Faculty
![]() Myles G. Cockburn Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine Biographical Sketch Curriculum Vitae |
![]() Elizabeth Currid-Halkett Associate Professor Department of Policy, Planning and Development Biographical Sketch Curriculum Vitae |
![]() Philip Ethington Professor of History and Political Science Multimedia Editor, Urban History (Cambridge University Press) Co-Director, USC Center for Transformative Scholarship Biographical Sketch Curriculum Vitae |
![]() Meredith Franklin Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Keck School of Medicine Biographical Sketch Curriculum Vitae |
Craig A. KnoblockDirector of Information Integration, Information Sciences Institute Research Professor, Computer Science Biographical Sketch Curriculum Vitae |
Staff
![]() Robert Alvarez Systems Administrator II Phone: (213) 821-4415 Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Email: robalva@dornsife.usc.edu |
![]() Leilani Banks Office Manager I Phone: (213) 821-2193 Hours: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Email: lbanks@dornsife.usc.edu |
![]() Katherine Kelsey Student Programs Advisor Phone: (213) 740-8298 Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Email: kkelsey@dornsife.usc.edu |
KyoHyouk Kim Postdoctoral Scholar My Citations |
![]() Nina Noujdina GIS Project Specialist Phone: (213) 740-0739 Hours: 9:00 a.m.- 6 p.m. Email: nina.noujdina@usc.edu |
![]() Melissa S. Salido Administrative Assistant II Phone: (213) 740-5910 Hours: 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Email: msalido@dornsife.usc.edu |
![]() Maryam Taher GIS Project Specialist Phone: (213) 740-7164 Hours: 9:00 a.m.- 5 p.m. Email: mtaher@dornsife.usc.edu |
Ashwini Wakchaure GIS Programmer Phone: (213) 740-2664 Hours: 9:00 a.m.- 5 p.m. E-mail:wakchaur@usc.edu |
Past Faculty and Notable Alumni
Kamron BarronM.A., Geography (2001) Product Line Manager, Product & Program Delivery, Content Management, TOMTOM Lebanon, New Hampshire Email | Website |
Rania Bou KheirPostdoctoral Researcher (2004) Professor, Lebanese University Fanar, Lebanon Email | Website |
Yongxin DengPh.D., Geography (2005) Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois Email | Website |
![]() Daniel W. Goldberg Ph.D., Computer Science (2010) Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas |
Qi Christina LiPh.D., Geography (2010) Research Staff Griffith University Gold Coast, Australia |
Isaiah Mack M.S., Geography GPS/GIS Sales Manager California Surveying & Drafting Supply |
Thao Nguyen Ph.D., Geography (2011) Research Associate, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK |
Jingfen Sheng Ph.D., Geography (2007) Consultant, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Hong Kong, PRC |
![]() Zaria Tatalovich Ph.D., Geography (2006) Acting Chief, Surveillance Systems Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland Email | Website |



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