Faculty

Ailshire, Jennifer A.

Assistant Professor of Gerontology, Sociology and Spatial Sciences

ailshire@usc.edu / (213) 740-1707 / GER 218D

social stratification • urban sociology • health and aging • neighborhood environment and health

Aydin, Orhun

Lecturer

oaydin@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-5910 / AHF B56G

spatial statistics • machine learning • computer vision • Earth process models

Ban-Weiss, George

Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Spatial Sciences

banweiss@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-9124  /  KAP 230C

climate change • urban air pollution • remote sensing • aerosol emissions

Bar, François

Professor of Communication and Spatial Sciences

fbar@usc.edu  /  (213) 821-1108  /  ANN 310L

information technology • telecommunications policy • digital media

Bernstein, Jennifer M.

Lecturer of Spatial Sciences

bernstjm@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-5910  /  AHF B55

American environmentalism • Western American environmental history • online teaching and learning • California geography

Chiang, Yao-Yi

Associate Professor (Research) of Spatial Sciences

yaoyic@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-7618  /  AHF B55C

digital map processing • computer vision • machine learning • data mining • data integration • predictive analytics

Cockburn, Myles G.

Professor of Preventive Medicine, Dermatology and Spatial Sciences

myles@med.usc.edu  /  (323) 865-0322  /  SSB 318A

health GIS • cancer epidemiology • environmental epidemiology • melanoma • prostate cancer

Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth

James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and Professor of Public Policy and Spatial Sciences
currid@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-4012  /  RGL 301B

city data • economic geography • economic development • cultural economy • social networks

Dessouky, Maged

Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Spatial Sciences and Chair, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

maged@usc.edu / (213) 740-4891

production and operations management • modeling of manufacturing processes and systems • simulation • operations research applications to industrial systems

Dodd, Lynn Swartz

Associate Professor of the Practice of Religion and Spatial Sciences

swartz@usc.edu / (310) 210-4081 / ACB 130

archaeology and society • ancient innovation and social change • excavation and conservation

Duan, Leilei

Lecturer

leileidu@usc.edu / (213) 740-6532 /AHF B55J
Geodesign • spatial analysis • GIS in urban planning • 3D visualization • quality of life and the built environment • network analysis

Ethington, Philip

Professor of History, Political Science, and Spatial Sciences

philipje@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-1669  /  SOS 26

digital humanities • cartography • urban history • visual culture • immigration • race relations

Ferguson, Laura

Associate Director, Program on Global Health & Human Rights, and Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and Spatial Sciences

laurafer@usc.edu  / (323) 442-7235 / SSB 318H

global health • human rights • population health • health systems

Finch, Brian

Professor (Research) of Sociology and Spatial Sciences

brian.finch@usc.edu  /  (310) 448-0328  /  ICT 2000

social demography • social epidemiology • social stratification and inequality • social statistics

Fleming, Steven D.

Professor of the Practice of Spatial Sciences and the Institute for Creative Technologies

s.fleming@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-5910 / AHF B55

geospatial intelligence • remote sensing • physical geography • GIS • cartography • photogrammetry

Franklin, Meredith

Associate Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine and Spatial Sciences

meredith.franklin@usc.edu  /  (323) 442-2703  /  SSB 202A

spatial statistics • environmental statistics • atmospheric science

Gil, Yolanda

Research Professor of Computer Science and Spatial Sciences

gil@isi.edu   / (310) 822-1511 / 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292

artificial intelligence • discovery informatics • scientific workflows • social knowledge collection • knowledge management

Gruskin, Sofia

Professor of Preventive Medicine, Law and Spatial Sciences

gruskin@usc.edu  / (323) 865-0826 / SSB 318J

global health • law • human rights • reproductive and sexual health

Ho, Jessica Y.

Assistant Professor of Gerontology, Sociology and Spatial Sciences

jessica.y.ho@usc.edu  / (213) 740-4497 / GER 217a

sociology of health and illness • medical sociology • demography • racial, socioeconomic, geographic and gender inequalities in health • sociology of aging and the life course

Johnston, Jill

Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and Spatial Sciences

jillj@usc.edu / (323) 422-1099 / SSB 2001 N. Soto Street, Los Angeles, CA 90032

environmental and climate justice • community outreach and engagement • hazardous waste and wastewater • toxic metals and oil and gas pollution

Kahn, Matthew E.

Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences

kahnme@usc.edu / KAP 300

environmental economics • economic development • sustainability • climate change • urban growth

Kemp, Karen K.

Professor Emerita of the Practice of Spatial Sciences

kakemp@dornsife.usc.edu  /  (213) 740-5910  /  AHF B55D

spatial analysis • environmental modeling • GIS for the Humanities • GIS professional competency

Knowles, Jason T.

Adjunct Associate Professor of the Practice

jasonkno@usc.edu / (213) 740-5910 / AHF B55

GIS • geospatial Intelligence • physical geography • remote sensing • spatio-temporal analysis

Knoblock, Craig A.

Research Professor of Computer Science and Spatial Sciences, and Executive Director, Information Sciences Institute

knoblock@isi.edu  /  (310) 448-8786  /  AHF B55D

data extraction from Web • information gathering • artificial intelligence

Kurashige, Lon

Professor of History and Spatial Sciences

kurashig@usc.edu   /  (213) 740-2531 / SOS 264

Asian-American history • emigration/immigration • racial ideologies • ethnic identity politics

Lamy, Steven

Professor of International Relations and Spatial Sciences

lamy@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-2845  /  VKC 330

human security • international relations theory • foreign policy analysis • global politics

Lee, Su Jin

Lecturer of Spatial Sciences

sujinlee@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-2845  /  AHF B55K

GIS • remote sensing • human and environmental interaction • solar radiation
modeling • terrain analysis • LULC changes

Liu, Lihua

Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Spatial Sciences

lihualiu@usc.edu  / (323) 442-1636 / SSB 305E

demography • medical sociology • cancer survelliance • spatial distribution

Loyola, Laura C.

Lecturer of Spatial Sciences and Director of Undergraduate Studies

loyola@usc.edu / (213) 740-5910 / AHF B55

GIS • human and evolutionary biology • anthropology • remote sensing

Marx, Andrew J.

Associate Professor of the Practice of Spatial Sciences and the Institute for Creative Technologies

marxa@usc.edu / (213)-740-2835 / AHF B55A

geospatial intelligence • remote sensing • spatio-temporal analysis • human rights • GIS

McAlinden, Ryan

Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Practice of Spatial Sciences

mcalinde@usc.edu

live, virtual and constructive simulations • unmanned aerial systems (UASs) • game-based technologies • geospatial data and technologies

McConnell, Rob

Professor of Preventive Medicine and Spatial Sciences

rmcconne@usc.edu / (323) 442-1593 / SSB 230D

community-based interventions to control environmental exposures . environmental health educational programs . epidemiological studies relating health outcomes to environmental exposures

Oda, Katsuhiko (Kirk)

Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences

katsuhio@dornsife.usc.edu  /  (213) 740-2868  /  AHF B55J

spatial thinking • GIS education • GIS • walkability • spatial cognition

Oliva, Paulina

Associate Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences

olivaval@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-2105 / KAP 324F

environmental economics • environmental policy effectiveness • air pollution and health

Orosz, Michael

Research Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Spatial Sciences

mdorosz@isi.edu / (310) 448-8266 / 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001, Marina del Rey, CA 90292

data security • cyber crime • homeland security • port security • intelligent human-computer interfaces

Osborne, Vanessa Griffith

Assistant Professor (Teaching), The Writing Program

vosborne@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-1980 / JEP 150

writing

Owens, Ann

Associate Professor of Sociology and Spatial Sciences

annowens@usc.edu  /  (213) 821-5730  /  HSH 204

spatial analysis • quantitative analysis • urban sociology • social stratification • social policy

Perl-Rosenthal, Nathan

Associate Professor of History and Spatial Sciences

perlrose@usc.edu / (213) 740-1670 / SOS 167
maritime history • maritime law • American Revolution • citizenship • nationality

Rahimi, Mansour

Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Spatial Sciences

mrahimi@usc.edu / (213) 740-4016 / GER 206B

industrial ecology • life-cycle assessment • design for environment • environment/safety/human factors • human-computer interaction

Robinson, Alexander

Associate Professor of Architecture and Spatial Sciences

alexander.robinson@usc.edu  /  (747) 234-8222  /  WAH 319

GIS mapping • landscape architecture design • landscape performance and infrastructure

Ruddell, Darren M.

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences

druddell@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-0521  /  AHF 57F

geospatial technologies • climate and society • human-environment interactions • geodesign • urban sustainability

Sanders, Kelly

Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Spatial Sciences

ktsanders@usc.edu  /  (213) 821-0095  /  KAP 200B

greenhouse emissions • water and energy policy • biofuels

Sedano, Elisabeth

Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences

sedano@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-5910  /  AHF B57C

urban geography • web mapping • volunteered geographic information • outdoor advertising

Sellers, Jefferey M.

Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Spatial Sciences

sellers@usc.edu  / (213) 740-1684 / VKC 327

Political geography • comparative politics • urban and regional political economy • multilevel governance and federalism • state-society relations

Shahabi, Cyrus

Helen N. and Emmett H. Jones Professor of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Spatial Sciences, and Chair, Department of Computer Science
shahabi@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-8162  /  PHE 306A

databases • GIS • multi-media

Smith-Greenaway, Emily

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Spatial Sciences

smithgre@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-8869 / HSH 314

demography • infant and child mortality • African studies • health services

Soibelman, Lucio

Dean's Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Spatial Sciences and Chair of the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

soibelma@usc.edu  / (213) 740-0609 / KAP 210A

use of information technology for economic development • information technology support for construction management • process integration during the development of large-scale engineering system • data mining • sensors

Swift, Jennifer N.

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences

jswift@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-5841  /  AHF B57D

GIS • web GIS • mobile GIS • data modeling • geodesign • online education

Treverton, Gregory F.

Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Spatial Sciences

treverto@usc.edu  /  (310) 393-0411, ext. 7122  /  VKC 330

strategy • intelligence • thinking about the future

Vos, Robert O.

Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences and Director of Graduate Studies

vos@usc.edu  /   (213) 821-1311  /  AHF B55D

industrial ecology • GIS assessment of carbon footprinting • environmental politics and policy

Wilson, John P.

Professor of Spatial Sciences and Sociology and Founding Director

jpwilson@usc.edu  /  (213) 740-1908  /  AHF B55E

GIS • spatial analysis • environmental modeling • environment and human health • geodesign education

Wu, An-Min

Lecturer of Spatial Sciences

anminwu@usc.edu / (213) 740-2876  /   AHF B55B

soil science • geospatial technology • remote sensing • environmental GIS