Faculty

Ailshire, Jennifer A.

Associate 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

David M. Wilson Early Career Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering and 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

Deverell, William F.

Professor of History, Environmental Studies and Spatial Sciences

deverell@usc.edu / (213) 740-1657 / SOS 274

history of California and the American West • environmental history

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 and Director, USC Cancer Surveillance Program

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

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

Associate 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

Fred Champion Estate Chair in Engineering est. 1967 and 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