On November 6, 2015, Provost Michael Quick announced a new strategic planning process. The new strategic plan will build on the USC Strategic Vision: Matching Deeds to Ambitions. Work on the new plan will be guided by a faculty committee, co-chaired by Provost Michael Quick and Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Elizabeth Graddy. The Provost’s Strategic Planning Committee will produce a new strategic plan to move us forward toward the goal of the University of Southern California being the global private research university that also serves the public good.
In keeping with past practice, the strategic planning process will include opportunities for broad participation by faculty, students, staff, alumni and all other members of the Trojan Family. We will seek your input through a series of upcoming roundtables and open meetings across our campuses and online at the strategic planning website.
Please read Provost Quick’s memo to the USC Community on this process: Provost Memo A New Strategic Planning Process
Committee Members
Michael Quick, Co-Chair, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Provost’s Chair
Elizabeth Graddy, Co-Chair, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs; Jeffrey J. Miller Chair in Government, Business, and the Economy
Lina Bahn, Assistant Professor of Practice, USC Thornton School of Music
Caroline Betts, Associate Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Raphael Bostic, Professor of Public Policy, USC Price School of Public Policy
Paula Cannon, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Mina Chow, Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Architecture
Ginger Clark, Director, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching; Professor of Clinical Education, USC Rossier School of Education
Theda Douglas, Associate Vice President, USC Government Partnerships and Programs, ex officio
Linda Duguay, Director, USC Sea Grant Program; Director, Research for the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies at USC; Associate Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Shantanu Dutta, Dave and Jeanne Tappan Chair in Marketing and Professor of Marketing, USC Marshall School of Business
Robeson Taj Frazier, Director, Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg (IDEA); Associate Professor of Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Tracy Fullerton, Electronic Arts Endowed Chair in Interactive Entertainment; Director, USC Game Innovation Lab; Director, USC Games; Professor of Cinematic Arts
Sofia Gruskin, Director, Institute for Global Health; Director, Program on Global Health and Human Rights; Professor of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law
Christian Gunning, Associate Vice President, University Communications, ex officio
Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, Associate Dean for Basic and Translational Research and Professor of Ophthalmology, USC Keck School of Medicine; Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC School of Pharmacy
Jae Jung, Fletcher Jones Foundation Chair in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; Distinguished Professor in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Darius Lakdawalla, Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation; Professor, USC School of Pharmacy, USC Price School of Public Policy, and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
Rebecca Lemon, Associate Professor of English, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Akira Lippit, Vice Dean of Faculty; Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts; Professor of Comparative Literature and East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Rebecca Lonergan, Associate Director of Legal Writing and Advocacy Program and Professor of Lawyering Skills, USC Gould School of Law; Academic Vice President, Academic Senate
Oliver Jai’Sen Mayer, Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Associate Professor of Dramatic Writing, USC School of Dramatic Arts
Eduardo Molina, Director of Institutional Research, ex officio
Brighde Mullins, Professor of the Practice of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Shri Narayanan, Niki and C. L. Max Nikias Chair in Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USC Viterbi School of Engineering; Professor of Linguistics, Psychology and Neuroscience, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Director, Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab; Director, Ming Hsieh Institute; Research Director, Information Sciences Institute
Manuel Pastor, Director, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE); Director, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII); Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Eric Rice, Associate Professor of Social Work, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work; Director, USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society
Robin Romans, Director, Arts and Humanities Initiatives; Vice Chair, Faculty Advisory Board for the USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study; Associate Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, ex officio
Oliver Rizk, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Jonathan Samet, Distinguished Professor and Flora L. Thornton Chair, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Director, USC Institute of Global Health
John Brooks Slaughter, Professor of Education, USC Rossier School of Education; Professor of Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Varun Soni, Vice Provost, Campus Wellness and Crisis Intervention; Dean of Religious Life, ex officio