Jean Morrison Vice Provost for Graduate Programs

Jean Morrison was named vice provost for graduate programs in November 2006, after serving as associate vice provost for graduate programs since June 2005. In this capacity, she has primary responsibility for oversight of the university's graduate affairs and of the USC Graduate School. She is also a professor of earth sciences in USC College, having joined the faculty in 1988, and leads USC's Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) program, which has been under her oversight since 2002.

Morrison's research focuses on the role of fluids in metamorphic processes, stable isotope geochemistry and metamorphic petrology. She has served on a number of NSF funding panels and as an editor of The Journal of Metamorphic Geology. In 2000, she was named Sigma Chi Professor of the Year and received Sigma Gamma Epsilon’s Excellence in Teaching Award. She received the USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2002.

Morrison received a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University, a master’s degree from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.