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nikias.jpg C. L. Max Nikias
Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
Malcolm R. Currie Chair in Technology and the Humanities

C. L. Max Nikias became provost and senior vice president for academic affairs June 1, 2005. He is USC's chief academic officer and the second-ranking officer under the president.

All of the university's deans report to the provost, as do the divisions of student affairs, student religious life, information technology services and enrollment services. He also chairs the Clinical Operations Oversight Committee of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

In April 2008, he was named inaugural holder of the Malcolm R. Currie Chair in Technology and the Humanities, USC’s first endowed faculty position honoring accomplishment in both technology and the humanities.

Nikias has been on the USC faculty since 1991 and served as dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering from 2001 to 2005. Before becoming dean, he was the founding director of the USC Viterbi School's Integrated Media Systems Center, the sole National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for multimedia and Internet research.

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Senior Staff

Elizabeth Garrett

Vice President for Academic Planning and Budget

Michael L. Jackson

Vice President for Student Affairs

Barry Glassner

Executive Vice Provost

Nelson Eugene Bickers

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Programs

Mitchell R. Creem

Vice Provost

Randolph Hall

Vice Provost for Research Advancement

Krisztina Holly

Vice Provost and Executive Director, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation

Suh-Pyng Ku

Vice Provost and Executive Director,
USC Office of Continuing Education and Summer Programs

Martin Levine

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

Jerome A. Lucido

Vice Provost for Enrollment Policy and Management

Jean Morrison

Vice Provost for Graduate Programs

Adam Clayton Powell III

Vice Provost for Globalization

Ilee Rhimes

Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost for Information Technology Services

Michael Preston

Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives