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Fall 2010

Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Ruzena Bajcsy
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
College of Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

Stephen Bradforth
Professor of Chemistry
USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
University of Southern California

Erich Ippen
Elihu Thompson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
School of Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Munson, Jr.
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, College of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Michigan

Spring 2011
USC School of Architecture

Charles Eastman
Professor, Colleges of Architecture and Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology

Henry Jenkins
Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
University of Southern California

Yehuda Kalay
Emeritus Professor, Department of Architecture
College of Environmental Design
University of California, Berkeley
Professor and Dean-Elect, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
Technion, Israel

Laura Lee
Professor of Architecture
School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts
Carnegie Mellon University

Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

Jack Ferracane
Professor and Chair
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Division of Biomaterials & Biomechanics
School of Dentistry
Oregon Health & Science University

Sarah Hamm-Alvarez
Gavin S. Herbert Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Dean for Research Affairs
USC School of Pharmacy
University of Southern California

Brian Schmidt
Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Director, Bluestone Center for Clinical Research
College of Dentistry
New York University

Caroline Shiboski
Professor and Co-Director, Ph.D. Program in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Department of Orofacial Sciences
School of Dentistry
University of California, San Francisco

Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Melissa Begg
Professor and Vice Dean for Education
Co-Director, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Department of Biostatistics
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University

Evan Eichler
Professor of Genome Sciences
HHMI Investigator
Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle 

Caleb Finch
ARCO/Keischnick Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences and
University Distinguished Professor
Director, Gerontology Research Institute
USC Davis School of Gerontology
University of Southern California

Patricia Langenberg
Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Vice Chair for Academic Programs
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Maryland, College Park

USC School of Social Work

Ronald A. Feldman
Ruth Harris Ottman Centennial Professor for the Advancement
of Social and Work Education and Dean Emeritus
Columbia University School of Social Work

Mark W. Fraser
Associate Dean for Research
Tate Distinguished Professor
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina

Sarah Gehlert
E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University St. Louis

Merril Silverstein
Professor of Gerontology and Sociology
USC Davis School of Gerontology
University of Southern California

Fall 2011
USC Department of Art History

Carol Armstrong
Professor, History of Art School of Art
Yale University

Elizabeth Helsinger
John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History
Division of the Humanities
University of Chicago

Keith Moxey
Barbara Novak Professor and Chair of Art History
Barnard College
Columbia University

Margaret Russett
Professor of English
USC Dornsife School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
University of Southern California

USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development

Ronald Garet
Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair in Law and Religion
The Law School
University of Southern California

Karen Holden
Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Consumer Science
Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin – Madison

Tschangho John Kim
Endowed Professor of Urban and Regional Systems
College of Fine and Applied Arts
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

John Mikesell
Chancellor’s Professor School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Indiana University, Bloomington

Spring 2012

American Studies & Ethnicity

Melvin Oliver
Professor of Sociology
SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara

Rubén G. Rumbaut
Professor of Sociology
University of California, Irvine

Priscilla Wald
Professor of English and Women's Studies
Duke University

Kenneth W. Warren
Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor
Department of English
University of Chicago

William Vega
Provost Professor
USC School of Social Work
University of Southern California

Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy

George E. Carvell
Professor
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Pittsburgh

Shirley A. Sahrmann
Professor
Program in Physical Therapy
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Lynn Snyder-Mackler
Alumni Distinguished Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
University of Delaware

Keck School of Medicine

Joseph DeRisi
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics Howard Hughes Investigator
University of California, San Francisco

Kathleen (Kathy) L. Gould
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Louise B. McGavock Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Hunt Willard
Nanaline H. Duke Professor
Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
Duke University

Norman Arnheim
Distinguished Professor, Ester Dornsife Chair in Biological Sciences,
and Professor of Biological Sciences and Biochemistry
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
University of Southern California

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