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Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Team

Overview

The Social Sciences Team is comprised of 14 library faculty dedicated to meeting the curricular and research needs of the USC community by providing reference, instruction and collection development in the social sciences.

The Mission of the Social Sciences Team:

  1. To maximize existing resources for the purpose of a centralized, comprehensive, unified approach to collection development and public services
  2. To support the research and curricular needs of the Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies;
  3. To build cross-disciplinary knowledge base among team members;
  4. To provide an underlying structure for a unified intellectual concept of the library so it plays a defined integral role in support of the USC and USC Libraries strategic plans

Team Membership

Member Area

Anthony Anderson
anthonya@usc.edu
(213) 740 1190
  • Histography
  • History - Africa
  • History - Asia
  • History - Australia & Oceania
  • History - Great Britain & Ireland
  • History - Western Europe
  • Gay & Lesbian Studies
  • Library Science
Patricia A. Davis
patricid@usc.edu
(213) 740 5192
  • UPIA Director
  • Library Manager

Kim Esser
kimberle@usc.edu
(213) 740 6255

  • Computer Consultant Specialist
  • Business Information Specialist

Susan Gardner
susangar@usc.edu
(213) 740 5938
  • Undergraduate Interests
  • Anthropology
  • Communication

John Juricek
juricek@usc.edu
(213) 740 7621
  • Accounting
  • Business
  • Economics
  • African-American Studies

Robert Labaree
labaree@usc.edu
(213) 740 5824
  • International Relations
  • Public Administration
  • Urban and Regional Planning
  • Political Science

Felicia Palsson
fpalsson@usc.edu
(213) 740 8349

  • Gerontology
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Katharin Peter
kpeter@usc.edu
(213) 740 1700

  • Social Sciences Data
  • Geography

Barbara Robinson
brobinso@usc.edu
(213) 821 2261

  • Chicano and Latino Studies
  • Latin American Studies (includes History)
  • Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures (also History of Spain and Portugal)

Dace Taube
taube@usc.edu
(213) 821 2366
  • Los Angeles and Southern California

Eduardo Tinoco
etinoco@usc.edu
(213) 740 9167

  • Economics
  • Business Administration
  • Sports

Sue Tyson
styson@usc.edu
(213) 740 7044

  • American Studies
  • American West
  • Asian American Studies
  • Ethnic Studies
  • United States and Canadian History

Ruth Wallach
rwallach@usc.edu
(213) 740 6917
  • Gender Studies
  • History - Eastern Europe

Linda Weber
lindaweb@usc.edu
(213) 740 1785
  • Education
  • General Social Sciences
  • Journalism

Grace Xu
gracex@usc.edu
(213) 740 1777
  • Social Work
  • Criminal Justice
  • Public Health Administration

UPIA Director: Patricia A. Davis
SST Administrative Coordinator: Rita M. Romero

Open Positions: Government Documents Librarian

Our services include:

Instruction

  • Classroom instruction
  • Orientations
  • Tours

Collection Development

  • Contact a librarian regarding a specific discipline
  • Recommend-A-Book - suggest a library purchase
  • LEAP - for rush purchase requests that are needed quickly
  • Ongoing selection of materials based on research and curricular needs

The Social Sciences Team is affiliated with the Urban, Public and International Affairs (UPIA) Center comprising the following libraries and information centers:

  • Applied Social Sciences Library (VKC)
  • Accounting Library
  • Andrus Gerontology Library
  • Roy P. Crocker Business Library
  • Social Work Information Center

And is represented by Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections.