MEMORANDUM To: USC Iovine-Young Academy Faculty, Staff, and Students From: Andrew T. Guzman, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Date: November 11, 2025 Subject: Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the USC Iovine and Young Academy I am pleased to announce that we have appointed a search advisory committee to identify and…
Author: Amy Cheung
Dear IYA community, We are beginning the process of assembling the search advisory committee that will identify and recruit the next Dean of Iovine and Young Academy (IYA). I am seeking your confidential nominations of IYA faculty and staff who should serve on this committee. Self-nominations are entirely welcome as well. The committee will be…
Dear Trojans, On behalf of the president of the University of Southern California, I am delighted to announce that Yang Chai, DMD, DDS, PhD, will serve as the next dean of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, effective July 1, 2025. He will also be appointed as the G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery…
Dear Iovine and Young Academy Community, I write today to share that Dean Thanassis Rikakis has informed me that he will be stepping down as the Dean of the USC Iovine and Young Academy, effective July 12, 2025. Throughout the course of Dean Rikakis’s tenure, he has worked closely with the IYA faculty and staff, as well…
Dear Trojans, On behalf of President Folt and myself, I am excited to announce James Bullock as dean of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences effective July 1, 2025. Dean Bullock will hold the Anna H. Bing Dean’s Chair. As the largest and most academically diverse college on our campus, the college…
Date: March 7, 2025 To: USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work community From: Rickey Bluthenthal, PhDDistinguished Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences I am serving as the chair of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck Dean Search Committee. With this memo, I am pleased to provide you with an update and status report on the…
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of President Folt and myself, I am excited to announce that we will welcome Christopher Boone as dean of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, effective January 1, 2025. Dean Boone will hold the C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Dean’s Chair. Originally from Canada, Dean Boone will join us from…
USC will welcome Brett Steele as dean of the USC School of Architecture, effective February 1, 2024. Dean Steele will hold the Della & Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair in Architecture.
Dear Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work Community, We write today to share with you that Sarah Gehlert has informed us of her decision to end her tenure as Dean of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, effective August 1, 2022. Please join us in thanking her for guiding the School over the…
Dear USC Community, On behalf of President Folt, I am delighted to announce that Dr. Sarah Gehlert will be joining our community as the dean of the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, effective April 15. Dr. Gehlert is coming to us from the University of South Carolina where she is Dean of the College…