Year: 2015

Director, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives, USC Marshall School of Business Debra Langford oversees Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives for the USC Marshall School of Business. Previously she held corporate vice president-level positions at NBCUniversal and Time Warner. Appointed by President Barack Obama to the USO Board of Governors, Langford also serves on the boards of the…Continue Reading Debra Langford

Professor of Clinical Education, USC Rossier School of EducationPresident, USC Academic Senate Ginger Clark is president of the Academic Senate and a professor of clinical education in the USC Rossier School of Education. An authority on counseling theory and practice, she leads the school’s Marriage and Family Therapy Program. Clark is the first non-tenure track…Continue Reading Ginger Clark

Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law Jody David Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at USC Gould School of Law. The author of Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America, his scholarship focuses on racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration. His…Continue Reading Jody Armour

Vice President, Graduate Student GovernmentMaster’s Degree Student, USC Price School of Public Policy Christina Gutierrez is vice president of USC’s Graduate Student Government and a candidate in the USC Price School of Public Policy’s MPA/MPL dual-degree program in public administration and planning (social justice). A first-generation student from Anaheim, Calif., she served in the Peace…Continue Reading Christina Gutierrez

President, Graduate Student GovernmentDoctoral Student, USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism Nikita Hamilton is president of USC’s Graduate Student Government and a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in communication at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, where she is also an Annenberg Fellow. Her research focuses on the intersections of race, gender, television, and…Continue Reading Nikita Hamilton

President, Undergraduate Student GovernmentSenior, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Rini Sampath, a senior majoring in international relations, is current president of the Undergraduate Student Government and past Student Body Vice President. Previously she worked at the Daily Trojan as editorial director, opinion columnist and online editor. Sampath has competed on both the…Continue Reading Rini Sampath

Director of Diversity Affairs, Undergraduate Student GovernmentJunior, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Moira Turner, a junior majoring in anthropology, is director of diversity affairs in the Undergraduate Student Government. A 2014-15 McNair Scholar, her research explores “What It Means to be a Father: White Benevolence and the Battle for Inheritance in the…Continue Reading Moira Turner

Co-chair, Diversity Task ForceDean of Religious Life Varun Soni is the Dean of Religious Life at USC. He is also an adjunct professor in the School of Religion in USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and a university fellow at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy. He co-chairs the Mindful USC Program. A…Continue Reading Varun Soni

Co-chair, Diversity Task ForceVice President for Student AffairsProfessor, USC Rossier School of Education Ainsley Carry is Vice President for Student Affairs and a professor in the USC Rossier School of Education. Prior to joining USC in 2013, he held senior administrative positions at the University of Florida, Southern Methodist University, Temple University, University of Arkansas,…Continue Reading Ainsley Carry