{"id":3695,"date":"2023-02-10T23:40:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T23:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/?page_id=3695"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:39:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:39:52","slug":"academic-deans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/we-are-usc\/the-university\/leadership\/academic-deans\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Deans"},"content":{"rendered":" \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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At the University of Southern California, our academic deans are driving change and progress by crafting a vision for the future of their schools. Through tenacious dedication to students, faculty, and staff alike; they ensure that world-class education remains at the forefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Anthony Bailey<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Bovard College\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Willow Bay<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Chris Boone<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n James Bullock<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Andrew Call<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Leventhal School of Accounting\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Yang Chai<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Pinchas Cohen<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Elizabeth M. Daley<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC School of Cinematic Arts\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Geoffrey Garrett<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Marshall School of Business\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Melissa Just<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Libraries\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Jason King<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Thornton School of Music\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Josh Kun<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Interim Dean, USC Iovine and Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Haven Lin-Kirk<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Roski School of Art and Design\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Carolyn C. Meltzer<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, Keck School of Medicine of USC\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Pedro Noguera<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Rossier School of Education\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Vassilios Papadopoulos<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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\n Julia M. Ritter<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Emily Roxworthy<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC School of Dramatic Arts\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Brett Steele<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC School of Architecture\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Franita Tolson<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Gould School of Law\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Yannis C. Yortsos<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n Dean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":759,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3695","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAcademic Deans - USC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The University of Southern California has a long and impressive history of academic leadership. 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