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USC Mellon Mentoring Forum

Since 2005, the Mellon Foundation has been generously supporting a number of USC initiatives specifically related to building a more substantial culture of mentoring. The USC Mellon Mentoring Forum was established four years ago and has a mission of fostering the role of mentoring throughout our academic community.

The Mellon Mentoring Forum, composed of senior and experienced faculty members from each school, meets twice yearly to brainstorm about and share best practices in mentoring. Each year the forum chooses a specific mentoring-related topic to discuss. Representatives also prepare a bi-annual school mentoring profile on the mentoring structure, practice and activities in their schools. The forum also co-sponsors mentoring events/workshops with other committees and schools.

School/Unit Mentoring Activities

2011-2012 USC Mellon Mentoring Forum Leadership

Timothy Pinkston (VSOE)
Chair

Erica Muhl (TSOM)
Co-Chair

USC Mellon Mentoring Forum Representatives 2011-2012

School Representatives

Ed Cray, cray@usc.edu
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

Lynn Miller, lmiller@usc.edu
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

Amy Murphy, almurphy@usc.edu
School of Architecture

Deborah MacInnis, macinnis@usc.edu
Marshall School of Business

John Watson, jwatson23@mac.com
School of Cinematic Arts

Sandra Rich, srich@usc.edu
Ostrow School of Dentistry

Michael Messner, messner@usc.edu
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Sarah Pratt, pratt@usc.edu
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Hanna Reisler, reisler@usc.edu
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Sharon Cermak, cermak@usc.edu
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Ruth Chung, rchung@usc.edu
Rossier School of Education

Maja Mataric, mataric@usc.edu
USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Ellis Meng, ellis.meng@usc.edu
USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Ruth Weisberg, reweisb@usc.edu
Roski School of Fine Arts

Kelvin Davies, kelvin@usc.edu
Davis School of Gerontology

Alexander Capron, acapron@law.usc.edu
Gould School of Law

Grace Aldrovandi, galdrovandi@chla.usc.edu
Keck School of Medicine

Frank Sinatra, sinatra@usc.edu
Keck School of Medicine

Maura Sullivan, mesulliv@usc.edu
Keck School of Medicine

Richard Watanabe, rwatanabe@usc.edu
Keck School of Medicine of USC

Lucinda Carver, carver@usc.edu
Thornton School of Music

Fred Weissman, weissman@usc.edu
School of Pharmacy

Lisa Schweitzer, lschweit@usc.edu
School of Policy, Planning, and Development

Paul Maiden, rmaiden@usc.edu
School of Social Work

Meiling Cheng, meilingc@usc.edu
School of Theatre

Campus Unit Representatives

Ed Finegan, finegan@usc.edu
Center for Excellence in Teaching

Randy Hall, rwhall@usc.edu
Center for Excellence in Research

Sandeep Gupta, sandeep@usc.edu
President, Academic Senate

Patricia Riley, priley@usc.edu
Vice-President, Academic Senate

Peter Conti, pconti@usc.edu
Immediate Past President, Academic Senate

Jean Crampon,crampon@usc.edu
USC Libraries

Leana Golubchik, leana@usc.edu
Women in Science and Engineering

Ex-Officio Members

Judy Garner,jgarner@usc.edu
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
Keck School of Medicine

Michael Jackson, mjackson@usc.edu
Vice President of Student Affairs

Beth Meyerowitz, meyerow@usc.edu
Vice Provost for Faculty and Programmatic Development

Bruce Zuckerman, bzuckerm@college.usc.edu
Professor

  • Contact Information

    Timothy Pinkston
    tpink@usc.edu
    Chair of USC Mellon Mentoring Forum

    Erica Muhl
    muhl@thornton.usc.edu
    Co-Chair of USC Mellon Mentoring Forum