2013 Awardees
Photo by Steve Cohn Photography
Faculty mentoring undergraduate students:
- Paula Cizmar, USC School of Dramatic Arts
- Michael W. Coombs, USC Marshall School of Business
- Amon Emeka, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Robert D. English, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Henry M. Koffman, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Faculty mentoring graduate students:
- Luis Alfaro, USC School of Dramatic Arts
- Sarah E. Bonner, USC Marshall School of Business
- Lynne Casper, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Kian Kar, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
- Karen Kensek, USC School of Architecture
- Maria-Elena Martinez, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Gerard Medioni, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
- Kathy Smith, USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Thomas Valente, Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Carol Wise, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Faculty mentoring postdoctoral scholars:
- Anna Krylov, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Gerard Tellis, USC Marshall School of Business
Faculty mentoring faculty:
- Vinay A. Duddalwar, Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Gareth James, USC Marshall School of Business
- Atiyeh Showrai, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
2013 USC Mellon Culture of Mentoring Award
The USC Mellon Culture of Mentoring Award recognizes a mentoring program or faculty development strategy in an academic unit that provides a vital resource for faculty growth and success. For 2013, the awardee is:
WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering)
- Leana Golubchik
- Sarah Fried-Gintis
- Judith Hirsch
- Jill McNitt-Gray
- Ellis Meng
2013 Special Award for Outstanding Mentoring
This award is not given every year. However, when the panels evaluating nominations note someone particularly deserving, whose mentoring efforts extend across faculty, graduate students and undergraduates, the decision is made to recognize this faculty member. For 2013, the panels elected to recognize:
Martin Lyon Levine, Office of the Provost
In Memoriam: Kathleen Johnson
Kathleen Johnson, USC School of Pharmacy, was a beloved scholar, teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend. She was an extraordinary mentor who bettered thousands of lives. She is dearly missed.