Charge
The Campus Climate Committee identifies, and shares with the Senate, effective approaches to cultivating a culture of equity, inclusivity, and respect that enhance the success of all faculty within a pluralistic context. It will alert the Senate to issues on campus that require attention, and will make recommendations for how the Senate can be helpful in addressing these issues, in collaboration with the Provost’s office and the Provost’s Diversity Committee. This committee will work with the Senate Executive Board to plan and implement two mini-retreats a year (one in the fall and one in the spring) that aim to enhance campus climate at USC. Topics might include how to better recruit, retain, and support a diverse faculty; how to achieve more gender equity in STEM fields; or how to help faculty to have difficult dialogues about culture in the classroom.
Meetings: Contact committee chair for the date/locations of the committee meetings.
Chair
Ruth Chung (Co-Chair) – rchung@usc.edu
Renee Smith-Maddox (Co-Chair) – smithmad@usc.edu
Committee members
- Joyce Richey, jrichey@usc.edu, Keck School of Medicine
- Jody Armour, jarmour@law.usc.edu, Law School
- Varun Soni, vasoni@usc.edu, Religious Life
- Ruth Chung, rchung@usc.edu, Rossier
- Renee Smith-Maddox, smithmad@usc.edu, Social Work
- Stephen Smith, smithsd@usc.edu, USC Shoah Foundation
- Rob Parke, parke@usc.edu, Viterbi/Information Technology Program
- Kathryn Smith, kasmith@chla.usc.edu, Keck/Childrens Hospital
- Leslie Wind, wind@usc.edu, Social Work
- Raphael Bostic (EB Liaison), bostic@usc.edu, Sol Price School
- Elaine Kaplan, ekaplan@usc.edu, Dornsife College
- Viet Thanh Nguyen, vnguyen@usc.edu, Dornsife College
- Sharoni Little, SLittle@marshall.usc.edu, Marshall
- Rebecca Haggerty, rhaggert@usc.edu, Annenberg School
- Tracy Tambascia (EB liaison), tpoon@usc.edu, Rossier School