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Leadership

Director
Michelle L. Povinelli, PhD

Gabilan Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
University of Southern California
Co-Director
Brandi P. Jones, EdD

Research Professor
Race and Equity Center Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer
Rossier School of Education
University of Southern California
Program Administrator
Jennifer Ramos

University of Southern California
Partner School Lead
Charmane Caldwell, PhD
Director of Student Access, College of Engineering
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Partner School Lead
Chris Baccus
Counseling Faculty and Black Collegians Staff
Santa Monica College
Partner School Lead
Younghee Park, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
San Jose State University
Partner School Faculty
Curtis Asplund, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
San Jose State University

Faculty Advisory Board

COL [R] Steven Fleming, PhD
Adjunct Professor of the Practice of Spatial Sciences
University of Southern California

Professor of the Practice in Environmental and Spatial Analysis
University of North Georgia

Mike Orosz, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental and Spatial Sciences
University of Southern California
Erroll Southers, DPPD
Associate Senior Vice President of Safety and Risk Assurance
University of Southern California
Former FBI Special Agent, Deputy Director for Critical Infrastructure of the California Office of Homeland Security, and Assistant Chief of Homeland Security and Intelligence at LAX
Gregory Treverton, PhD
Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Spatial Sciences
University of Southern California
Former chairman of the National Intelligence Council