An Open Letter to the USC Community

Signatories:

• Robert Adler M.D, Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine
• Kenneth S. Alexander, Professor of Mathematics
• Agnes Andor, Assistant Professor of Clinical Management and Organization
• Marco Aponte-Moreno, Professor of Clinical Management and Organization
• Richard Arratia, Professor of Mathematics
• Sepehr Aziz, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
• Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, Professor, Department of Psychology and Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
• Jonathan Barnett, Professor, Gould School of Law
• Ann Barnett, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine
• Itzhak Bars, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
• Eyal Ben-Isaac, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine and CHLA
• Andrea Belz, Research Director, Information Sciences Institute and Professor of Practice, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Bérénice A Benayoun, Assistant professor of Gerontology
• Arvind Bhambri, Affiliate Research Scientist, USC Marshall Center for Effective Organizations
• Marlon G. Boarnet, Professor of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, Price School of Public Policy
• David C. Bohnett, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship
• Steve Caplan, Adjunct Instructor, Annenberg
• Douglas G. Capone, Professor of Environmental Biology
• Peter Carnevale, Professor of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business
• Sharon A Cermak Professor Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
• Mark Chaisson, Assistant Professor, Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Melanie Cherry, Lecturer, Annenberg School of Communication
• Irene Chiolo, Gabilan Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Ruth Cislowski, Associate Professor of Social Work Practicum Education, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
• Julie Culver, Instructor of Clinical Medicine, Keck School of Medicine
• Thomas G. Cummings, Professor of Management & Organization
• Jahan Dawlaty, Professor of Chemistry
• Jennifer Deal, Senior Research Scientist, USC Marshall Center for Effective Organizations
• Dion Dickman, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Kristin Diehl, Professor of Marketing
• Rosa Di Felice, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
• Vita Droutman, PhD, Lecturer of Psychology
• Tanaz Ferzandi, MD, Director of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
• Julian Domaradzki, Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• Nofar Duani, Instructor of Marketing
• Linda Duguay, Research Associate Professor, Emerita of Biological Sciences
• Leah Duker, Assistant Professor of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
• Shantanu Dutta, Dave and Jeanne Tappan Chair in Marketing, Professor of Marketing
• Sherwood H. Egbert, USC Hillel Board Member and Alumni
• Rabbi Denise L. Eger, class of 1982
• Robert English, International Relations-Environmental Studies
• Dmitry Eremin, Postdoctoral Fellow (Chemistry)
• Jake Ettinger (Class of 2018)
• Daniel C. Fehder, Assistant Professor of Management and Organization
• Donald Feinstein MD, MACP Emeritus Professor of Medicine
• Sandra Ferrari Disner, Associate Professor of Linguistics (Teaching)
• Stacey Finley, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Peer Fiss, Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair in Business Administration, Professor of Management & Organization, and Sociology
• Henryk Flashner, Professor, Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• Rachel Friedmann, DO, Fellow, CHLA
• Eric M. Friedlander, Dean's Professor of Mathematics
• Susan Friedlander, Professor of Mathematics
• Jason Fulman, Professor of Mathematics
• Natalia Gelfand, Postdoctoral Researcher
• Patricia A George, Adjunct Professor of Psychology
• Shana W. Glassman BA '93
• Larry Goldstein, Professor of Mathematics
• Leana Golubchik, Stephen and Etta Varra Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
• Raina Greenfest, Parent of USC Student
• Joseph Greenfield, Associate Professor of Practice, Information Technology Program, Viterbi School of Engineering
• Mike Gruntman, Professor of Astronautics
• William G.J. Halfond, Professor of Computer Science, Viterbi School of Engineering
• Lawrence Harris, Fred V. Keenan Chair in Finance, Marshall School of Business
• Susan Hess, Associate Professor of Social Work Practicum Education
• Judith Hirsch, Professor of Biological Sciences
• Ellis Horowitz, Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering Systems
• Rahul Jain, Professor or Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science
• Robert Jacobs, Emeritus Professor, Department of Pediatrics, USC School of Medicine
• David E. James, Emeritus Professor, School of Cinematic Arts
• Atoosa Javaheri, PSY.D., Keck Medicine of USC
• Marynell Jelinek, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine (Clinician Educator), USC Keck School of Medicine
• Gabriel Kahn, Professor of Professional Practice, Journalism
• Richard Kahn Emeritus Associate Professor
• Lynn Kamerlin, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology (former USC postdoc)
• Seva Katritch, Associate Professor of Quantitative & Computational Biology
• Steve A. Kay, Director of Convergent Biosciences, Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences
• Peter H. Kim, Professor of Management and Organization
• Minjeong Ko, Marshall School of Business, Marketing
• Rex Kovacevich, Professor of Clinical Marketing
• Bart Kosko, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Vitaly Kresin, Professor of Physics
• Anna I. Krylov, USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry, Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
• Clive Lennox, USC Accounting Associates Professor of Accounting, Marshall School of Business, Leventhal School of Accounting
• Alec Levenson, Senior Research Scientist, USC Marshall Center for Effective Organizations
• Morris Levy, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and IR
• Kristina Lerman, Research Professor of Computer Science and Principal Scientist at USC Information Sciences Institute
• Emily Liman, Professor of Biological Sciences
• Jacqueline Liu, Adjunct Instructor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
• Richard Lubman, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine
• Adam MacLean, Assistant Professor of Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Nikhil Malik, Assistant Professor of Marketing
• Fyodor Malikov, Professor of Mathematics
• Thomas Mathew, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry
• Kyle Mayer, Chair and Professor of Management and Organization
• Dina Mayzlin, Robert E. Brooker Professor of Marketing
• Serghei Mangul, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Peter C. Mancall, Distinguished Professor, Professor of History, Anthropology, and Economics
• Nicholas Mancuso, Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
• Megan McCain, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Andrew P. McMahon WM Keck Provost and University Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
• Jerry M. Mendel, Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Stanislav Minsker, Department of Mathematics
• Milan Miric, Assistant Professor of Data Sciences and Operations, Marshall School of Business
• Michael A Mische, Senior Lecturer, Marshall School of Business
• James E. Moore, II, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Public Policy
• Michàlle E. Mor Barak, Dean Endowed Professor of Social Work and Business, SDP School of Social Work and Marshall School of Business
• Nick Morr, Former Lecturer, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
• Alan L. Nager, MD, MHA, Director, Emergency & Transport Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine
• Shri Narayanan, University Professor and Nikias Chair in Engineering
• Paul K. Newton, Professor of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Joseph C. Nunes, Professor of Marketing & Joseph A. DeBell Professorship in Business Administration
• Assad Oberai, Hughes Professor and Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• Amy F. Ogata, Professor of Art History
• Janet Oldak, Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Bioengineering, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry and Viterbi School of Engineering
• Etan Orgel, MD MS, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine
• Antonio Ortega, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Daphna Oyserman, Dean’s Professor of Psychology
• Richard S. Panush, MD, Master, American College of Physicians, Master, American College of Rheumatology, Professor of Medicine
• Marco Papa, Senior Lecturer of Computer Science
• Arielle Paul, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
• Matt Pennell, Associate Professor of Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Daniel Pollack, Professor of Piano, Thornton School of Music
• Stefan Pollack, Adjunct Professor, Annenberg
• Kirill Prozument, Argonne National Laboratory; USC Department of Chemistry Alumnus
• G. K. Surya Prakash, Professor and George and Judith Olah Nobel Laureate Chair in Hydrocarbon Chemistry
• Ghanshyam P. Purohit, Adjunct Professor, Deparment of Astronautical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering
• Gandhi Puvvada, Professor, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, VSoE
• Dave Quast, Adjunct Instructor, Annenberg
• Hanna Reisler, University Professor, Lloyd Armstrong Jr. Chair in Science and Engineering, Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Alexandra Reisman, Executive Director of Health Initiatives
• Garrett Reisman, Ph.D., Professor of Practice, Astronautical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering
• Cheryl Resnik, Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
• William Resh, C. C. Crawford Associate Professor of Management and Performance, Sol Price School of Public Policy
• Steven Richeimer, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology
• Remo Rohs, Professor and Chair of Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Emily Rose, MD, Director for Pre-Health Undergraduate Studies Keck School of Medicine of USC
• Steven J. Ross Distinguished Professor of History
• Ilan Rotstein, Professor and Chair, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
• Lucille Rotstein, Clinical Associate Professor, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
• Kelly Sanders, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Susan Segal, Professor of Teaching, Department of English
• Soheil Shams, PhD USC Alumni
• Gil Shlamovitz, MD, FACEP, FAMIA, Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine
• Dan Schnur, Adjunct Instructor, Annenberg School for Communication
• Sara L. Schwartz, Associate Teaching Professor, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
• Vanessa R. Schwartz, Director, Visual Studies Research Institute, Professor of Art History and History
• Yulia Shwartz, Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
• Neil Siegel, The IBM Professor of Engineering Management; member of the National Academy of Engineering
• Andrew D. Smith, Professor of Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Lucio Soibelman Fred Champion Estate Chair in Engineering Professor. Viterbi School of Engineering
• Laura Stein, Parent of 2023 Graduate
• Michelle (Bielas) Stevens, Class of 2016
• Steven Siegel, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Chief Mental Health and Wellness Officer, Keck Medicine of USC
• William Stohl, Professor of Medicine
• Fengzhu Sun, Professor of Quantitative and Computational Biology
• David Tashman, MD. Director, Department of Emergency Medicine USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Arnold Tiber, DDS, PhD, Associate Professor, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
• Jody Tolan, MBA, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Marshall School of Business
• Sarah Townsend, Associate Professor of Management and Organization
• David Traum, Research Professor of Computer Science
• Shirley Traum, MSEE, Class of 1985, Trustee Scholar, Emma Josephine Bradley Bovard Award Recipient
• Jennifer Treweek, Ph.D. Gabilan Assistant Professor, Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Stephanie Tully, Kenneth King Stonier Assistant Professor of Business Administration
• Kalinda Ukanwa, Assistant Professor of Marketing
• Barbara Van Noppen, PhD, LCSW Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck Medicine of USC
• Larry Vincent, Associate Professor of the Practice of Marketing
• Andrew Viterbi, Presidential Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering (retired), Member, National Academy of Engineering, Member, National Academy of Sciences
• Cheryl Wakslak, Associate Professor of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business
• Arieh Warshel, Nobel Laureate, Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry, Member, National Academy of Sciences
• Michael Waterman, Emeritus University Professor
• Mark Weinstein, Associate Professor Emeritus, Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business
• Ruth Weisberg, Professor, Roski School of Art and Design
• Martin H. Weiss, MD, The Martin H Weiss Chair in Neurological Surgery (Emeritus), Keck School of Medicine
• Alan Willner, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professorial Chair and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Member, National Academy of Engineering
• Scott Wiltermuth, Professor of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business
• Curt Wittig, Paul A. Miller Professor of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and Professor of Chemistry
• Regina Wittenberg Moerman, Accounting Circle Professor of Business Administration, Marshall School of Business
• Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Studies and Political Science
• Vladimir Zelman MD PhD Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Science
• Michael Zyda, Emeritus Professor of Practice

Supporters outside USC:

• Jodye Alcon
• Iris Bar
• Jamie Barsimantov, Ph.D.
• Isaac Bersuker, Academician ASM, Oden Institute, UT Texas
• Manijeh Breskin
• Cecile Cohan
• Alan Cohen
• Marina and Adam Cohn
• Michael Culver
• Shana Doronn, LCSW, Psy.D UCLA OCD IOP
• Michael Frenklach, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• Avital Hezkiya
• Donna L. Hoffman, Louis Rosenfeld Distinguished Professor, George Washington University
• Elise Horwich, LMFT
• Chana Karna Blugrind MAEd
• Julia Laskin, Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University
• Gal Kessler Rohs
• Maya Khirman
• David Kobrinetz, Director, Market Development- Community Access, Freenome
• Beny Neta,Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
• Tamar Neta
• Katie & Amnon Rodan
• Elle Rohs
• Carla Rosenblum
• Annie Rosenschein-Bars Retired
• David Steigmann, Professor at UC Berkeley
• Dr. Yakir Englander (IAC, American Jewish Academy)
• Natalie Zhitnitsky, Speech Pathologist

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