Contact


Administrative Offices

Office of the Dean
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
University of Southern California
3630 Watt Way, Suite 402
Los Angeles, CA 90089
tel. (213) 740-6180
fax (213) 740-3772

The street address for the following listings is the same as above:

Admissions Office
USC Annenberg, Suite 140
tel. (213) 821-0770
fax (213) 740-1933 
ascadm@usc.edu

School of Communication
USC Annenberg, Suite 305
tel. (213) 740-3951
fax (213) 740-3913

School of Journalism
USC Annenberg, Suite 303
tel. (213) 740-3914
fax (213) 740-8624

Development and Alumni Relations
USC Annenberg, Suite 304
tel. (213) 821-1660
Zoom (213) 740-3772
ascalums@usc.edu

Advisement and Academic Services
USC Annenberg, Suite 140
tel. (213) 740-0900
fax (213) 740-8036
Undergraduate: ascjadv@usc.edu
Graduate: gradasc@usc.edu

Career Development
USC Annenberg, Suite 140
tel. (213) 740-0900
fax (213) 740-8036
ascjcd@usc.edu 

International Programs
USC Annenberg, Suite 140
tel. (213) 821-1276
fax (213) 821-0772
ascintl@usc.edu

Media Relations
uscnews@usc.edu 

Technical Services and Operations (TechOps)
Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN) L103
Monday–Thursday: 7:30 a.m.–10 p.m. 
Friday: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
tel. (213) 740-5297
annenbergtechops.com

Website Requests
ascweb@usc.edu

Admissions

For questions regarding majors, programs and events for prospective and newly admitted USC Annenberg students:

Annenberg Admissions Office
Hours: Monday–Friday, 9–11:30 a.m. and 1–4:30 p.m.
tel. (213) 821-0770 
ascadm@usc.edu
Request Information
Admissions Team

Annenberg Student Services

Vince Gonzalez
Professor of Professional Practice of Journalism;
Associate Dean, Student Affairs 
vince.gonzales@usc.edu

Teresa Perez
Student Services Office Coordinator
teresitp@usc.edu 

Suzanne Alcantara
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Director of Career Development
suzannea@usc.edu

Advisement and Academic Services

Undergraduate Advisement
 
JaBari Brown
Director
jabarirb@usc.edu
 
Nicole Zardenetta
Associate Director
nzardene@usc.edu
 
Jennifer Howard
Senior Academic Advisor
howardje@usc.edu
 
Shana Schwartz 
Senior Academic Advisor
paris@usc.edu
 
Myda Cholakyan
Senior Academic Advisor
mcholaky@usc.edu 
 
Matthew Chan
Academic Advisor
mchan892@usc.edu 
 
Kelly Gutierrez
Academic Advisor
kelly.gutierrez@usc.edu 
Graduate Advisement
 

Michael Ploszek
Director
mploszek@usc.edu

Adrienne Capirchio 
Assistant Director
azc@usc.edu

Jessica De La Cruz-Gonzalez
Assistant Director
jvdelacr@usc.edu

Nicole Valdez
Academic Advisor
nicoleva@usc.edu

Susan Zhang
Assistant Director
zhangmen@usc.edu

Career Development

Career Development
(213) 740-0900
ascjcd@usc.edu

Career advising appointments are available for current students and alumni who graduated within the last 3 years. Please click here to schedule an appointment.

Suzanne Alcantara*
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Director of Career Development
tel. (213) 740-6045
suzannea@usc.edu

Katy Kelly*
Senior Associate Director, Career Development and International Programs
(213) 821-2180
katkelly@usc.edu

Jeremy Booker
Assistant Director, Industry Relations
bookerj@usc.edu

Jacqui Allen
Assistant Director,
Career Development
jacqui.allen@usc.edu

Zack Rigney
Career Advisor
tel. (213) 740-6552
zrigney@usc.edu

Cherisse Theriault
Assistant Director,
Career Development
tel. (213) 821-5548
ctheriau@usc.edu

* Takes alumni appointments

International Programs

Annenberg International Programs
(213) 821-1276
ascintl@usc.edu

Katy Kelly
Senior Associate Director, Career Development and International Programs
(213) 821-2180
katkelly@usc.edu

Georgia Stahl
Associate Director, International Programs
(213) 764-4008
stahlg@usc.edu

Cassandra Reyes
Programs Coordinator, International Programs
(213) 764-4921
creyes68@usc.edu

Civic Engagement

JaBari Brown 
Director, Civic Engagement
(213) 740-0900
jabarirb@usc.edu

Brittany Hart Scholten
Coordinator, Civic Engagement 
(213) 740-0900  
brittadh@usc.edu

 

Additional Student Services staff

Anne Marie Campian
Doctoral Student Advisor
(213) 740-0903
campian@usc.edu

 

Communication and Marketing

Emily Cavalcanti
Associate Dean for Communication and
Marketing 
(213) 740-0705
emilycav@usc.edu

Suzanne Boretz
Visual/Graphic Design Lead
(213) 740-6408
boretz@usc.edu

Jessica Samiley
Senior Events Coordinator
jsamiley@usc.edu

ZaZu Lippert
Social Media and Digital Communications Specialist
zlippert@usc.edu

Rachelle Martin
Digital Communication and
Marketing Lead
(213) 740-1029
martinra@usc.edu

Mike Mauro
Associate Director, Communication and
Marketing Operations
(213) 740-1290
mmauro@usc.edu

Areon Mobasher
Digital Media Producer
amobashe@usc.edu

Development and Alumni Relations

Alumni: ascalums@usc.edu
Parents: ascfams@usc.edu

Tracy Mendoza
Associate Dean for Development and External Relations
(213) 740-4376, cell: (213) 422-7339
tmendoza@usc.edu

Kathryn Bernstein
Senior Director of Development, Institutional Giving
(213) 764-7953, cell: (213) 375-4037
kathryn.bernstein@usc.edu

Leticia Lozoya
Senior Director of Development for Alumni and Industry Relations
(213) 821-2227, cell: (213) 716-3891
llozoya@usc.edu

Breana Faciane
Director of Development
(213) 821-6148, cell: (323) 813-5736
bfaciane@usc.edu

Janine Hurty
Director of Development
(213) 821-7459, cell: (714) 393-5460
hurty@usc.edu

Kifaya Dawud
Director of Development
(213) 740-7072, cell: ‪(213) 761-4541‬
dawud@usc.edu

Billie Ortiz
Executive Director of Development
(213) 821-4033, cell: (213) 536-1165
bco@usc.edu

Ann Chau
Associate Director, Stewardship and Development Operations
(213) 740-2844
annchau@usc.edu   

Sandra Lazo
Executive Secretary
Development & External Relations
lazosand@usc.edu

Kari Alire
Contracts & Grants Coordinator
(213) 740-1154
alire@usc.edu

Amanda Colligan
Research Administrator
(213) 746-4516
colligan@usc.edu

Daphne Wong
Lead Research Administrator
(213) 821-1316
daphnewo@usc.edu

Desirae Lantry
Director of Alumni Relations
(213) 821-0697
dlantry@usc.edu

Dual Degree in Global Media and Communication (MA)

David Craig
Global Communication (MA) Clinical Professor of Communication
(213) 740-3951
davidcra@usc.edu

Research Centers

USC Center for Public Relations

Fred Cook
Director
fcook@usc.edu

Ron Antonette
Chief Program Officer
(213) 740-3864
ron.antonette@usc.edu

USC Center on Public Diplomacy 

Jay Wang
Director
wangjian@usc.edu

 

USC U.S.-China Institute

Clayton Dube
Director
(213) 821-4382
cdube@usc.edu