ASG - Key Persons


Abigail Mojica

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Adam Martin

Job Titles:
  • Director of IT and Operations

Albert Davis

Job Titles:
  • Information Resource Consultant

Albert Dearden

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Alex English - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Alexander Monin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Alexey Petrov

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Endowed Chair / Department Chair

Alice Churukian

Job Titles:
  • Senior Instructor

Angela C. Baum

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Brett D. Altschul

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Brian C. Harlan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • 8th Judicial Circuit Chief Executive Officer B.S., Business Administration, USC, 1990 Current Term, 2020 - 2024

Brooks, Doug

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Bryan Chavez


Brytnee Leigh


C. Dan Adams - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Governor
  • Member of the Governance Committee

C. Dorn Smith III - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman Emeritus
  • Member of the Governance Committee
3rd Judicial Circuit | Physician | B.S., biology, Wofford College, 1980 | M.D., University of South Carolina, 1985 | General Surgery Residency, USC, 1985-1990 | Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Medical College of Georgia, 1990-1992 | Board member since 2010; current term, 2023-2026 | Board chairman, 2020-2022

C. Edward Floyd

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Cameron Howell

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board

Carl Rosenfeld

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Carolina Endowed

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Charles H. Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Christine Lotter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Cindy Van Buren

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean for Professional Partnerships

Clawson, James

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Manager

Daniel Duong


David G. Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Department of Leadership, Learning Design, and Inquiry
  • Member of Committee

David Seaton

Job Titles:
  • Committee Advisor

David Stodden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
  • Chairman Elect

David Tedeschi

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Elizabeth Scott Moïse - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • USC Alumni Association President
Attorney | B.A., education, secondary english, USC, 1974 | J.D., USC School of Law, 1989 | Board member, ex officio; current term, 2022-2024

Ellen Weaver

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • State Superintendent of Education

Emma W. Morris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • 10th Judicial Circuit Attorney B.S., Business Administration / Finance, USC, 1992 J.D., Samford University, 1995 Current Term, 2020 - 2024

Fenice Boyd

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Program Chairs and Directors Team
  • Department Chair, Teacher Education

Gloria S. Boutte

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Democracy, Education, and Inclusivity
  • Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Member of Committee
  • Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Gloria Swindler Boutte is a Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her scholarship focuses on equity pedagogies. She is the author/editor of five books: (1) We Be Lovin' Black Children: Becoming Learning to Be Literate About the African Diaspora; (2) African Diaspora Literacy: The Heart of Transformation in K-12 Schools and Teacher Education (2019 AESA Critics Choice Award) (3) Educating African American Students: And how are the children; (4) Resounding Voices: School Experiences of People From Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds; and (5) Multicultural Education: Raising Consciousness. She has nearly100 publications. Boutte has presented nationally and internationally on equity issues and has received prestigious awards such as the Fulbright Scholar; Fulbright Specialist; 2020 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts-Elementary Section; and the 2021 American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2021 Division K Legacy award. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for the Education and Equity of African American Students (CEEAAS). She has served as a Visiting Scholar and presented her work internationally on every continent except for Antarctica.

Hector Diaz

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Student Representative

Henry L. Jolly Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Henry McMaster

Job Titles:
  • Governor of South Carolina
A.B., history, USC, 1969 | J.D., USC School of Law, 1973 | The Governor is the ex officio Chair of the Board and serves for the duration of his tenure as Governor.

Hubert F. Mobley - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Jason Shepard

Job Titles:
  • Information Resource Consultant

Jeffery R. Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Jie Xing


Joanna Blawat


John C. von Lehe Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee

John Cook

Job Titles:
  • Senior Instructor

Jon Pedersen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Diversity Committee
  • Member of the Steering Committee
  • Ex - Officio

Justin Wells

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Coordinator

Kara Brown - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Kesar, Nancy

Job Titles:
  • Student Services Coordinator

Leah B. Moody - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Linda Nilges-Charles - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Matt Irvin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Matthias Schindler

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Director
  • Professor

Maxine Greene Salons

Job Titles:
  • Provost Visiting Scholars

Meir Muller

Job Titles:
  • Department of Teacher Education
  • Member of Committee

Michael Amiridis - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • President of the University
Michael Amiridis became the 30th president of the University of South Carolina on July 1, 2022. Before he served as chancellor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he was executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina from 2009 to 2015.

Miles Loadholt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Milind N. Kunchur

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Mitch Yell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Molly Bloom

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Student Representative

Molly Dawes

Job Titles:
  • Department of Educational and Developmental Science
  • Member of Committee

Paras Regmi


Pawel O. Mazur

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Peter Moyi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Program Chairs and Directors Team
  • Member of the Steering Committee
  • Department Chair, Leadership, Learning Design, and Inquiry

Powell, Beth

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Preston Thorne

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement

Ralf Gothe

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Rebecca Smith-Hill

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Reid T. Sherard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Richard A. Jones Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Governor
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Richard J. Creswick

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Rob Dedmon

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management and Academic Program Development

Roberto Petti

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Robin D. Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Committee Advisor

Rongying Jin

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Rose Buyck Newton - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Vice Chair
  • Ex Officio / University System
14th Judicial Circuit | Banker | B.A., finance and economics, Converse College, 1992 | MBA, USC, 1994 | Board member since 2018; current term, 2020-2024

Ryan Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Program Chairs and Directors Team
  • Interim Department Chair, Educational and Developmental Science

Sai Mu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Sanjib Mishra

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor

Scott R. Crittenden

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Silu Huang

Job Titles:
  • Lab Manager

Steffen Strauch

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Teneshia Slempa

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Thad H. Westbrook - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Ex Officio

Thomas Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Library
The primary library for students at the University of South Carolina, Thomas Cooper Library houses seven levels of research materials, subject matter experts and partner organizations that complement your learning experience.

Thomas E. Hodges

In August 2012, Thomas Hodges joined the Instruction and Teacher Education faculty at the University of South Carolina. Hodges has previously served as coordinator of Elementary Education programs, Chair of the Department of Teacher Education, and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Thomas M. Crawford

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Timir Datta

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Varsha Kulkarni

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Vladimir Gudkov

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Yanwen Wu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Yaroslaw Bazaliy

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Yordanka Ilieva

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Yuriy V. Pershin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor