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The Office for Residential Education

Address: 3601 Trousdale Parkway
Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Phone:

Email:

213-740-2080

resed@usc.edu

Leadership Team

Vacant
Director
Vacant
Associate Director
Residential Colleges & Communities
  Sally Behpoornia
Associate Director
Residential Operations
behpoorn@usc.edu 
Derek Murakami
Assistant Director
UPC Residential Colleges
derekmur@usc.edu 
    Ko Kashiwazaki
Assistant Director
Residential Expectations & Community Standards
kkashiwa@usc.edu
Nancy Alonzo
Assistant Director
USC Village Residential Colleges
nancyalo@usc.edu
  Patty Lyczkowski
Assistant Director
Selection & Training
lyczkows@usc.edu
Christian Doody
Assistant Director
Residential Communities & Graduate and Family Housing
cdoody@usc.edu
  Photo of Laura Merchant Laura Merchant
Assistant Director
Residential Experience
lmerchan@usc.edu 
Beth Davis-Little
Assistant Director
Care & Well-being
bethlitt@usc.edu
  Elizabeth Romero
Business Operations Manager
romeroe@usc.edu
Renita Thomas-Franklin
Administrative Assistant
thomasfr@usc.edu
 

Senior Staff

Sophia Barber
Residential Experience Program Coordinatorsrbarber@usc.edu
Kenya Chavez
Resource Manager – Residential Experience
kenyacha@usc.edu

Janel Esparza
Residential Expectations Coordinator
janelesp@usc.edu
Jonathan Lopez
Residential Expectations Coordinator
jjlopez@usc.edu

First-Year Residential Colleges

  Gustavo Orellana
Residential College Coordinator –
McCarthy Honors Residential College
gaorella@usc.edu
 
  Paola Torres
Residential College Coordinator –
Birnkrant Residential College
paolator@usc.edu
 
  Patrick Bell
Residential College Coordinator –
New North Residential College
bellp@usc.edu
 
  David Sanchez
Residential College Coordinator –
South Residential College
davids77@usc.edu
 
  Marie Montoya
Residential College Coordinator –
Parkside Arts & Humanities Residential College
mariemon@usc.edu
 
Summer Wigley
Residential College Coordinator –
Parkside International Residential College
wigley@usc.edu
 
Erick Basquez
Residential College Coordinator –
West Residential College
basquez@usc.edu
 

Second-Year Residential Colleges

Cale Residential College Crest

Irani Residential College Crest

Dionely Acosta
Residential College Coordinator –
Cale & Irani Residential Colleges
dionelya@usc.edu
 

Andrea Valenzuela
Residential College Coordinator –
McMorrow Residential College
valenzua@usc.edu
 

Bohnett Residential College Crest

Nemirovsky Residential College Crest

Andrea Valenzuela
Residential College Coordinator –
Nemirovsky & Bohnett Residential Colleges
valenzua@usc.edu
 

Cowlings Residential College Crest

Ilium Residential College Crest

Liz Palmer
Residential College Coordinator –
Cowlings & Ilium Residential Colleges
espalmer@usc.edu
 

Residential Communities

Arianna Deans
Residential Community Coordinator –
Cardinal Gardens & McClintock Apartments
deans@usc.edu
 

Cynthia Silvestre
Residential Community Coordinator –
Century and La Sorbonne Apartments
csilvest@usc.edu
 
Stacy Groce
Residential Community Coordinator – Figueroa Residential Community
agroce@usc.edu
 

Graduate and Family Housing

Candace Thompson
Residential Community Coordinator
ct67882@usc.edu
 

Hector Solis-Ortiz
Residential Community Coordinator
solisort@usc.edu