- the Graduate Student in Residence (GSIR), and
- the Graduate Student in Residence, Diversity Outreach (GSIR-DO)
Both serve as representatives of the USC graduate and professional student body and act within the Graduate School to advance salient issues pertaining to fostering the development of an inclusive, scholarly community for all graduate and professional students at USC.
Graduate Student in Residence
Richard Brown
Location: GFS 306
Tu 12‐5 p.m. & by appointment
Graduate Student in Residence Diversity Outreach
Jungmiwha 'Jummy' Bullock
Location: GFS 306
Tu/Th 2‐5 p.m. & by appointment
The mission of the Graduate Student in Residence and Graduate Student in Residence for Diversity Outreach is to preserve and improve the quality of academic life for graduate and professional students at USC by:
- Providing a channel of communication between graduate and professional students and the USC administration;
- Safeguarding the rights of graduate and professional students on both the University Park and Health Sciences campuses of USC, and protecting their confidentiality; and
- Providing a basic resource for mediating and resolving disputes.
Both are a resource and sounding board for graduate and professional students who have questions or problems concerning TA/RA‐ships, research or other matters concerning the successful pursuit of a graduate degree. In addition, the GSIR and GSIR‐DO serves as a liaison between USC graduate and professional students, and the faculty and administration, and as an advocate with the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS). The Graduate Student in Residence, Diversity Outreach has the added duty to serve as both "voice" and sounding board for the unique concerns under‐represented graduate and professional students face with respect to their graduate careers at the university by:
- Working with continuing students on matters about funding, academic issues, degree completion, and personal matters;
- Outreaching to prospective under‐represented students on matters of graduate school preparation, admission criteria, the admission process, financial resources; and
- Fostering scholarly, professional, and social networks on campus critical to integrating under‐represented students into the campus community.