As Managing Director of the Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, Susan H. Kamei directs the Institute's strategic initiatives, external relations, and administration of its academic and research enterprise centered on the development and use of GIS. Her expertise is in the creation, development, and operations of innovative educational models, and she has been a leader at USC in expanding its graduate online programs, establishing protocols for academic assessment, and enriching the student experience.
She currently serves as URISA’s secretary and a member of its board of directors. 
Susan also created and teaches a USC history course on the World War II incarceration of persons of Japanese ancestry and its constitutional ramifications. Her book When Can I Go Back to America: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II will be published by Simon & Schuster in September 2021.