Dr. Varun Soni is the dean of religious and spiritual life at the University of Southern California (USC), where he also served as the inaugural vice provost of campus wellness and crisis intervention, and teaches courses in leadership, lifestyle redesign, and comparative religion. He holds degrees in religion from Tufts University, Harvard University, the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the University of Cape Town. as well as a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).