From left: Jim Key, senior associate dean for communication and marketing at USC Dornsife, presents faculty members David Ulin, Karen Lloyd and Carly Kenkel, and PhD candidate Jackson Trager, with Communicator of the Year Awards. (Photo: Iliana Garcia.)
USC Dornsife honors 2025 Communicators of the Year
Five USC Dornsife scholars — including faculty members and a PhD student — were recognized for exceptional public engagement during USC Dornsife’s Spring Recognition and Awards Luncheon.
The annual Communicator of the Year awards honor scholars at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences who share their expertise to help the public better understand important issues and elevate civic and cultural discourse.
This year’s honorees explored topics ranging from war and global politics to climate change, coral reefs, artificial intelligence, literature and mysterious microbial life deep beneath Earth’s surface.