{"id":1679,"date":"2025-01-07T10:10:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T18:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2025-01-07T10:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T18:34:21","slug":"dexter-holland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Offspring&#8217;s Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife &#8216;Triple Trojan&#8217; and notable BISC Alum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Offspring\u2019s Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife &#039;Triple Trojan\u2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s2MhdVPHqQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Dexter Holland, founding singer, guitarist and songwriter of The Offspring, has three degrees from USC Dornsife. A Southern California native, Holland entered USC with hopes of becoming a doctor, earning his bachelor&#8217;s degree in biological sciences in 1988 and a master\u2019s in molecular biology in 1990. He was pursuing his doctorate when The Offspring took off to become one of the world&#8217;s best-selling rock bands. Holland returned to USC two decades later to finish his thesis and earned his Ph.D. in 2017. Also an avid pilot and hot sauce connoisseur, Holland is the embodiment of the interdisciplinary nature of a USC Dornsife education and encourages students to pursue all their passions.<\/p>\n<p>The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is the academic core of the University of Southern California, located in the heart of Los Angeles. Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/\">https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thumbnail credit: Daveed Benito<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":1677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Offspring&#039;s Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife &#039;Triple Trojan&#039; and notable BISC Alum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Offspring&#039;s Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife &#039;Triple Trojan&#039; and notable BISC Alum - Department of Biological Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Biological Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-07T18:10:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-07T18:34:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"348\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"208\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adolfode\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adolfode\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#\/schema\/person\/558c0dffad0645b5adffd226ae90f8bb\"},\"headline\":\"The Offspring&#8217;s Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife &#8216;Triple Trojan&#8217; and notable BISC Alum\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-07T18:10:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-07T18:34:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/\"},\"wordCount\":15,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Alumni\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/\",\"name\":\"The Offspring's Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife 'Triple Trojan' and notable BISC Alum - Department of Biological Sciences\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-07T18:10:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-07T18:34:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#\/schema\/person\/558c0dffad0645b5adffd226ae90f8bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png\",\"width\":348,\"height\":208},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Offspring&#8217;s Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife &#8216;Triple Trojan&#8217; and notable BISC Alum\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Biological Sciences\",\"description\":\"USC Dornsife Department of Biological Sciences\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#\/schema\/person\/558c0dffad0645b5adffd226ae90f8bb\",\"name\":\"adolfode\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/author\/adolfode\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Offspring's Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife 'Triple Trojan' and notable BISC Alum","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Offspring's Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife 'Triple Trojan' and notable BISC Alum - Department of Biological Sciences","og_url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/","og_site_name":"Department of Biological Sciences","article_published_time":"2025-01-07T18:10:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-07T18:34:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":348,"height":208,"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"adolfode","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/"},"author":{"name":"adolfode","@id":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#\/schema\/person\/558c0dffad0645b5adffd226ae90f8bb"},"headline":"The Offspring&#8217;s Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife &#8216;Triple Trojan&#8217; and notable BISC Alum","datePublished":"2025-01-07T18:10:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-07T18:34:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/"},"wordCount":15,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png","articleSection":["Alumni"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/","name":"The Offspring's Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife 'Triple Trojan' and notable BISC Alum - Department of Biological Sciences","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png","datePublished":"2025-01-07T18:10:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-07T18:34:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#\/schema\/person\/558c0dffad0645b5adffd226ae90f8bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/01\/1-2.png","width":348,"height":208},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2025\/01\/07\/dexter-holland\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Offspring&#8217;s Dexter Holland is a USC Dornsife &#8216;Triple Trojan&#8217; and notable BISC Alum"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/","name":"Department of Biological Sciences","description":"USC Dornsife Department of Biological Sciences","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/bisc\/#\/schema\/person\/558c0dffad0645b5adffd226ae90f8bb","name":"adolfode","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/author\/adolfode\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1685,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions\/1685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}