{"id":417,"date":"2023-01-12T17:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T17:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/?page_id=417"},"modified":"2025-01-24T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:04:13","slug":"iacs-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/iacs-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IACS in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC is a national and global research center located in Los Angeles at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. <\/p>\n

IACS works to create dialogue, spark ideas and sustain academic writing on Catholic thought, creative imagination and lived experience. Uniquely positioned on issues of the Catholic presence in the public arena and among only a handful of advanced research institutes in the world focused on the broad Catholic intellectual tradition, IACS is located at \u2014 and receives support from \u2014 the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n

Our team works with journalists across the globe to share the Institute\u2019s unique story and provide independent commentary, insights and analysis on a broad range of important issues and events related to Catholicism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Website:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/iacs.usc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Instagram:\u00a0https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iacsusc\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Threads: https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@iacsusc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Bluesky: https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/iacsusc.bsky.social<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/IACSUSC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IACSUSC\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iacsusc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

YouTube:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@iacsusc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vimeo:\u00a0https:\/\/vimeo.com\/iacsusc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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IACS President Richard Wood, Ph.D.<\/a><\/span>,<\/strong><\/span> is a sociology professor, well-regarded researcher and experienced academic leader. His research has focused on the U.S. and Latin America and he has extensive Catholic contacts in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia. His current research focuses on \u201cpublic Catholicism\u201d \u2014 the Catholic voice at all levels of society and its rootedness in Catholic worshipping communities.<\/p>\n

Richard Wood CV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

He provides independent analysis, commentary and perspectives on a wide range of issues, including:<\/p>\n

The Catholic Church
\nPope Francis
\nReligion and politics
\nFaith-based politics
\nGlobal Catholicism
\nReligion and science
\nPolitical sociology
\nSociology of religion
\nThreats to democracy
\nAuthoritarianism
\nCommunity organizing
\nReligion and higher education
\nReligion and propaganda<\/p>\n

For interview requests and press inquiries, please send an email to: dmorino@usc.edu<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0iacs@usc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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