{"id":188,"date":"2023-11-10T13:46:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mckemy\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:16:27","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mckemy\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n                                \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--photo-wall \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--photo-wall\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"photos-container\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"grid-sizer\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"gutter-sizer\"><\/div>\n\n      \n                                                              \n                <div class=\"photo\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                   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