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Meet spring’s new USC Dornsife faculty members

Six new tenure-track faculty members bring expertise in subjects ranging from philosophy to biology and from comparative literature to religion.

March 8, 2024
Meet spring’s new USC Dornsife faculty members
Faculty

USC Dornsife scholar Peggy Kamuf elected to the British Academy

The emeritus professor, named by the French government a Knight in the Order of Academic Palms in 2014, is recognized for distinguished research achievements.

July 21, 2023
USC Dornsife scholar Peggy Kamuf elected to the British Academy
Arts and Culture

It may be an ordinary substance, but water has helped shape artistic masterpieces throughout the ages

Water has inspired famed literary tales such as Melville’s ‘Moby Dick’ and the Bible’s great flood and launched the revolutionary art movement called Impressionism, making it as essential to art is it is to life on Earth.

June 28, 2022
It may be an ordinary substance, but water has helped shape artistic masterpieces throughout the ages
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Graduating anthropology major discovers a deeper sense of self and purpose at USC Dornsife

Encounters with key faculty members helped Hameedha Khan overcome the uncertainty that marked her initial days at USC.

May 3, 2022
Graduating anthropology major discovers a deeper sense of self and purpose at USC Dornsife
Alumni

Through comics, criticism and poetry, alumna explores Batman, queerness, death and everything in between

Since graduating in 2015 with a degree in comparative literature, Tiffany Babb has made a career out of writing about the things she finds most interesting. [4¾ min read]

March 21, 2022
Through comics, criticism and poetry, alumna explores Batman, queerness, death and everything in between
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Acclaimed Greek writer Christos Ikonomou wins USC Dornsife’s inaugural Chowdhury Prize in Literature

The Department of English, with the support of the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation and in collaboration with Kenyon College and the Kenyon Review, will award the $20,000 prize during a gala at USC on April 21. [5¾ min read]

February 15, 2022
Acclaimed Greek writer Christos Ikonomou wins USC Dornsife’s inaugural Chowdhury Prize in Literature
Faculty

A polyglot, vintner writing professor helps students find their voice

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing Indra Mukhopadhyay synthesizes Eastern and Western philosophy in his popular writing classes. [6¼ min read]

October 28, 2021
A polyglot, vintner writing professor helps students find their voice
Alumni

Aliens, ghosts and secret societies have a lot to say about humanity

“We think it’s all weirdos and whackos, but fringe culture has real implications,” says USC Dornsife alumnus Colin Dickey, who explores the paranormal and the occult in his books. [5¾ min read]

October 25, 2021
Aliens, ghosts and secret societies have a lot to say about humanity
Faculty

Viet Thanh Nguyen elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Pulitzer-prize winning novelist and USC Dornsife professor joins U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actor Tom Hanks and former President Barack Obama in being elected to the academy’s 238th class.

April 18, 2018
Viet Thanh Nguyen elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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