USC Dornsife News

USC College alumna Wendy Cheng's dissertation involving regional race formation in the San Gabriel Valley has won the Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize.

Filmmakers tap USC College historian María Elena Martínez for guidance on a PBS documentary exploring the first century after the Old World encountered the New World. Martínez also appears in the film to air Sept. 27.

USC College's American Studies and Ethnicity is hosting a blog chronicling the experiences of students and faculty in a summer immersion program in Japan. See for yourself.

The professor emeritus of English wrote books on subjects from Henry Miller to King Kong and was beloved by his students.

USC College's Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) carves the path for collaboration between students and their professors.

Headquartered in USC College, American Quarterly's journal on migration has won the Council of Editors of Learned Journals 2009 Award for Best Special Issue.

María Elena Martínez’s new book — analyzing the way in which the Spanish purity of blood concept shaped patriotic and racial ideologies in colonial Mexico — wins top awards from the American Historical Association.

Robin D. G. Kelley's newly-published biography of jazz pianist Thelonious Monk tells the true story of the man behind the music.