USC Dornsife News

USC Dornsife professors across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences discuss different perspectives on the selfie, Oxford Dictionaries "Word of the Year."

USC opens a Census Research Data Center on the University Park campus, one of only 16 locations in the U.S. where approved researchers can access non-public Census Bureau data.

Fifty Shades of Grey may focus on sadomasochism, but many are lapping it up as self-help, sociologist and author Eva Illouz said during a recent Barbra Streisand Professor Lecture.

A new book by USC Dornsife’s Elaine Bell Kaplan uses inner-city children's photographs of their environments to confront their challenges and express their optimism.

Born to Mexican immigrants and a first-generation college student, alumna Lizette Salas credits her family and USC Dornsife for her success in life and on the green.

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A new report co-authored by Michele Donnelly, a postdoctoral fellow in USC Dornsife’s sociology department, finds that the 2012 Summer Olympics were marred by gender inequity, despite some strides.

Sociologist Bruce Phillips, who teaches in the Louchheim School of Judaic Studies in USC Dornsife, has studied the Jewish population in Southern California and observes a community in the midst of a sea change.

USC Dornsife takes a leadership role in finding solutions to human trafficking, beginning with an international conference that drew 200 participants.