USC Dornsife News

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

USC Dornsife English professor MG Lord, author of the book Forever Barbie, explains why we can’t get enough of the iconic doll.

USC scholars are using virtual reality and augmented reality technologies to bring historical objects and locations to life.

The first to graduate from the creative nonfiction track of USC Dornsife’s PhD in Creative Writing and Literature program, Melissa Chadburn has covered the child welfare system across multiple genres.

USC Dornsife’s Percival Everett joins a select handful of notable figures in literature, music, art and architecture who were elected this year.

James Van Cleve joins celebrated notables Shonda Rhimes, Michelle Yeoh, Zadie Smith, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gustavo Dudamel in the academy’s class of 2023.

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 18.

Student and faculty volunteers provide typing, copyediting and proofreading services to people in custody through a program founded by a USC Dornsife alumna.

If we think of our senses as limited to only five, we might be missing out.