USC Dornsife News

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.

Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity Manuel Pastor enters the academy’s class of 2022 with such luminaries as authors Sandra Cisneros and Salman Rushdie, retired military leader and diplomat John R. Allen, singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie and actor Glenn Close.

University Professor Hanna Reisler joins luminaries including civil rights attorney and activist Kimberlé Crenshaw, neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta and Oprah Winfrey in being elected to the academy’s class of 2021. [2¾ min]

The MacArthur Fellowship awardee and professor of English is USC Dornsife’s 25th faculty member elected to the prestigious AAAS Fellowship. [1½ min read]

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.

The honored humanities scholars bring the number of USC Dornsife academy fellows to 23.

Marjorie Perloff of English is the 2014 recipient of Washington University’s International Humanities Medal.

One of the nation’s leading philosophers, Gary Watson brings the number of USC Dornsife academy fellows to 20.

An American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow, the USC Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics was former director of philosophy and chair of linguistics at USC Dornsife.