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Michael Petitti

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing
Michael Petitti
Email petitti@usc.edu

Biography

Dr. Michael Petitti is an Associate Professor (Teaching) in the Thematic Option Honors Program. Dr. Petitti teaches interdisciplinary courses about food justice, class, slowness, taste, and difficulty (to name a few). In addition, Dr. Petitti works with USC’s JEP (Joint Educational Project) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Service-Learning and Leadership Office on a summer exchange program about food justice in Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Finally, he also teaches creative non-fiction and film courses for the Prison Education Project (PEP). 

Education

  • Ph.D. Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University
  • MA English Literature, Loyola Marymount Univ
  • BA English/Creative Writing, Univ Arizona

  • Research, Teaching, Practice, and Clinical Appointments

    • Associate Professor (Teaching), USC, 2016-

  • Book Chapters

    • Petitti, M. (2020). “An Artist Under the Influence: United Artists and Woody Allen”. United Artists: Routledge Hollywood Centenary Seri
    • Petitti, M. (2018). “‘Where Did Our Love Go?’ The Case of William Castle’s THE NIGHT WALKER”. ReFocus: The Films of William Castle

    Journal Article

    • Petitti, M. (2022). “It was a scene of life in the rough”: Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Camp, and Paracinema. European Journal of American Studies.
    • Food Justice in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, Thematic Option, 06/2023 –
    • From Pueblo to Postmates: Food and Class in Los Angeles, Thematic Option, 05/2018 – 05/2022
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