List of USC Race & Equity Center News
Royel Johnson, Sense of Belonging Expert Appointed NACCC Director
The National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates (NACCC) is a suite of quantitative surveys the USC Race and Equity Center launched in 2019. Since that time, the student version has been administered to more than 2 million undergraduates at community colleges and [...]
USC Center Hires Soccer Star, Clinches Top Spot On DEI In College And Pro Sports
The University of Southern California has produced more Olympians, gold medal winners, and overall medalists than any other university in the U.S. It also has the third-highest number of NCAA [...]
K-12 Racial Equity Leadership Labs Series Reaches Educators Across Los Angeles County
In the Spring of 2023, the USC Race and Equity Center’s K12 Programs offered a free professional learning series to a cohort of principals, assistant principals, and instructional leaders across Los Angeles County. The primary goal of the K-12 Racial Equity Leadership [...]
K-12 Practice Brief Release
This report is intended for every K-12 school district and all schools across America. It introduces some reflective questions, eight practical leadership strategies for K-12 leaders advancing racial equity, and numerous concrete actions that will deepen and sustain racial equity initiatives [...]
Pascarella and Silva Present a Theory of Change for Race-Conscious Leadership Development at AERA
On April 16, 2023, USC Race and Equity Center Chief Academic Officer John Pascarella and Associate Director Erica Silva presented a theory of change for race-conscious professional development programs designed to prepare school leaders to more effectively advance and sustain racial equity [...]
President Biden Appoints USC Professor Shaun Harper to National Board
Photo credit: Adrián Trinidad Today, The White House announced that President Joe Biden has named University of Southern California Professor Shaun Harper to the National Board for Education Sciences. The 15-member Board approves research priorities for the Institute of Education [...]
Kimbrough, Two-Time HBCU President Joins USC Race and Equity Center
Walter M. Kimbrough has spent the past 18 years serving as president of two Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Philander Smith College (2004 - 2012) and Dillard University (2012 -2022). Prior to ascending to the presidency at age 37, he was Vice [...]
Two Honorary Doctorates to Harper
Shaun Harper, founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, completed his first doctorate, a Ph.D. from Indiana University, 20 years ago. In 2017, Governors State University was the first institution to award him the Doctor of Humane Letters, [...]
U.S. Department of Education Grant to Johnson and HBCU Collaborators
Royel M. Johnson, the USC Race and Equity Center’s Director of Student Engagement, is on a team that has been awarded a $1,533,384 grant from the United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES). These funds will support the University [...]
