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Harper, Emdin Ranked Among Most Influential
The 200 most influential professors in the field of education are ranked in Education Week each year. Two center scholars, Shaun Harper and Chris Emdin, are ranked #4 and #49, respectively, in the 2023 rankings released today. Harper has been on the [...]
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 [...]
Center Releases Report on Racial Justice in Pro Sports
This report is intended for every professional sports league and all teams across America. It introduces some reflective questions, a racial justice continuity framework, ten principles, and numerous concrete actions that will deepen and sustain the momentum of Summer 2020.
Nike Multiyear DEI Learning Partnership
The USC Race and Equity Center is engaged in a robust, multidimensional partnership with Nike. Every aspect of this work is focused on strategically advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Over the next two years, we are providing numerous resources and high-quality [...]
Genius to Lead Center’s Youth Engagement and Community Partnerships
Long-time Columbia University Professor Christopher Emdin is joining the University of Southern California as a tenured full professor in January 2022. He will also hold the prestigious Robert A. Naslund endowed chair in curriculum and teaching in the USC Rossier School of [...]
Deep Engagement in Los Angeles and Inglewood K-12 Schools
At an October 2019 event on the University of Southern California campus, Austin Beutner, superintendent of the nation’s second-largest school district, announced a new partnership with the USC Race and Equity Center. “One of the things we want to do is build [...]
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