Messner awarded for his mentorship skills
USC sociologist nominated by doctoral students calls it his most satisfying honor.
Dubai: a city rolling in oil … and forced labor
USC students connect with migrant workers coping with cramped quarters, minimal wages and legal servitude.
Manuel Pastor raises awareness of local poverty levels
Sociology professor outlines the economic drawbacks of the county’s racial disparities.
Can volunteers hurt the people they’re trying to help?
In her new book, a USC Dornsife sociology professor writes that along with the good, volunteers can sometimes do harm.
USC Price professor walks on Vietnam’s ‘sidewalk economy’
The exhibition forms part of the public engagement efforts of USC Price’s new spatial analysis lab.
Changing the world through music
The USC Dornsife professor investigates race and nation-making through music, and the idea of music as a performative political act.
He captures the coolness of a bygone era
As a teenager growing up in 1950s Philadelphia, University Professor Leo Braudy’s free time revolved around hanging out with friends at the local soda shop, listening to rock ’n’ roll, watching horror films and thinking about girls.
Sure, you liked Mad Men, but did it change your life?
What impacts do social media outlets, and all media outlets, have on our behavior?