Events

Experience what it's like to be a Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (PASA) student by joining us for a mock class led by PASA faculty. This is a great opportunity to connect with faculty and build relationships.

Interested in the EdD in Educational Leadership and need more insight into the four concentrations? Join EDL faculty and USC Rossier Admission and Scholarships staff to learn more about coursework, career paths and application tips for the Educational Psychology, Higher Education Administration, K-12 Leadership, and Leading Instructional Change concentrations. Find out which concentration is right for you!

The USC Rossier Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy program prepares students for careers as therapist in clinics, healthcare centers, schools and private practice. Program graduates who fulfill the additional state-mandated requirements are eligible for the State of California’s Marriage and Family Therapy license. The webinar will discuss:

-Program Structure
-Curriculum and learning outcomes
-Field Placement
-Career Tracks
-How to Apply

Dispelling Common Myths about Learning and Motivation
Join Helena Seli, Ph.D. faculty chair for the Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology program to discuss some common myths in learning and motivation. We will review and dispute some common “urban” myths such as whether individuals have different learning styles and whether modern students are effective multitaskers.
The live session will be one hour long.
Prior to coming to the live session, please read this Psychology Today article by Dr. Hoffman and come ready to discuss! Click on the link to access the article here. 

Learn more about the PhD program and application process

Join the admission team at USC Rossier for a webinar session to learn how to prepare your application for the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EDL) program. Applicants to this program must have a master’s degree, leadership experience and a minimum of three years of full-time work experience.

 USC's Spotlight program aims to help attendees navigate the USC graduate application process effectively. If you want to learn how to successfully complete USC’s online Graduate Application, avoid common mistakes (and possible delays), and make the strongest presentation possible to your prospective USC graduate program, Spotlight: USC is for you.

Join the admissions team at USC Rossier for a webinar session to learn how to prepare your application for Master's programs including:

• Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
• Master of Arts in Teaching - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MAT-TESOL)
• Master of Education in Educational Counseling (EC)
• Master of Education in Enrollment Management and Policy online (EMP online)
• Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology online (LDT online)
• Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (PASA)
• Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT)
We will cover what our admission committee is looks for, how to best prepare your application, frequently asked questions, choosing your references, and how to best represent yourself in your application.

Gain insight into the necessary skills required to become a leader in enrollment management. Led by USC Rossier faculty member, Dr. Jerry Lucido, the Master of Education in Enrollment Management and Policy online (EMP online) mock class will deepen your understanding on how power and privilege have impacted admission practices and why this continues today. This is a great opportunity to connect with faculty, admission staff and prospective EMP online students.

Learn more about the PhD program and application process

Learn more about the PhD program and application process

Learn more about the Global EdD program through dissertation presentations from our alumni.

Learn more about the Teacher Preparation Residency, a teacher preparation program in partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Join us as we discuss the residency scholarship, living stipend, and other program requirements and opportunities.

USC is consistently ranked as one of the most diverse and inclusive institutions of higher learning in the world. USC’s inaugural Minority-Serving Institutions Graduate Information Fair will introduce USC graduate degree opportunities to a broad and diverse student population. In addition to attending sessions to learn about graduate studies, student participants will receive application fee waivers for up to three USC graduate programs for the 2022 admission cycle.

Following the opening general session at 9 a.m., the USC Rossier School of Education will host a breakout session featuring USC Rossier Dean, Pedro Noguera, PhD, faculty, and current students. Learn more about the Minority-Serving Institutions Graduate Information Fair at: https://diversity.usc.edu/2021-graduate-information-fair/

Join the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) mock class and gain insight into the academic skills necessary for success in the program. In this class, you will deepen your understanding of the way power and privilege play out in education settings and have the opportunity to meet future classmates and faculty.

Join USC Rossier admission staff and current students to learn how our Master's programs in Higher Education will prepare you for a variety of professional roles in student affairs, enrollment management, administration, and educational counseling. This webinar will provide an overview of the curriculum of each USC Rossier higher ed program, expected career outcomes, and the student experience.

Become a leader in enrollment management with the Master of Education in Enrollment Management and Policy online (EMP online) program. Designed for aspiring and current enrollment professionals, the EMP online empowers you with formal training across a range of relevant topics in admissions, recruitment, financial aid, student retention and strategic planning at colleges and universities. This webinar will be led by Jerry Lucido, PhD, faculty lead and founder of the program, and will discuss career outcomes, expectations, curriculum and how to submit a competitive application.

Join us to learn more about USC Rossier’s commitment to advancing educational equity and how the Doctor of Education in the Educational Leadership (EDL) program can help you advance your career and become a more critically conscious leader in education. This information session will provide details on the program, concentrations and application process.

Come learn how the Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (PASA) program will prepare you for a variety of professional roles in higher education administration and student affairs. This webinar will provide an overview of the expected career outcomes, the student experience, the curriculum, opportunities as a graduate student (including graduate assistantships) and how to submit a competitive application.

Learn more about the PhD program and application process

Learn more about the USC Rossier Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program, designed for aspiring classroom teachers who are passionate about becoming effective K-12 instructors and improving learning outcomes for all children.

Learn more about the USC Rossier Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology online (LDT online) program, designed to prepare students to start or advance careers in educational program design, online learning, corporate training, performance assessment, instructional design and evaluation and the management of educational programs.

The USC Rossier Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy program prepares students for careers as therapists in clinics, healthcare centers, schools and private practice. Program graduates who fulfill the additional state-mandated requirements are eligible for the State of California’s Marriage and Family Therapy license.

The webinar will discuss:
-Program Structure
-Curriculum and learning outcomes
-Field Placement
-Career Tracks
-How to Apply

Learn more about USC Rossier Master of Arts in Teaching - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MAT-TESOL) program. The MAT-TESOL program is designed for aspiring teachers who are passionate about becoming effective language instructors.

This webinar will cover topics such as:

-Program structure
-Curriculum and learning outcomes
-Credential options
-Application process

The Global Executive EdD program invites you to join a Q&A with program director, Sabrina Chong, EdD.

Learn more about the PhD program and application process

Learn more about the Master of Education in Educational Counseling (EC) program. This webinar will provide an overview of the expected career outcomes, the student experience, curriculum, opportunities as a graduate student and how to submit a competitive application.

 USC's Spotlight program aims to help attendees navigate the USC graduate application process effectively. If you want to learn how to successfully complete USC’s online Graduate Application, avoid common mistakes (and possible delays), and make the strongest presentation possible to your prospective USC graduate program, Spotlight: USC is for you.

Situated at the intersections of educational anthropology, critical pedagogy, bilingual education, and Chicana/Latina feminisms, Dr. Cervantes-Soon's work examines the interplay of sociocultural factors including race, class, gender, language, and citizenship/immigrant constructs in her analyses of educational contexts. Through community engaged and critical ethnographic approaches, her research captures the relationships between the localized, nuanced, and grounded perspectives and the larger global, ideological, geopolitical, and economic forces shaping contexts and practices. Dr. Cervantes-Soon's work seeks to recognize the intersectional identities and subaltern knowledges that are often ignored by dominant discourses about minoritized and border/transborder communities. Her research focuses on two broad areas of inquiry: 1) Equity and social justice in bilingual education, and 2) Borderlands/transborder Mexicana/Latina youth literacies and critical pedagogies.

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Nelson Flores began his career as an ESL teacher in Philadelphia and New York City public schools. Many of his students were categorized as “Long Term English Learners” who had been officially designated as English Learners for seven or more years. The disconnect between the deficit perspectives typically used to describe these students and the fluid bilingualism he observed them engaged in on a daily basis led him to pursue a Ph.D. in Urban Education from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Dr. Flores has collaborated on several research projects focused on the education of language-minoritized students in U.S. schools, including a study of students officially categorized as “Long Term English Learners” and a study of successful high schools serving large numbers of Latinx students. Nelson Flores studies how language and race intersect in bilingual education policies and practices in ways that are harmful to bilingual students of color. This includes historical work that traces the origins of these policies and practices as well as contemporary work that documents the ways that these policies and practices are enacted in classrooms. He also works with bilingual teachers, administrators, and policymakers on reconceptualizing bilingual education policies and practices in ways that recognize and build on the linguistic dexterity of bilingual students of color.

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Dr. Aerika Brittian Loyd is an interdisciplinary, community-engaged developmental scientist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside, where she directs the Youth Health and Development Lab. She received her PhD in Human Development and Child Study from Tufts University, completed a predoctoral research fellowship with the Birth to Twenty Research Program at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, two years as a postdoctoral fellow in the Prevention Research Center at Arizona State University, and two years as an NIH Building Interdisciplinary Careers in Women's Health Scholar. Dr. Loyd’s research within psychology, human development, and prevention science explores how intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and identity impact health and development for youth and young adults of color, specifically in Black and Latinx communities, to inform equitable and culturally relevant practice and policy.

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Kēhaulani Vaughn (Kanaka Maoli) is an assistant professor in the Department of Education, Culture, and Society and the Pacific Islands Studies Initiative at the University of Utah. Currently, she is also a National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. Her book manuscript, Trans Indigeneity: The Politics of California Indian and Native Hawaiian Relations, is about the trans-Indigenous recognitions between Native Hawaiians living in the U.S. and California Indian tribes. An interdisciplinary ethnographic project, Trans Indigeneity utilizes a Native Feminist praxis to forge new methodological, theoretical, and political directions for Indigenous recognition-based politics. As a scholar-practitioner, her teaching and research interests are in Pacific Island Studies, Indigenous epistemologies, higher education, and decolonial practices and pedagogies. She is also the faculty advisor to the Pasifika Scholars Institute (PSI), which has assisted with the creation of pathways between the local Pacific Islander community and the University of Utah.

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Mike Hoa Nguyen is assistant professor at the University of Denver's Morgridge College of Education and faculty affiliate at the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy and the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (In)Equality (IRISE).  His research examines the benefits and consequences of public policy instruments in expanding or constraining the operations of colleges and universities, with a specific focus on federal diversity initiatives. This agenda falls into two policy strands: (1) how the federal Minority Serving Institution (MSI) program serves as a vehicle for academic institutions to enhance student success by advancing the political agendas of communities of color and (2) the influence of the judicial branch, as a policy-making body, in regulating the role of racial diversity at colleges and universities.  Additionally, he has written extensively on race-conscious admissions, community colleges, the educational experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and equity-based funding models for colleges and universities. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and his graduate education at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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