Faculty by Program
At the USC Rossier School of Education we combine the best findings from internationally recognized research with hands-on experience in educational settings. Our renowned faculty are committed to preparing the next generation of scholars and education researchers through excellence in teaching and effective mentorship, both in and out of the classroom.
- Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education Policy
- Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
- Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership (online)
- Global Executive Doctor of Education (hybrid)
- Master of Arts in Teaching
- Master of Arts in Teaching (online)
- Master of Arts in Teaching-Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Master of Arts in Teaching-Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (online)
- World Masters in Language Teaching
- Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology (online)
- Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs
- Master of Education in Educational Counseling
- Master of Education in School Counseling (online)
- Master of Marriage and Family Therapy
Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education Policy
- Stephen J. Aguilar Educational Psychology Learning Analytics, Educational Psychology, Motivation & Self-Regulated Learning, Gameful Design, Learning Technologiesaguilars@rossier.usc.edu
- Ron Avi Astor Educational PsychologyExpert in school violence and bullying across cultures Military Connected Public Schools rastor@usc.edu
- Estela Mara Bensimon Higher EducationHigher education expert specializing in promotion and tenure, leadership diversity and cultural change within institutions bensimon@usc.edu
- Patricia Burch K-12 Education Policyorganizational and institutional change, education policy, intersection of public and private partnerships in education, digital instruction, policy implementation and impact, equity and quality in public school instruction pburch@usc.edu
- Darnell Cole Higher EducationExpert on college student experiences and performance, including those of African American, Latino, Muslim and Asian students darnellc@usc.edu
- Shaun R. Harper Higher EducationRace in education, social, and organizational contexts; urban education; boys and men of color; college student success; and intercollegiate athleticssharper@usc.edu
- Mary Helen Immordino-Yang Educational PsychologyExpert in the neuroscience of learning, creativity, culture, morality and social interaction. immordin@usc.edu
- Adrianna Kezar Higher EducationAn expert on higher education, leadership and diversity. kezar@rossier.usc.edu
- Julie Marsh K-12 Education PolicyExpert in K-12 education policy and governance, including accountability, teacher incentive programs, data-driven reforms, school district reform, social promotion, literacy coaching julie.marsh@usc.edu
- Tatiana Melguizo Higher EducationExpert in higher education, affirmative action, community colleges, and college graduation rates. melguizo@usc.edu
- Harry O’Neil Educational Psychologyhoneil@almaak.usc.edu
- Daphna Oyserman Educational Psychologyoyserman@usc.edu
- Erika A. Patall Educational Psychologymotivation, autonomy support, choice provision, education practices, research synthesis, meta-analysispatall@rossier.usc.edu
- Lawrence O. Picus K-12 Education PolicyExpert in the public financing of schools lpicus@rossier.usc.edu
- Morgan Polikoff K-12 Education PolicyK-12 education policy; curriculum; standards-based reform; assessment policy; alignment; measuring classroom instruction; quantitative methods morgan.polikoff@gmail.com
- Julie R. Posselt Higher EducationEquity & diversity in higher education; Organizational theory; Sociology of education; Research methodsposselt@usc.edu
- David M. Quinn K-12 Education Policyquinnd@usc.edu
- Gale M. Sinatra Educational PsychologyLearning Theory, Knowledge Construction, Conceptual Change Learning, Science Learning, Public Understanding of Science gsinatra@usc.edu
- John Brooks Slaughter Higher EducationExpert in higher education and leadership jslaught@usc.edu
- William G. Tierney Higher EducationExpert on higher education, including policy, faculty, culture and minorities. wgtiern@usc.edu
- Brendesha Tynes Educational PsychologySocial media, cyberbullying, socio-emotional learning, racial discrimination, identity, adolescent development in urban schools and online contexts, mobile interventions btynes@usc.edu
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
- Stephen J. Aguilar Educational Psychology Learning Analytics, Educational Psychology, Motivation & Self-Regulated Learning, Gameful Design, Learning Technologiesaguilars@rossier.usc.edu
- Shafiqa Ahmadi Higher EducationExpert on diversity, and legal protection of underrepresented students, including female Muslims, bias and hate crimes, and sexual assault survivors sahmadi@usc.edu
- Patricia Burch K-12 Education Policyorganizational and institutional change, education policy, intersection of public and private partnerships in education, digital instruction, policy implementation and impact, equity and quality in public school instruction pburch@usc.edu
- Paula M. Carbone Teacher EducationTeacher educationPaula.Carbone@usc.edu
- David Cash K-12 Education Policydcash@usc.edu
- Rudy M. Castruita K-12 Education PolicyExpert on school budgets and facilities, special education and English-language learners rcastrui@usc.edu
- Maggie Chidester K-12 Education Policy
- Ruth H. Chung Educational PsychologyAsian American acculturation: Theory and measurement. Intergenerational conflict and adjustment issues in Asian American immigrant families. Cultural psychology and multicultural counseling. Measurement and assessment. Teaching of statistics and research methods. rchung@usc.edu
- Darnell Cole Higher EducationExpert on college student experiences and performance, including those of African American, Latino, Muslim and Asian students darnellc@usc.edu
- Robert A. Filback Teacher EducationExpertise in English language teacher training, online/hybrid instruction, new program development, online/hybrid program and curriculum design, comparative education. filback@usc.edu
- Steven L. Fish fish@usc.edu
- Larry Hausner K-12 Education PolicyLhausner@usc.edu
- Laurie Love K-12 Education Policylauriecl@usc.edu
- Rebecca J Lundeen Educational Psychologyrlundeen@usc.edu
- Courtney L. Malloy Educational Psychologyclm@rossier.usc.edu
- Julie Marsh K-12 Education PolicyExpert in K-12 education policy and governance, including accountability, teacher incentive programs, data-driven reforms, school district reform, social promotion, literacy coaching julie.marsh@usc.edu
- Brandon Martinez Teacher Educationbrandodm@usc.edu
- Christine Daryabigi Mendoza Educational Psychologycmmendoz@usc.edu
- Alison Keller Muraszewski Educational Psychologyalkeller@usc.edu
- John Pascarella IIITeacher EducationTeacher education, with an emphasis on new media literacies, critical theory and alternative methods to HIV/AIDS education in K-12 settings pascarel@usc.edu
- Lawrence O. Picus K-12 Education PolicyExpert in the public financing of schools lpicus@rossier.usc.edu
- Morgan Polikoff K-12 Education PolicyK-12 education policy; curriculum; standards-based reform; assessment policy; alignment; measuring classroom instruction; quantitative methods morgan.polikoff@gmail.com
- Julie R. Posselt Higher EducationEquity & diversity in higher education; Organizational theory; Sociology of education; Research methodsposselt@usc.edu
- John A. Roach K-12 Education Policyjohnroac@usc.edu
- Mark Power Robison Higher Educationmrobison@usc.edu
- Artineh Samkian Teacher Educationsamkian@rossier.usc.edu
- Helena Seli Educational PsychologyExpert in educational psychology, including motivation, procrastination and the social factors influencing learning praks@usc.edu
- Gale M. Sinatra Educational PsychologyLearning Theory, Knowledge Construction, Conceptual Change Learning, Science Learning, Public Understanding of Science gsinatra@usc.edu
- Julie Slayton Teacher EducationExpert in schools and school district systems jslayton@rossier.usc.edu
- Melora Sundt Higher EducationHigher education expert specializing in diversity issues, academic integrity, and campus sexual assault and harassment sundt@rossier.usc.edu
- Tracy Poon Tambascia Higher EducationExpert in higher education administration, university student affairs, and international higher education. tpoon@usc.edu
- Nooshin Valizadeh valizade@usc.edu
- Kenneth A. Yates Educational PsychologyExpert in learning, instruction, motivation and cognitive sciences kennetay@usc.edu
Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership (online)
- Stephen J. Aguilar Educational Psychology Learning Analytics, Educational Psychology, Motivation & Self-Regulated Learning, Gameful Design, Learning Technologiesaguilars@rossier.usc.edu
- Shafiqa Ahmadi Higher EducationExpert on diversity, and legal protection of underrepresented students, including female Muslims, bias and hate crimes, and sexual assault survivors sahmadi@usc.edu
- Patricia Burch K-12 Education Policyorganizational and institutional change, education policy, intersection of public and private partnerships in education, digital instruction, policy implementation and impact, equity and quality in public school instruction pburch@usc.edu
- David Cash K-12 Education Policydcash@usc.edu
- Robert A. Filback Teacher EducationExpertise in English language teacher training, online/hybrid instruction, new program development, online/hybrid program and curriculum design, comparative education. filback@usc.edu
- Cathy Krop krop@usc.edu
- Doug Lynch Higher EducationCorporate Learning Online Learning Education Entrepreneurshipdouglael@usc.edu
- Courtney L. Malloy Educational Psychologyclm@rossier.usc.edu
- Alison Keller Muraszewski Educational Psychologyalkeller@usc.edu
- Lawrence O. Picus K-12 Education PolicyExpert in the public financing of schools lpicus@rossier.usc.edu
- Julie Slayton Teacher EducationExpert in schools and school district systems jslayton@rossier.usc.edu
- Melora Sundt Higher EducationHigher education expert specializing in diversity issues, academic integrity, and campus sexual assault and harassment sundt@rossier.usc.edu
- Tracy Poon Tambascia Higher EducationExpert in higher education administration, university student affairs, and international higher education. tpoon@usc.edu
- Kenneth A. Yates Educational PsychologyExpert in learning, instruction, motivation and cognitive sciences kennetay@usc.edu
Global Executive Doctor of Education (hybrid)
- Shafiqa Ahmadi Higher EducationExpert on diversity, and legal protection of underrepresented students, including female Muslims, bias and hate crimes, and sexual assault survivors sahmadi@usc.edu
- Ruth H. Chung Educational PsychologyAsian American acculturation: Theory and measurement. Intergenerational conflict and adjustment issues in Asian American immigrant families. Cultural psychology and multicultural counseling. Measurement and assessment. Teaching of statistics and research methods. rchung@usc.edu
- Robert A. Filback Teacher EducationExpertise in English language teacher training, online/hybrid instruction, new program development, online/hybrid program and curriculum design, comparative education. filback@usc.edu
- Cathy Krop krop@usc.edu
- Anthony B. Maddox Teacher EducationExpert in science, technology, engineering and math education. amaddox@rossier.usc.edu
- Lawrence O. Picus K-12 Education PolicyExpert in the public financing of schools lpicus@rossier.usc.edu
- Mark Power Robison Higher Educationmrobison@usc.edu
- Helena Seli Educational PsychologyExpert in educational psychology, including motivation, procrastination and the social factors influencing learning praks@usc.edu
- Melora Sundt Higher EducationHigher education expert specializing in diversity issues, academic integrity, and campus sexual assault and harassment sundt@rossier.usc.edu
- Tracy Poon Tambascia Higher EducationExpert in higher education administration, university student affairs, and international higher education. tpoon@usc.edu
- Adlai Wertman K-12 Education Policyawertman@marshall.usc.edu
- Kenneth A. Yates Educational PsychologyExpert in learning, instruction, motivation and cognitive sciences kennetay@usc.edu
Master of Arts in Teaching
- Karen Anderson Teacher Educationkarenman@usc.edu
- Monique Bell Teacher Educationmoniqueb@usc.edu
- Dolores Beltran Teacher Educationddbeltra@usc.edu
- Paula M. Carbone Teacher EducationTeacher educationPaula.Carbone@usc.edu
- Roderick Castro Teacher Educationroderimc@usc.edu
- Rhoda Coleman Teacher Educationrcoleman@usc.edu
- Ronni Ephraim Teacher Education
- Omar Ezzeldine ezzeldin@usc.edu
- Katherine Fondation Teacher Educationhayesfou@usc.edu
- Susanne M. Foulk Teacher Educationfoulk@usc.edu
- Marie Gironda Teacher Educationgironda@usc.edu
- Kimberly Hanson Hill Shotwell Teacher Educationkhill@usc.edu
- Satinder Hawkins Teacher Educationsatindeh@usc.edu
- Deborah Hazelton Teacher Educationdhazelto@usc.edu
- Michael Hazelton Teacher Educationmhazelto@usc.edu
- Mary Anne Hillier Teacher Educationmahillier@usc.edu
- Kristine M. Ho Teacher Educationhokm@usc.edu
- Marge Hoctor Teacher Educationhoctor@usc.edu
- Corinne Hyde Teacher EducationLearning theories, educational technology, new media literacychyde@usc.edu
- Leslie Kapner Teacher Educationkapner@usc.edu
- Karen Kennedy Teacher Educationkarenken@usc.edu
- Stephanie J. Kim Teacher Educationstephanie.kim@usc.edu
- Jennifer Krogh Teacher Educationjkrogh@usc.edu
- Anthony B. Maddox Teacher EducationExpert in science, technology, engineering and math education. amaddox@rossier.usc.edu
- Brandon Martinez Teacher Educationbrandodm@usc.edu
- Steven McCarthy Teacher Educationsjmccart@usc.edu
- Christine Daryabigi Mendoza Educational Psychologycmmendoz@usc.edu
- John Pascarella IIITeacher EducationTeacher education, with an emphasis on new media literacies, critical theory and alternative methods to HIV/AIDS education in K-12 settings pascarel@usc.edu
- John Keith Robinson Teacher Educationjkrobins@usc.edu
- Richard Saunders Teacher Educationrwsaunde@usc.edu
- Sarah Schmaltz Teacher Educationschmaltz@usc.edu
- Krishna Y. Smith Teacher Educationkrishnys@usc.edu
- Themistocles Sparangis Teacher Educationsparangi@usc.edu
- Joan M. Tardibuono Teacher Educationjtardibu@usc.edu
- Ileana Wyler Teacher Educationiwyler@usc.edu
Master of Arts in Teaching (online)
- Melanie Calvert Teacher Educationmcalvert@usc.edu
- Rhoda Coleman Teacher Educationrcoleman@usc.edu
Master of Arts in Teaching-Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Shelly Baseri Teacher Educationsgabay@usc.edu
- Roderick Castro Teacher Educationroderimc@usc.edu
- Rhoda Coleman Teacher Educationrcoleman@usc.edu
- Robert A. Filback Teacher EducationExpertise in English language teacher training, online/hybrid instruction, new program development, online/hybrid program and curriculum design, comparative education. filback@usc.edu
- Candace Kelly-Hodge Teacher Educationkellycan@usc.edu
- Emmy J. Min Teacher Educationemmymin@usc.edu
Master of Arts in Teaching-Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (online)
- Melanie Calvert Teacher Educationmcalvert@usc.edu
World Masters in Language Teaching
No faculty found.Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology (online)
- Gregory Chung chunggre@usc.edu
- Heather Davis davishm@usc.edu
- Kimberly Hirabayashi Educational Psychologyhirabaya@usc.edu
- Rebecca J Lundeen Educational Psychologyrlundeen@usc.edu
- Christine Daryabigi Mendoza Educational Psychologycmmendoz@usc.edu
- Alison Keller Muraszewski Educational Psychologyalkeller@usc.edu
- Helena Seli Educational PsychologyExpert in educational psychology, including motivation, procrastination and the social factors influencing learning praks@usc.edu
- Scott A. Smith sas@usc.edu
- Kenneth A. Yates Educational PsychologyExpert in learning, instruction, motivation and cognitive sciences kennetay@usc.edu
Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs
- Shafiqa Ahmadi Higher EducationExpert on diversity, and legal protection of underrepresented students, including female Muslims, bias and hate crimes, and sexual assault survivors sahmadi@usc.edu
- Darnell Cole Higher EducationExpert on college student experiences and performance, including those of African American, Latino, Muslim and Asian students darnellc@usc.edu
- Zoë Corwin Higher EducationExpert in sociology of education; college access; digital equity; qualitative methodologies. zcorwin@usc.edu
- Janice Schafrik Higher Educationschafrik@usc.edu
- Tracy Poon Tambascia Higher EducationExpert in higher education administration, university student affairs, and international higher education. tpoon@usc.edu
- Nooshin Valizadeh valizade@usc.edu
Master of Education in Educational Counseling
- Sheila Banuelos Higher Educationsmsanche@usc.edu
- Rebecca J Lundeen Educational Psychologyrlundeen@usc.edu
- Christine Daryabigi Mendoza Educational Psychologycmmendoz@usc.edu
- Nooshin Valizadeh valizade@usc.edu
- Kristan M. Venegas Higher EducationExpert in higher education, especially financial aid policy for low income students and students of color kristanv@usc.edu
Master of Education in School Counseling (online)
No faculty found.Master of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Mary Andres Educational PsychologyAn expert on couples' counseling, sexuality and drug abuse andres@usc.edu
- Ruth H. Chung Educational PsychologyAsian American acculturation: Theory and measurement. Intergenerational conflict and adjustment issues in Asian American immigrant families. Cultural psychology and multicultural counseling. Measurement and assessment. Teaching of statistics and research methods. rchung@usc.edu
- Ginger Clark Educational PsychologyExpert in trauma work (sexual abuse in particular), parenting, women’s issues, men's issuesginger.clark@usc.edu
- Erika Holiday Educational Psychologyeholiday@usc.edu
- Danielle Kronfli Educational Psychologydkronfli@usc.edu