Faculty Directory

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

• Fahmy and Donna Attallah Chair in Humanistic Psychology
• Director, USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education (candle.usc.edu)
• Professor of Education, Psychology & Neuroscience
• Brain & Creativity Institute; Rossier School of Education University of Southern California Member, U.S. National Academy of Education

Research Concentration

• Educational Psychology

Expertise

• Neuroscience of Learning • Creativity • Culture • Morality and Social Interaction

Huriya Jabbar

• Associate Professor

Research Concentration

• K-12 Education Policy

Expertise

• Critical Policy Analysis; Market-Based Reforms and Privatization in Education; Equity and Access in School Choice Policy; Teacher Job Choices, Retention, and Recruitment; Community College Transfer; Links between Systemic Inequality, Housing, and Schools

Royel M. Johnson, PhD

• Associate Professor & Director

Research Concentration

• Higher Education

Expertise

• Racial Equity • Education Access • Student Success • Education Policy • Carcerality in Education • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice

Brandi P. Jones

• Research Professor
• Race & Equity Center Chief of Staff
• Race & Equity Center Chief Operating Officer

Research Concentration

• Higher Education

Expertise

• STEM Equity • Student Identity and Development • Racial Equity • Administrative Leadership

Sandra Kaplan

• Professor of Clinical Education

Research Concentration

• Teacher Education

Expertise

• Gifted Education • Differentiated Curriculum.

Adrianna Kezar

• Dean's Professor of Leadership
• Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education
• Director Pullias Center for Higher Education

Research Concentration

• Higher Education

Expertise

• Higher Education • Leadership • Diversity

Adam Kho

• Assistant Professor of Education

Research Concentration

• K-12 Education Policy

Esther Chihye Kim

• Assistant Teaching Professor of Education

Expertise

• Research Methodology • Higher Education • Inequalities

Christina M. Kishimoto

• Professor of Clinical Education

Research Concentration

• K-12 Education Policy

Expertise

• Education Policy • Governance • Leadership • Gender and Racial Equity Policies

Joseph Kitchen

• Associate Research Professor

Research Concentration

• Higher Education

Expertise

• STEM Education • College Success • Career Pathways and Development