Supporting Research
USC Rossier faculty and students conduct research that advances and shapes the future of education.
The rate of change in education is faster now than ever before. Leaders are asking for research-based solutions to best serve students and families. USC Rossier faculty answer that call.
Our faculty produce research that impacts policy, learning design, instruction and access to a quality education from kindergarten through higher education. Their work is critical not only in helping education institutions better serve all students, but also in ensuring that students have every opportunity to become citizens who fully participate in a democracy and thriving economy.
Translational research—focused on practice or policy—can have immediate impact on students and learning. Funding for the important work of USC Rossier faculty has a reverberating effect by helping to recruit and retain leading scholars while seeding innovative approaches to core issues in education.
To learn more about supporting our faculty’s transformative research, contact our advancement team.
The Scholar's Early-Stage Investment Fund (SESIF)'s vision is to advance the USC Rossier School of Education's research agenda by creating a dedicated supplementary fund to support promising early-stage research, primarily for pre-tenured faculty. To learn more, please click here.
Research at Rossier
Teacher expectations of Black students affect how they benefit from 1:1 technology programs
In a new paper authored by USC Rossier professor Brendesha Tynes and graduates, Josh Schuschke PhD ’20 and Ashely Stewart PhD ’21, raised teacher expectations were found to be particularly beneficial for Black students.
Making meaning of belonging
Through an autobiographical film production program for high school students, CANDLE researchers explore a new kind of developmental science in education
New USC study sheds light on adolescent mental health crisis in the United States
Results emphasize the interconnectedness of mental health, attendance and school grades—a necessary reality for schools to grapple with.
New research shows that transcendent thinking can increase teens’ sense of purpose
In a study of an intergenerational community program, CANDLE researchers found that adolescents who engaged in transcendent thinking increased their sense of purpose.
New study reveals that witnessing violence harms the brains of older teens—but ‘transcendent thinking’ may be an antidote
These latest findings from CANDLE researchers show that teens who think about social issues and violence in more reflective ways show greater resilience to the effects of violence exposure on their brain development.