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
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.
Scaling up AI-based professional development for math teachers everywhere
New study positively reports the impact of AI-powered teacher professional development on mathematics instruction.
Student Engagement, Exploration and Development college interns celebrated for their STEM mentorship impacts
This past academic year, 42 SEEDS college interns mentored 450 Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative middle school students.
USC Rossier researchers awarded $1M grant to advance criminal justice prevention research and practice
During Second Chance Month, USC Rossier professors are making meaningful contributions to criminal justice reform.
New study finds that Black and Latinx youth online engagement can foster a positive sense of self
Building on data from a project led by USC Rossier professor Brendesha Tynes, Naila Smith is the lead author of a new research paper that examines how online spaces created by Black and Latinx youth benefit their ethnic-racial identity development.