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
USC CANDLE establishes Innovation Lab with major grant from Bezos Family Foundation
With the two-year grant, the center aims to transform education through neuroscience-informed pedagogical innovation.
Three Pullias Center alumni presented with the 2025 Racial Equity Alumni Award
The prestigious honor, which includes a $5,000 award, will support racial equity-related research and projects.
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.