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Howard Gillman was appointed dean and holder of the Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair in the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences in summer 2007.
A professor of political science and history, Gillman joined the college faculty in 1990 and over the years has been active on a wide range of college-wide committees, task forces and advisory bodies. He also has served as chair of the Department of Political Science.
Prior to being named dean, Gillman served as USC’s associate vice provost for research advancement from 2005 to 2007. In that capacity, he oversaw reforms in the university’s Human Subjects Protection Program as well as a number of university-wide research initiatives, including the USC Health Collaborative and the Immigration and Integration Initiative. Additionally, he was instrumental in the creation and launch of the USC U.S.-China Institute.
Gillman is one of USC’s most dedicated and decorated teachers. He has been named faculty member of the month by the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society and is a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the USC Center for Excellence in Teaching. In 2001, he received the USC College’s General Education Teaching Award as well as the USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching.
An expert on constitutionalism and judicial politics, Gillman is a highly sought-after lecturer and has been featured widely in national media outlets. His book The Votes that Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election was acclaimed as the definitive scholarly analysis of the 2000 presidential election dispute.
Gillman was elected to the Law and Society Association’s board of trustees in 2005 and in 2006 was elected to chair the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. He also has served on the executive board of the Western Political Science Association and the executive committee of the Law and Courts section of the American Political Science Association.
He holds B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in political science from UCLA.
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