Barry Glassner Executive Vice Provost

Barry Glassner was appointed executive vice provost in June 2005. A professor of sociology in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Glassner is the former Myron and Marian Casden Director of USC’s Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life, and the author or co-author of nine books.

He is the recipient of several honors, including USC’s Associates Award for Creativity in Research, a Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, a visiting fellowship at Oxford University and “best book” designations from the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Choice Magazine and Knight-Ridder newspapers.

Glassner has published his research in leading journals in the social sciences and medicine. He was chair of academic departments for six years at Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut prior to arriving at USC, where he was recruited to become department chair.

He has been instrumental in raising more than $7 million in donor support for the Casden Institute and allied programs. He has served on the university’s Development Committee, Provost’s Advisory Committee and Budget Advisory Committee, among others.