Faculty
USC has a very large and distinguished group of faculty. Many of them are very well known by virtue of their publications and leadership activities.
About the Faculty
What you learn today at USC will be found in many textbooks in 10 years. This knowledge may become an established part of planning practice, or a vital part of public policy, even sooner.
At USC the faculty teach the required courses as well as electives, not graduate students serving as TAs.
Here we place a strong emphasis on direct contact between the students and our faculty.
The following faculty teach in the Master of Planning program.
Additional faculty not listed teach in the Ph.D. program or other programs of the school.
Tridib Banerjee, F.A.I.C.P
James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
Director, Graduate Programs in Urban Planning
Manuel Castells
Wallis Annenberg Chair in communication
Technology Professor of Communication, Sociology, and Planning
Elizabeth Currid
Assistant Professor
Genevieve Giuliano
Professor and Senior Association Dean for Research and Technology
Director, METRANS
Eric Heikkila
Professor and Director, SPPD International Initiative
Martin Krieger
Professor
Dowell Myers
Professor and Director, Population Dynamics Research Group
Jon Pynoos
Professor, Gerontology and Planning
Harry Richardson
James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
Lisa Schweitzer
Assistant Professor
David Sloane
Professor and Director, Undergraduate Program
Detlof von Winterfeldt
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Professor, Public Policy and Management
William Fulton
Senior Fellow
Leonard Mitchell
Clinical Professor
Deborah Torres
Adjunct Associate Professor
Frank Wein, F.A.I.C.P
Adjunct Profesor
David Wilcox, F.A.I.C.P.
Adjunct Professor