DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN URBAN EDUCATION POLICY

(PHD) CAMPUSON

Transform education policy through meaningful research

Mabel Sanchez PhD ’21 is a research The Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education Policy (PhD) program assistant under the mentorship of will prepare you to excel as a scholar who conducts research to faculty at the USC Rossier Center for Education, Identity and Social Justice. inform policies that will improve learning, equity and access for Her research is focused on academic students across the nation and around the world. Utilizing USC achievement and issues related to Rossier’s mentorship model, you will work closely with a faculty intersectional identities such as race, adviser aligned with your research interests throughout all four years religion and gender. of the program. Additionally, you will benefit from the resources of a Tier 1 research university as well as a supportive student culture and school leadership that is committed to putting research into practice.

> usc.edu/phd-urban-ed-policy IN 2020, USC ROSSIER HAD THE HIGHEST ALLOCATION OF GRANT FACULTY FUNDING PER FACULTY MEMBER EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY OF ANY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION STEPHEN AGUILAR JULIE POSSELT Assistant Professor of Education Associate Professor of Education UNITS YEARS TO COMPLETE AVERAGE AVERAGE COHORT SIZE IN THE NATION. Role of educational technologies in promoting Social and organizational analyses of equity, 4 63 12 equity; studying the design, efficacy and access and wellbeing in higher education; motivational implications of learning analytics graduate education and the professoriate; MARY HELEN IMMORDINO-YANG research methods Professor of Education, Psychology and Neuroscienc and JOHN BROOKS SLAUGHTER Director of the USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Professor of Education and Engineering Development, Learning and Education (CANDLE) Higher education leadership; diversity and PROGRAM FACULTY Neural, psychophysiological and psychological inclusion in higher education; historically bases of social emotion; self-awareness and marginalized groups in STEM; access USC Rossier’s renowned faculty is committed to training the next generation of scholars and researchers to the culture and their implications for learning; and affordability development and schools highest standards. The school’s mission is reflected in the faculty’s varied research agendas in Education Psychology, HARRY O’NEIL K–12 EDUCATION POLICY Higher Education, K-12 Education Policy and Teacher Education. Professor of Educational Psychology and Technology PATRICIA BURCH Computer-based assessment of workforce Associate Professor of Education and PhD Program Chair readiness; teaching and measurement of Patterns and drivers of school commercialism; self-regulation skills implications for the form and delivery of public edu- ERIKA A. PATALL cation, with specific attention to equity and quality PROGRAM COMPONENTS RESEARCH CENTERS APPLICATION DEADLINE Associate Professor of Education KAREN SYMMS GALLAGHER ▪ Core block (all cohort students Determinants, development and function of Veronica and David Hagen Endowed Chair in Women’s Through interdisciplinary partnerships Complete applications are due by motivation; classroom support for motivation Leadership take the same five core courses) and a commitment to equity, our December 1. and learning; use and development of research Expert on educational policy and online education synthesis and meta-analytic methods ▪ Concentration block research centers are improving access ADAM KHO GALE SINATRA Assistant Professor of Education (education courses) to education and creating new models APPLICATION CHECKLIST Stephen H. Crocker Professor of Education School reform including school turnaround, Understanding the cognitive and motivational school improvement, school choice and other ▪ Research block (methods courses) for campus inclusivity. ▪ Online application processes that lead to successful learning education policies with special attention to equity in science ▪ Cognate block (courses outside ▪ Pullias Center for ▪ Bachelor’s degree from an JULIE MARSH school of education) BRENDESHA TYNES Associate Professor of Education Higher Education accredited institution Associate Professor of Education and Psychology Implementation and effects of accountability ▪ Dissertation block (master’s degree preferred) Role of the internet in child and adolescent and instructional improvement policies; school ▪ Center for Enrollment Research, development with special attention to districts as central actors in educational reform; Policy and Practice ▪ Purpose statement academic performance, including STEM; mental use of data to guide decision-making; politics of COMPETITIVE FUNDING AND health and behavior; digital and media literacy educational reform ▪ Writing sample interventions BENEFITS ▪ USC Race and Equity Center PEDRO A. NOGUERA ▪ Three letters Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean All students admitted to the PhD ▪ Center for Education, Identity and HIGHER EDUCATION Sociology, race, equity, urban education; Expert of recommendation on the ways in which schools are influenced by program receive generous financial Social Justice DARNELL COLE Associate Professor of Education social and economic conditions, as well as by ▪ Scanned copy of official demographic trends in local, regional and global assistance for four years, including ▪ Center for Empowered Learning Race/ethnicity; diversity; college student transcripts from all experiences; learning contexts tuition, $32,000 annual stipend and Development with Technology postsecondary SHAUN R. HARPER LAWRENCE O. PICUS for work as a research or teaching Clifford H. and Betty C. Allen Chair in Urban Leadership Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public School Administration ▪ Center for Engineering institutions attended Race and equity in education and social Adequacy and equity in school finance; efficiency assistant for 20 hours per week, contexts; student success in higher education in Education and productivity in the provision of educational ▪ $90 nonrefundable and urban high schools; boys and men of health and dental insurance premium programs for PreK-12 school children ▪ Center for Education Policy, Equity application fee color; intercollegiate athletics coverage, access to USC's student MORGAN POLIKOFF and Governance ADRIAN H. HUERTA Associate Professor of Education health center and professional ▪ Graduate Record Assistant Professor of Education Design, implementation and effects of standards, Boys and young men of color; college ▪ Center for Engagement-Driven Examination (GRE) score assessment and accountability policies development opportunities. You access and equity; gang-associated youth; have the option to apply for external Global Education (optional and not expected) socioecological factors that promote DAVID QUINN educational equity. Assistant Professor of Education fellowships and grants in lieu of the Inequities in educational outcomes and ADRIANNA KEZAR opportunities by race/ethnicity and USC-provided stipend. Dean's Professor in Higher Education and Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education socioeconomic status; causal mechanisms Change process in higher education institu- for ending inequity tions; role of leadership in creating change TATIANA MELGUIZO TEACHER EDUCATION Associate Professor of Education YASEMIN COPUR-GENCTURK Association of student trajectories and Assistant Professor of Teacher Education specific institutional characteristics on the Mathematics education with a focus on teacher persistence and educational outcomes of knowledge, teaching practices and teacher minority and low-income students development, and how these areas relate to student learning

> usc.edu/phd-urban-ed-policy What sets the USC Rossier PhD program apart?

WORLD-RENOWNED FACULTY: Receive mentorship and support YOUR MISSION AND OUR MISSION ALIGNED from leading faculty as you collaborate in interdisciplinary endeavors with major impact. The USC Rossier School of Education prepares leaders to advance PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANTSHIPS: Earn a stipend while educational equity in urban settings conducting experience-building work as a research or and beyond. Ranked as one of the teaching assistant. nation’s premier education schools by U.S. News and World Report, INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM OF STUDY: Choose courses USC Rossier draws on innovative in the second year that reflect your research interests, thinking and collaborative research provide interdisciplinary perspectives and incorporate to improve learning opportunities diverse methodologies. and outcomes, address disparities, DIVERSE STUDENT BODY: Benefit from the varied educational, challenge inequitable systems of cultural and professional experiences of your peers—many of power and solve the most intractable whom have previous experience as classroom teachers, student problems in education. affairs professionals, researchers and education leaders. LEARN MORE COHORT MODEL: Develop close bonds with your cohort as USC ROSSIER you take all classes together during your first year and then PhD PROGRAM OFFICE provide mutual support that will last throughout the program [email protected] and beyond. 213.740.4069 usc.edu/phd-urban-ed-policy