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Email: history@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/history/
Chair: Steven J. Ross, Ph.D.*
Faculty
University Professor: Kevin Starr, Ph.D.John R. Hubbard Chair in History: Carole Shammas, Ph.D.
Gordon L. MacDonald Chair in History: Joan Piggott, Ph.D.
Professors: Lois W. Banner, Ph.D.*; Gordon Berger, Ph.D.; Lisa Bitel, Ph.D.; William Deverell, Ph.D.; Roger V. Dingman, Ph.D.; Mary Dudziak, Ph.D. (Law School); Philip J. Ethington, Ph.D.; Richard W. Fox, Ph.D.; Charlotte Furth, Ph.D.; Howard Gillman, Ph.D. (Political Science); Ariela Gross, Ph.D. (Law School); Karen Halttunen, Ph.D.; Mark Kann, Ph.D. (Political Science); Daniel Klerman, Ph.D. (Law School); Paul W. Knoll, Ph.D.*; Philippa Levine, Ph.D.; Peter C. Mancall, Ph.D.; John Pollini, Ph.D. (Art History); Steven J. Ross, Ph.D.*; David Sloane, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Development); Ronald Steel, Ph.D. (International Relations); Walter Williams, Ph.D. (Anthropology)
Associate Professors: Elinor Accampo, Ph.D.; Clifford Ando, Ph.D. (Classics); Marjorie R. Becker, Ph.D.; Bettine Birge, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Thomas C. Cox, Ph.D.*; Jason Glenn, Ph.D.; Deborah Harkness, Ph.D.; Greg Hisc, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning and Development); Kyung Moon Hwang, Ph.D.; Lon Kurashige, Ph.D.; Paul Lerner, Ph.D.; Carolyn Malone, Ph.D. (Art History); Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Ph.D.*; George J. Sanchez, Ph.D.; Vanessa Schwartz, Ph.D.; Terry L. Seip, Ph.D.*; Ula Taylor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Mariá Elena Martinéz, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professors: John R. Hubbard, Ph.D., D.Hu.L.*; Ernest B. Koenker, Ph.D.; Franklin D. Mitchell, Ph.D.; A. Lloyd Moote, Ph.D.; Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., Ph.D.*; Edwin J. Perkins, Ph.D.; Charles R. Ritcheson, Ph.D., Litt.D.; John A. Schutz, Ph.D.; John E. Wills, Ph.D.*
The Department of History offers courses in ancient, medieval and modern European history, including Russian history; in both North and Latin American history; in the history of East Asia; and in world history. Some of the department's courses are chronological, some national or regional and some are thematic, with special strengths in gender, race and ethnicity, popular culture, medicine and urban history. The faculty is committed to continuous review and revision of the department curriculum, as student needs and professional emphases shift. Many departmental courses meet general education requirements, and various programs for majors and non-majors are available.
The department offers an honors program for qualified seniors. Honors programs are individually arranged through consultation with the honors director, and completion of an honors thesis is required.
Degree Programs
The Department of History offers the B.A., a minor, the M.A. and Ph.D. in History.Honor Society
The department sponsors its own local chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society. Phi Alpha Theta provides opportunities for students to take their interest in history beyond the classroom and to cultivate their intellectual pursuits in a community setting.Membership is open to history majors and other interested students with a 3.33 GPA in history courses and a 3.0 overall GPA. For more information contact the honors director.