Dr. Shaun Harper, university professor at USC, provost professor of management and organization at USC Marshall School of Business, and Clifford and Betty Allen Chair in Urban Leadership at USC Rossier School of Education
"I am genuinely grateful that our president and provost chose to honor me in such an extraordinary way," said Harper. "I am honestly amazed by the numerous ways that USC leaders and other members of the Trojan Family have appreciated my work and me over these past five years. I love this University, and am genuinely grateful for all the ways it loves me back."
Harper, who teaches in the management and organization department at USC Marshall, is one of only three USC faculty members to be both a university professor and provost professor. He is also the Clifford and Betty Allen Chair in Urban Leadership and founder as well as executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center.
His research focuses on race, gender, and other dimensions of equity in organizational settings, including K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and corporations. In 2021, Harper was inducted into the National Academy of Education. He is also the immediate past president of the American Educational Research Association.
