USC Society of
Fellows in the Humanities
An interdisciplinary community that
supports advanced research in the humanities
The USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities is an interdisciplinary community that supports advanced research by postdoctoral fellows and faculty members, promoting intellectual exchange and interdisciplinary approaches to research and teaching in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Fellows meet regularly in formal and informal settings to present and discuss advanced scholarly research. Postdoctoral fellows are affiliated with the Society as well as with a USC department of their choice, and have faculty mentors in both. Postdoctoral fellows in the humanities engage with each other as well as humanities departments, institutes, and centers at USC and in the broader Los Angeles area.
Pictured from left to right: David Albertson, Christine Garnier, Erin Graff Zivin, Kalyani Jayasankar, Henry Jenkins, Colleen McQuillen, Naomi Sussman, Cori Tucker-Price, and Mengdie Zhao
The Office of the Provost and Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences appoint faculty fellows and postdoctoral fellows for two-year terms as recommended by the Society’s selection committees. Congratulations to our new faculty fellows:
- David Albertson, Associate Professor of Religion, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Erin Graff Zivin, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Henry Jenkins, Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Colleen McQuillen, Associate Professor of Slavic Literatures and Languages, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Please join us in welcoming and congratulating our new postdoctoral fellows:
- Christine Garnier, Art History, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Kalyani Jayasankar, Sociology, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Naomi Sussman, History, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Cori Tucker-Price, Religion, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Mengdie Zhao, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

About the Society of Fellows
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Postdoctoral and Faculty Fellows
Get to know our current Postdoctoral and Faculty Fellows and explore alumni.

"How To" Series
An ongoing series of workshops on how to do what we do. In collaboration with the USC Levan Institute for the Humanities. Topics are selected by current SofH postdoctoral and faculty fellows.