This is an ever-growing list of USC researchers currently working on initiatives that affect issues surrounding homelessness. Select names to read bios or chose the various links to view selected publications and research on homelessness or related issues. Please check back regularly for updates.
Matthew Kahn
Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences
Manuel Pastor
Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity
Director of PERE
Director of CSII
Selected Publications
Hernan Galperin
Associate Professor of Communication, Assistant Dean for Excellence in Teaching
Current Research:
Selected Publications:
Tory Cox
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Assistant Dean of Field Education
Director of Virtual Academic Center's Field Education Program
Seth Kurzban
Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work
Eric Rice
Associate Professor of Social Work
Founding Co-Director of Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society
Suzanne Wenzel
Interim Dean of Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Richard and Ann Thor Professor in Urban Social Development
Selected Publications:
Karthik Murali
Director of D-Health Lab
Ricky Bluthenthal
Professor of Preventative Medicine
Associate Dean for Social Justice
Selected Publications:
John Briere
Professor of Psychiatry
Center Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Current Research / Initiatives:
Daniella Meeker
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Director of Clinical Research Informatics
Suzanne Roberts
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Thomas William Valente
Professor of Preventative Medicine
Interim Chair of Preventative Medicine
Selected Publications:
Jill Kickul
Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship and Research
Director, Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab
Current Research / Initiatives:
Emily Nix
Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics
Selected Publications:
Adlai Wertman
David C. Bohnett Professor of Social Entrepreneurship
Founding Director of Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab
Current Research / Initiatives:
Patricia Burch
Associate Professor of Education
Co-Director of CEPEG
Current Research / Initiatives:
Zoë Corwin
Associate Research Professor
Director of Digital Equity in Education
Ronald Hallett
Former Research Assistant for the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education
Selected Publications:
Margo Pensavalle
Professor of Clinical Education
William Tierney
University Professor and Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education
Founding Director of Pullias Center for Higher Education
Current Research / Initiatives:
Selected Publications:
Annie Wong-Beringer
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Marlon Boarnet
Professor of Public Policy
Chair of the Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis Department
Selected Publications:
Nicole Esparza
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Current Research / Initiatives:
Selected Publications:
Richard Green
Professor of Public Policy
Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
Chair, Department of Real Estate Development
Selected Publications:
Dowell Myers
Professor of Policy, Planning, and Demography
Director of Population Dynamics Research Group
Selected Publications:
Gary Dean Painter
Director, Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
Director, Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Berok Khoshnevis
Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering
Director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies
Director of Manufacturing Engineering Graduate Program