Since 1929, the USC Price School has earned broad distinction as a robust empirical resource that shapes and leads the study of governance and civic engagement. Price faculty produce widely cited research and engage public officials as a result of their shared commitment to making government and civil society more effective.
| Name | Position | Expertise | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ali E. Abbas | Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Public Policy | Decision analysis, risk analysis, multi-attribute utility theory, information theory, Bayesian analysis, and data-based decision making |
 | Emma Aguila | Associate Professor | Economics of aging, health economics, and applied econometrics |
 | Tara Blanc | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Civic engagement, leadership, public service ethics, political behavior |
 | James M. Ferris | Professor Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs Emery Evans Olson Chair in Non-Profit Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Director, Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy | Philanthropy, nonprofit economics, public finance, public policy, institutional analysis |
 | Carol J. Geffner | Professor of the Practice of Governance and Management Director, Executive Master of Leadership | Strategy, executive leadership, transformation and change |
 | Elizabeth Graddy | Professor Jeffrey J. Miller Chair in Government, Business, and the Economy Executive Vice Provost | Institutional economics, governance, nonprofit organizations,industry structure |
 | Jeffery A. Jenkins | Professor Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Citizenship and Democratic Values Director, PIPE Collaborative | American political institutions and development, Congress, political parties, lawmaking, separation-of-powers, political economy |
 | Dora Kingsley Vertenten | Professor (Teaching) Faculty Director, Master of Public Administration Online | Public policy, intergovernmental management, non-profit management, strategic planning, social media and information technologies useful in collaborative and participatory democracy |
 | William Leach | Professor (Teaching) | Collaborative governance, planning, social policy, environmental policy, health policy, marine aquaculture |
 | Julie Marsh | Professor of Education Policy and Public Policy | K-12 Education Policy and Governance, Accountability, Teacher Incentive Programs, Data-Driven Reforms, School District Reform, School Choice, Equity-Oriented Reforms, Literacy Coaching |
 | Pamela McCann | Associate Professor | American political institutions, bureaucratic delegation, intergovernmental politics, legislative behavior, public policy, and policy diffusion |
 | Juliet Ann Musso | Associate Professor Vice Dean for Academic Affairs | State and local governance; federalism, urban political economy, fiscal policy, community governance, government performance. |
 | Deborah J. Natoli | Professor (Teaching) Governance and Management | Adult development and learning, leadership, human behavior and organizations, depth psychology and psychoanalysis |
 | Mark Pisano | Professor of the Practice of Public Administration | Regional planning, transportation, housing, development, environmental policy, enterprise financing, institutional design |
 | Kelly Rawlings | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Civic engagement and public participation, organizational behavior, nonprofit leadership and management, transformational leadership and change |
 | William G. Resh | Associate Professor C.C. Crawford Professor in Management and Performance | Public Management, US presidency and executive politics, policy implementation, organization theory, personnel policy, organizational behavior |
 | Peter J. Robertson | Associate Professor | Organizational theory and behavior, organizational change, ecological governance, collaborative organizing, interorganizational networks |
 | Erroll G. Southers | Professor of the Practice in National and Homeland Security Associate Senior Vice President, Safety and Risk Assurance | Counterterrorism, homegrown violent extremism, school violence prevention |
 | Lois M. Takahashi | Professor (Teaching) Houston I. Flournoy Professor of State Government Director, USC Price School in Sacramento | Public and social service delivery to vulnerable populations in the U.S. and in Southeast/South Asian cities |
 | Shui Yan Tang | Professor Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor in Public Administration Chair, Department of Public Policy and Management | Institutional Analysis and Design; Collaborative Governance; Local and Community-based Governance; Common-Pool Resource Governance; Environmental Politics and Policy; Microfinance |
 | Michael Thom | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Taxation; public finance; regulatory policy; public policy analysis; political philosophy |
 | Frank V. Zerunyan | Professor of the Practice of Governance Director, Executive Education Director of ROTC Programs | Local Governments, Administrative Law, Public Private Partnerships, Leadership, Negotiation, and Executive Education |