From helping end homelessness in L.A. County to developing new economic pathways so that a person’s zip code doesn’t determine life outcomes, the USC Price Center for Social Innovation is tackling today’s most urgent urban challenges — seeking to develop and inform new models that advance equity and opportunity for low-income families.
| Name | Position | Expertise | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Emma Aguila | Associate Professor | Economics of aging, health economics, and applied econometrics |
 | Christine M. Beckman | Professor Price Family Chair in Social Innovation Director, Price Center for Social Innovation | Social innovation and inequality, organizational learning and interorganizational networks, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, technology and work, organizational control |
 | Marlon Boarnet | Professor Director, METRANS Transportation Center | Transportation, travel behavior, urban growth patterns, regional science, urban economics |
 | Elizabeth Currid-Halkett | Professor James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning | Economic development, the arts, cultural economy, social networks, urban growth, economic geography |
 | Nicolas Duquette | Associate Professor | Nonprofit economics, public finance, economic history |
 | Nicole E. Esparza | Associate Professor | Nonprofit organizations, networks, philanthropy, and urban inequality |
 | 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 |
 | Alexandra Graddy-Reed | Associate Professor | Public economics, philanthropy and nonprofits, social innovation, science and innovation policy, research and development |
 | Howard Greenwald | Professor | Health service delivery, organizational behavior, survey design |
 | Eric Heikkila | Professor | Urban development, economic development, East Asian cities, urban economics, urban information systems |
 | Annette M. Kim | Associate Professor Director, Spatial Analysis Lab (SLAB) | Housing and land use; international development planning; East Asian urbanization; race, arts, and placemaking; critical mapping and urban analytics |
 | Dora Kingsley Vertenten | Professor (Teaching) Coordinator, 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 |
 | LaVonna B. Lewis | Professor (Teaching) Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | American politics, public policy (most notably health policy), interest groups, and federal programs |
 | Glenn Melnick | Professor Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance | Health economics, health finance, health care systems, managed care |
 | Juliet Ann Musso | Associate Professor Vice Dean for Graduate Programs | State and local governance; federalism, urban political economy, fiscal policy, community governance, government performance. |
 | Dowell Myers | Professor Director, Population Dynamics Research Group | Demographic change, future of California, housing impacts, workforce and education, immigration and assimilation, communication for consensus about change |
 | Deborah J. Natoli | Professor (Teaching) | Adult development and learning, leadership, human behavior and organizations, depth psychology and psychoanalysis |
 | 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 |
 | Lisa Schweitzer | Professor | Environmental justice, Sustainable transportation, Hazardous materials in urban environments, Community environmental quality |
 | David Sloane | Professor Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis | Urban history, community health planning, health disparities, cultural landscapes |
 | Roberto Suro | Professor | Immigration, Hispanic immigration, immigration policy |
 | Julie M. Zissimopoulos | Professor Co-Director, Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center | Economics of aging, economics of the family, labor economics, health economics |