The realization about their identity led Karrie Kingsley to a lifetime of advocacy work on behalf of others who have struggled with issues of gender identity……
Category: Faculty
Evelyn Mitchell
Looking back on her residency at Los Angeles General Medical Center (then known as LAC + USC Medical Center), Evelyn Mitchell, MD, still remembers an encounter that affirmed her years of hard work……
Louise Menendez
Louise Menendez, assistant professor in USC’s Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, credits her mother as her first role model for career success……
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
Representation is a core principle for Dr. Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Florence Everline Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies……
Senta Georgia
When USC Stem Cell researcher Senta Georgia was granted tenure on March 10, 2023, she became the first Black PhD scientist to earn this promotion in the history of the Keck School of Medicine……
Carolyn Meltzer
As a student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the 1980s, Carolyn Meltzer remembers……
Elyn Saks
When Professor Elyn Saks was a college student in the mid-1970s, she was in the minority……
Nandini Rajagopalan
Nandini Rajagopalan has had an impressive career at the USC Marshall School of Business over the past 33……
Velina Hasu Houston
Velina Hasu Houston learned at an early age that she needed to carve out a place for herself in a male-dominated world……
Jill Kickul
When Jill Kickul was a freshman at the University of St. Francis in Illinois, the school offered only one sport for……