Faculty for the Master of Public Diplomacy degree are drawn from schools across USC.

Nicholas Cull
Director, Master of Public Diplomacy Program


Faculty delivering specialist options in public diplomacy

Geoffrey Cowan
University Professor and holder of the Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership

Mai'a Davis Cross
Assistant Professor of International Relations

Eytan Gilboa
Professor of Communication and Government, Bar-Ilan University

G. Thomas Goodnight
Professor, Annenberg School for Communication

Michael Parks
Professor, School of Journalism

Philip Seib
Professor of Journalism; Center on Public Diplomacy Director

Gordon Stables
Director of Debate and Assistant Professor, School for Communication

Pamela Starr
Senior Lecturer in International Relations

Jian (Jay) Wang
Associate Professor of Public Relations

Geoffrey Wiseman
Professor, Interntaional Relations and Public Diplomacy

Carola Weil
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, USC Annenberg

Ernest J. Wilson III
USC Annenberg dean


Faculty delivering relevant electives or research supervision

Jonathan Aronson
Professor, Annenberg School for Communication and School of International Relations

Sarah Banet-Weiser
Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication

Gerald Bender
Associate Professor of International Relations

Laurie Brand
Director and Professor, School of International Relations

Manuel Castells
Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society

Jeffrey Cole
Director, Center for a Digital Fugure

Mary L. Dudziak
Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law and History

Robert English
Associate Professor of International Relations

Janet Fulk
Professor, Annenberg School for Communication and Marshall School of Business

Larry Gross
Director and Professor, Annenberg School for Communication

Thomas Hollihan
Professor of Communication

Jacques Hymans
Assistant Professor of International Relations

Patrick James
Professor of International Relations

Martin Kaplan
Director, Norman Lear Center

Saori Katada
Associate Professor of International Relations

Steven L. Lamy
Vice Dean of the USC College for Academic Programs and Professor of International Relations

Abraham F. Lowenthal
Professor, School of International Relations

Daniel Lynch
Associate Professor of International Relations

Gerardo Munck
Professor of International Relations

John Odell
Professor of International Relations

Adam Clayton Powell, III
Vice Provost for Globalization

Brian Rathbun
Assistant Professor of International Relations

Kelton Rhoads
Professor of Psychology and Communication

Patricia Riley
Professor of Communication

Mary Elise Sarotte
Associate Professor of International Relations

Apichai Shipper
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations

Jerry Swerling
Professor of Professional Practice, Director of PR Studies and the USC Annenberg Strategic Communication and PR Center

Judith Tickner
Professor of International Relations

Ruth Weisberg
Dean, USC School of Fine Arts

Rebecca Weintraub
Clinical Professor of Communication

Carol Wise
Associate Professor of International Relations