Journalists from broadcast, cable, print, and online sources turn to Bedrosian faculty and student researchers for their expertise, as resources to inform complex policy issues. Here are links to some of the pieces in which our faculty are quoted.
The New York Times (in an Associated Press story) quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on why it is likely intentional that the Las Vegas shooter did not have a social media footprint. “The lack of a social media footprint is likely intentional,” said Erroll Southers, director of homegrown violent extremism studies at Read more…
U.S. News & World Report and CBS News Miami affiliate WFOR-TV quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on why it is difficult to determine the shooter’s motive. U.S. News & World Report: “It’s extremely difficult,” said Erroll Southers, the director of homegrown violent extremism studies at the University of Southern California. “The lack Read more…
KPCC-FM’s “Take Two” interviewed Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on how large outdoor events can better protect attendees from mass shootings or other incidents. It’s a situation that presents a whole new set of concerns for security officials. “In an outdoor event you are literally cooped up…and you are limited Read more…
The Orange County Register interviewed Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on security measures for mass shootings or other incidents. While visible security measures can certainly be a deterrent for attackers, tighter security would likely not have made much difference in the Las Vegas shooting because of the shooter’s elevated position, said Read more…
Fortune published an op-ed by Jody Armour of the USC Gould School about the continuing NFL protests for social justice and against police brutality. Armour points out that public opinion was against civil disobedience and protesting leading up to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and current polling does not reflect the potential long-term Read more…
KPCC-FM’s “Take Two” interviewed Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School: Governor Brown signed yet another bill Wednesday. This one moves California’s presidential primary from June to March. But don’t celebrate yet: it might not mean much by 2020. The Supreme Court could deal a blow to unions next session. It’s a Read more…
USA Today quoted Richard Green, director of the USC Lusk Center, on how the federal mortgage interest reduction affects homeownership rates. Green notes that the deduction is most important to those living in states like California, which has both high tax rates and high home prices. Home prices there, he said, could Read more…
Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School about NFL players and owners reacting to President Donald Trump’s statements about kneeling during the national anthem. Armour told FOX 11 most people don’t realize this movement started during the Obama administration, not under Trump. “A lot of people Read more…
KPCC-FM’s “Take Two” interviewed Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about Representative Nancy Pelosi, the impact of an Affordable Care Act repeal on California and whether the state’s voters support Senator Bernie Sanders. Bebitch was also interviewed on the previous week’s “State of Affairs” during the “Take Two” program. The California electorate is Read more…
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by Abby Wood of the USC Gould School and colleagues about the lack of regulation on political advertising that can be micro-targeted by Facebook and other platforms. During the 2016 presidential race, Trump’s campaign targeted likely Clinton supporters through Facebook with finely honed “dark posts” — visible to Read more…
The Christian Science Monitor quoted Jody Armour about the false assertion that left-leaning individuals are becoming more violent in their political opposition. While the antifa catalog of opposition is broad enough to resonate with progressives who don’t condone violence, even as self-defense, antifa groups make up only a small sliver of progressives and Read more…
The New York Times quoted David Sloane of the USC Price School about the differences between a cemetery memorial and Confederate monuments in a public square. “These are markers to a person’s grave,” said David Sloane, a historian at the University of Southern California who has written two books on cemeteries. “Cemetery memorials Read more…
Curbed LA quoted Lisa Schweitzer of the USC Price School about the impact on usage patterns if cities build better bus stops for patrons. “I love the idea of making bus stops playful, interesting, comfortable, and full of information about the system and places it can take you. There are wonderful bus stops all Read more…
Pacific Standard quoted Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College on why certain Congressional Democrats are supporting Senator Bernie Sanders’ health care proposal. According to University of Southern California political scientist Christian Grose, many of these co-signers are thought to have presidential ambitions and therefore may be “trying to peel off some support from Bernie Sanders Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Richard Green, director of the USC Lusk Center, on his expectations for rising home prices. This is different than the housing bubble, which was fueled by real estate speculation, Green said. Now it’s a simple case of low supply and high demand in an area that is attracting Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about the prospects of the Democratic Party picking up seats in the House of Representatives through California-based midterm elections. “Every little bit of conventional wisdom was overturned in 2016,” says Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a fellow at the USC Price School of Read more…
San Francisco Chronicle quoted Richard Green, director of the USC Lusk Center, about the lack of new middle-class housing in California. “Nowhere in California is there lots of new construction,” said Richard Green, chairman of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California. “That’s why you are not Read more…
KPCC-FM’s “Take Two” interviewed Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Dornsife College President Trump and Democratic lawmakers may have outlined a DACA deal — or maybe not. A new poll from Berkeley’s Institute of Government Studies is shining some light on how Democrats feel about two familiar faces in California politics: House Minority Read more…
The New York Times, in a Reuters story, quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Dornsife College on the efforts of California’s state government to challenge federal leadership. “It’s a purposeful positioning,” said political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a senior fellow at the University of Southern California. “We have a different political path and Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on the recent London subway terrorist attack. “This was an attack on London’s transportation infrastructure, and it doesn’t seem to be an opportunity attack — someone had the time to gather resources and build the device,” said Erroll Southers, director of USC’s Read more…
In honor of her outstanding efforts to advance women in the field of planning, USC Price School of Public Policy Associate Professor Lisa Schweitzer has been unanimously selected as the recipient of the 2016 Margarita McCoy Award by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and its Faculty Women’s Read more…
Inside Higher Ed featured Professor Martin Krieger on The Academic Minute podcast. Krieger explored the flow ways throughout cities and how they keep the information and people moving. Listen to the podcast here. Read the transcript here.
This summer, a group of students spent a day volunteering to cook lunch and sort clothes at the Downtown Women’s Center, an organization dedicated helping women overcome poverty and homelessness. The service activity helped them gain “a sense of the social determinants of health,” according to USC Price School of Read more…
Fox & Hounds ran an op-ed titled “Post Conventional Wisdom: The Dog Days of August?” by Professor Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Doug Jeffe on the current state of the presidential election campaign. While Hillary Clinton got a pronounced bounce from the Democratic convention, Donald Trump’s bounce from the GOP gathering Read more…
The Guardian (UK) quoted Professor Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about why neither presidential candidate has addressed the death penalty on the campaign trail. In campaign 2016, the safest stance on the ultimate punishment may be silence. Both candidates need to woo disaffected members of the other’s Read more…