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Faculty Distinctions & Awards

Faculty of the USC Gould School of Law have been widely recognized for their achievements in scholarship and teaching and for their contributions to the profession and the public. They are frequently invited to testify before Congress and other bodies and to deliver distinguished lectures at universities, learned societies and national and international meetings. They have also received numerous prizes and been elected to membership in important academies and institutes, including:

American Law Institute

American Law Institute
(elected members)

American Law Institute

American Bar Foundation
(Fellows)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(Fellows)

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

American Academy of Political and Social Science
(Fellows)

Institute of Medicine

Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science
(elected member)

Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences

Institute for Advanced Study

Hoover Institution

Rockefeller Foundation

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science
(Fellows)

Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award

Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award

USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching

USC Associates Awards for Creativity in Research and Scholarship

USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching

USC Lifetime Achievement Award

William A. Rutter Distinguished Teaching Award

Book Awards

  • Elyn R. Saks, for THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: MY JOURNEY THROUGH MADNESS

    Top Ten Non-Fiction Books of the Year, 2007, Time Magazine

    National Best Books 2008 Awards, Winner in the Health: Psychology/Mental Health Category, USA Book News Award

    Advocacy Award, 2007, Mental Health Advocacy Services

    Best Memoir in Inspirational Category, 2007, Books for a Better Life

    National Alliance on Mental Illness, Outstanding Media Awards: Literary Award

    National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYC Metro’s Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library, 2008 Ken Book Award

    Jacques Brien Prize, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

    Mardi Arquette Spirit Award, 2008, Southern California Counseling Center

    Distinguished Citizen Award, 2008, American College of Psychoanalysts

  • Ariela J. Gross, for WHAT BLOOD WON'T TELL: A HISTORY OF RACE ON TRIAL IN AMERICA

    James Willard Hurst, Jr. Prize (best book in sociolegal history), 2009, Law and Society Association

    Prize for Best Book on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 2009, American Political Science Association

    Lillian Smith Book Award, 2009, Southern Regional Council, University of Georgia Libraries and the DeKalb County Public Library/Georgia Center for the Book

    CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2009

  • Mary Dudziak, for COLD WAR CIVIL RIGHTS: RACE AND THE IMAGE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
    CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2001
  • Christopher D. Stone, for WHERE THE LAW ENDS
    Best Book Award (Social Issues in Management Division), 1992, Academy of Management

Professional Recognition

(leadership in scholarly organizations; national fellowships; etc.)

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