The USC Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD) was established in 2003 as a partnership between the

USC Annenberg School for Communication The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism comprises a School of Communication and a School of Journalism at the University of Southern California (USC). Starting July 2017, the school’s Dean is Willow Bay, succeeding Ernest J. ...

and the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences' School of International Relations at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

. It is a research, analysis and professional education organization dedicated to furthering the study and practice of global public engagement and cultural relations. In 2008, USC received the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy from the U.S. State Department in recognition of the university's teaching, training and research in public diplomacy. Center leadership is provided by Jay Wang, director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. The center is a full member of the

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(APSIA), a group of public policy, public administration, and international studies schools.

People associated with the center

Advisory board

Mel Levine Meldon Edises Levine (born June 7, 1943) is an American attorney and former Democratic Congressman from California. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993. Early life On June 7, 1943, Levine was born in Los Ang ...

(Chair) * Vartan Gregorian (Honorary) *

David Huebner David Huebner (born 1960) is an international arbitrator based in Southern California. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He was the first openly gay ambassador in the Obama administration and the third ...

* Gary E. Knell *

Markos Kounalakis Markos Kounalakis ( el, Μάρκος Κουναλάκης; born December 1, 1956) is an American syndicated journalist and scholar who is the second gentleman of California as the husband of lieutenant governor Eleni Kounalakis. Kounalakis wri ...

* Lindsey Kozberg *

Kimberly Marteau Emerson Kimberly Marteau Emerson is an attorney, advocate and civic leader known for her expertise in the fields of foreign policy, public diplomacy and human rights. She has served in government at the federal and local levels, and engaged in advocacy ...

Mike Medavoy Morris Mike Medavoy (born January 21, 1941) is an American film producer and business executive. He is the co-founder of Orion Pictures (1978), former chairman of TriStar Pictures, former head of production for United Artists (1974–1978), and ...

Ponchitta Pierce Ponchitta Pierce (born August 5, 1942) is a television host and producer, a journalist, a speech writer and communication expert. Pierce began her journalism career at Ebony magazine, became the New York editor and eventually the New York Bureau ...

* Barry Sanders * Jay Snyder

Academic staff

Nicholas J. Cull Nicholas J. Cull (born 1964) is a historian and professor in the Master's in Public Diplomacy program at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. He was the founding director of this pro ...

is professor of public diplomacy and director of the master's program in public diplomacy at USC.

References

"Online Virtual World Is Part Fantasy, Part Civics Experiment"
by Christopher T. Heun, InformationWeek, Nov. 8, 2005

by Mike Musgrove, Washington Post, October 16, 2005

External links

USC Center on Public Diplomacy website
{{University of Southern California Diplomacy Foreign relations of the United States Centers of the University of Southern California Research institutes of international relations Educational organizations based in the United States