The USC Associates Awards are the highest honors the university faculty bestows upon its members for distinguished intellectual and artistic achievements and for outstanding teaching, both in and out of the classroom.
USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship
2018
Amy Lee
Manuel Pastor
2017
Thomas Buchanan
Dana Goldman
2016
Eileen Crimmins
Jed Furhman
2015
Martin Gundersen (Electrical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy)
Vanessa Schwartz (History, Art History and Critical Studies)
2014
Manuel Castells (Communication, Sociology, Public Policy and International Relations)
Milind Tambe (Computer Science and Industrial and Systems Engineering)
2013
Yves A. De Clerck (Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Peter C. Mancall (History, Anthropology)
2012
Antonio Damasio (Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychology)
Alan E. Willner (Electrical Engineering)
2011
Thomas H. Jordan (Geological Sciences)
Ruth Weisberg (Fine Arts)
2010
Mark Humayun (Ophthalmology)
Priya Vashishta (Computer Science, Materials Science and Physics)
2009
Paul Daniel Dapkus (Electrical Engineering)
Edward J. McCaffery (Law, Economics and Political Science)
2008
Nicos A. Petasis (Chemistry)
Nicholas P. Warner (Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics)
2007
Cheng-Ming Chuong (Pathology)
Mark Thompson (Chemistry)
2006
Theodore W. Berger (Biomedical Engineering)
David James (Critical Studies)
2005
Stephen Hartke (Music)
Larry Swanson (Biological Sciences, Psychology and Neurology)
2004
Terence Langdon (Engineering)
Elyn Saks (Law)
2003
Adrian Raine (Psychology)
John E. Wills, Jr. (Chinese History)
2002
Charles G. Sammis (Geophysics/Materials Science)
2001
Myron F. Goodman (Molecular Biology)
William H. Steier (Electrical Engineering)
2000
G. K. Surya Prakash (Chemistry)
Richard F. Thompson (Psychology and Biological Sciences)
1999
Irving Biederman (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Jean C. Shih (Pharmacy)
1998
Dagmar Barnouw (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Michael Lai (Microbiology)
1997
Malcolm W. Klein (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Joseph Aoun (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
1996
Leonard Adleman (Computer Science)
Malcolm Pike (Preventive Medicine)
1995
Richard N. Bergman (Physiology and Biophysics)
Marsha Kinder (Cinema-Television)
1994
Judith Resnik (Law)
Elsa Garmire (Electrical Engineering)
1993
Kei Aki (Geological Sciences)
Michael J. Dear (Geography)
1992
Miriam M. Susskind (Molecular Biology)
Michael S. Waterman (Biological Sciences)
1991
Vern L. Bengtson (Gerontology)
Melvin A. Breuer (Electrical Engineering)
1990
Larry R. Dalton (Chemistry)
Joshua S. Goldstein (International Relations)
1989
Lois W. Banner (S.W.M.S.)
Edward E. Lawler III (Business Administration)
1988
William F. Benedict (Pediatrics)
Irving S. Reed (Electrical Engineering)
1987
Shaul G. Massry (Medicine)
Daniel Pollack (Music)
1986
Christopher A. Reed (Chemistry)
James N. Rosenau (International Relations)
1985
Caleb E. Finch (Gerontology)
George A. Olah (Chemistry)
1984
Sidney W. Benson (Chemistry)
Kazumi Maki (Physics)
1983
Peter A. Jones (Biological Chemistry)
Curt F. Wittig (Physics)
1982
Jackson I. Cope (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Charles Heidelberger (Medicine)
1981
James O’Toole (Management and Organization)
Arieh Warshel (Chemistry)
1980
Charles Ritcheson (History)
Harold C. Slavkin (Dentistry)
Christopher D. Stone (Law)
1979
Robert Bau (Chemistry)
James E. Birren (Psychology)
1978
Samuel P. Bessman (Pharmacology and Nutrition)
Otto O. Schnepp (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
1977
Philip J. Stephens (Chemistry)
1976
Robert W. Hellwarth (Electrical Engineering)
Charles A. McClelland (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Hershel Parker (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
1975
Richard C. Dales (History)
Sally F. Moore (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Peter K. Vogt (Microbiology)
1974
Donald J. Greene (English)
Howard S. Taylor (Chemistry)
1973
Arnold Dunn (Biological Sciences)
A. Lloyd Moote (History)
1971
Lucien A. Bavetta (Dentistry)
Sergio P. S. Porto (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
1970
Arthur W. Adamson (Chemistry)
Max F. Schulz (English)
1969
William W. Grings (Psychology)
William G. Spitzer (Physics, Astronomy and Electrophysics)
1968
Arnold F. Brodie (Biological Sciences)
Solomon W. Golomb (Electrical Engineering/Systems)
1967
Orville L. Bandy (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
John T. Waterman (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
1966
Francis Christensen (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Olga Hartman (Biological Sciences)
1965
Colin R. Lovell (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Bruce R. McElderry (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
1964
Bruce R. Anton (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
J. P. Guilford (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
1963
Herbert Busemann (Letters, Arts and Sciences)
John L. Webb (Pharmacology)
USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching
2018
Mary-Joan Negro
Eddie Sheh
2017
Karla Heidelberg
Mikel Snow
2016
Susan L. Forsburg
C.-C. Jay Kuo
2015
Oliver Mayer (Playwriting)
Melora Sundt (Education)
2014
Thomas Griffith (Law)
Robert Landel (Physical Therapy)
2013
Yehuda Gilad (Winds and Percussion)
John P. Walsh (Gerontology)
2012
Peter F. Crookes (Surgery)
Jo Ann M. Farver (Psychology)
2011
Tatiana Y. Akishina (Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Michael W. Quick (Biological Sciences)
2010
Stephan Haas (Physics and Astronomy)
Eliz Sanasarian (Political Science)
2009
Chi Ho Mak (Chemistry)
Doe Mayer (Cinematic Arts and Comunication)
2008
Todd Boyd (Critical Studies)
Craig Stanford (Anthropology and Biological Sciences)
2007
Margaret F. Rosenthal (Italian)
Alexander A. Sawchuk (Electrical Engineering)
2006
Charles McKenna (Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Michael Messner (Sociology)
2005
Drew Casper (Cinema-Television)
Alison Dundes Renteln (Law)
2004
Werner Dappen (Physics and Astronomy)
William McComas (Science Education)
2003
Sharon Marie Carnicke (Theatre, and Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Alan Willner (Electrical Engineering)
2002
Jean Morrison (Earth Sciences)
2001
Howard Gillman (Political Science)
Maged Dessouky (Industrial and Systems Engineering)
2000
Thomas N. Habinek (Classics)
Joel E. Schechter (Cell and Neurobiology)
1999
Nelson “Gene” Bickers (Physics and Astronomy)
Delores A. Conway (Business)
1998
Stanley P. Azen (Biometry and Epidemiology)
Judith Grant (Political Science)
1997
Edwin McCann (Philosophy)
Achva Benzinberg Stein (Architecture)
1996
Roberta Diaz Brinton (Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology)
Amy Richlin (Classics and S.W.M.S.)
1995
William O. McClure (Biological Sciences and Neurology)
Jon Miller (Sociology)
1994
Charles G. Sammis (Geological Sciences)
Nancy J. Vickers (Comparative Literature)
1993
Gerald C. Davison (Psychology)
H. Edward Ransford (Sociology)
1992
Eric H. Cohen (Pediatrics)
Steven J. Ross (History)
1991
Carolyn J. Dewald (Classics)
Larry G. Redekopp (Aerospace Engineering)
1990
Sheldon Kamieniecki (Political Science)
Terry L. Seip (History)
1989
J. Lawford Anderson (Geological Sciences)
Lawrence A. Singer (Chemistry)
1988
Eunice D. Howe (Art History)
Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. (History)
1987
Steven L. Lamy (International Relations)
Denis Mitchell (Psychology)
1986
David Eggenschwiler (English)
Harrison M. Kurtz (Biological Sciences)
1985
Gerald J. Bender (International Relations)
Peter J. Manning (English)
1984
Paul W. Knoll (History)
Steven J. Morse (Law)
1983
Gerald A. Segal (Chemistry)
Marjorie G. Perloff (English)
1982
Nake M. Kamrany (Economics)
Virginia James Tufte (English)
USC Associates Award for Artistic Expression
2018
Velina Hasu Houston
Doris Sung
2017
Morten Lauridsen
Viet Thanh Nguyen
2016
Tracy Fullerton
Midori Goto
2015
Gail Peter Borden (Architecture)
Peter Erskine (Jazz Studies)
2014
Robbert Flick (Fine Arts)
Daniel Pollack (Keyboard Studies)