Shaun Harper

Founder and Executive Director
Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California & USC Race and Equity Center

Shaun Harper is one of the nation’s most highly respected diversity, equity, and inclusion experts. He is a tenured professor in the Marshall School of Business and in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. He also is founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. Dr. Harper has consulted with more than 400 corporations, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions, including the United States Air Force, Google, Nike, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Anheuser-Busch, Mattel, Major League Soccer, and the National Football League. Professor Harper has been interviewed on CNN, ESPN, NBC News, and NPR, and quoted in The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME magazine, Wall Street Journal, and hundreds of other media outlets. He writes extensively on an array of DEI topics for Forbes.

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