Our faculty embrace the USF mission of educating the whole person — both heart and mind. Our professors pursue an ambitious agenda of research, teaching, and service. As scholars, they take on some of the world’s most challenging issues and problems.
In the classroom, they bring compassion and academic rigor. Outside the classroom, they are engaged professionals, making contributions to their communities and their respective fields.
Noopur Agarwal is a graphic designer who has worked in the nonprofit, publishing, and technology sectors, designing for brands, exhibitions,...
MFA, Graphic and Interactive Design, Temple University | BSD, Visual Communication Design, The Ohio State University
Visual Communication I, Visual Communication II, Typography, Digital Media Design, Special Topics, Directed Study/Research, Special Topics
Professor Agha teaches courses in research methods and strategic management and previously taught sport finance and sport economics at the University...
PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sport Business Research Methods, Strategic Management and Human Resources in Sport, Dir Reading/Research
Alexandra is a musicologist specializing in the Italian Renaissance, especially the madrigal, Italian opera, Feminist criticism, Romantic piano music...
Laurea (BA/MA equivalent) in Slavic Studies & Philology from the University of Pisa (Italy) | Masters in Musicology from Harvard University | PhD in Musicology from Harvard University
Madrigal, Italian opera, Feminist criticism, Romantic piano music, German Baroque choral music
Music Appreciation, FYS: First-Year Seminar, History of Western Art Music, Seminar in Western Art Music, Directed Study
Professor Anttila-Hughes received his PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University. His research focuses on understanding the social...
PhD, Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Environmental Economics, Directed Reading, Natural Resource Economics and Development Policy, Microeconomics: Theory and Applications, Graduate Econometrics, Natural Resource Economics and Development Policy, Directed Reading/Research
Jorge A. Aquino, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, specializing in Latin American and U.S. Latinx...
PhD, Graduate Theological Union
Latin American theology and religious history, Liberation Theology, Race Theory and Faith-Based Social Movements
Religion in Latin America, Panamerican Saints: Hagiography and Politics, Teología de la Liberación, Methods and Theories in THRS, Liberation Theology, Panamerican Saints: Hagiography and Politics, Religion in Latin America, Ethics, Liberation Theology in Spanish
Born in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla, Colombia in 1967, Arturo Araujo joined the Colombian Province of the Society of Jesus in 1986. He served...
MFA, University of New Mexico | BFA, Painting and Printmaking, Cornish College of the Arts | BA, Visual Art, Seattle University
printmaking, ceramics, painting
Art of the Book, Ceramics I, Printmaking I, Directed Study/Research, Senior Studio, Special Topics
Inna Arzumanova received her PhD in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California...
BA, University of California, San Diego | PhD is from the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, at the University of Southern California
Cultural Industries, Media Theory & Criticism, Special Topics in Media Studies, Media Internship, Directed Study, Popular Culture Studies
Professor Geoffrey Ashton recently joined the Department of Philosophy at USF from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where he also held...
PhD, Philosophy (Asian and Comparative Philosophy), University of Hawai’i at Mānoa | MA, Philosophy (Indian Philosophy), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa | MA, South Asian Languages and Civilizations (Sanskrit, Indian Aesthetics), University of Chicago
Gateway Sem: Global Humanities, Special Topics, Asian Philosophy, Topics in the History of Philosophy
Byron Au Yong composes songs of dislocation dedicated to intercultural collaboration and the places people call home. Works include Kidnapping Water...
MFA, Musical Theatre Writing, NYU | MA, World Arts & Cultures, UCLA | BA/BM, Music Composition/Theory, University of Washington
Special Topics, Musicianship and Principles of Tonal Theory, Instrumental Ensemble, Music and Social Protest, Music Theory I, Creating Soundscapes, Special Topics in Western Art Music, Directed Study, Music and Social History
EdD, International Educational Development, Teachers College, Columbia University | MA, Latin American Studies, Stanford University | BA, Sociology, Stanford University
Education and Development in the Global South, Peace and Human Rights Education, Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth
Human Rights Education: History, Philosophy and Current Debates, Peace, Conflict and Education in Global Contexts, IME M.A. Thesis/Field Project, Directed Study, Special Topics Seminar, Human Rights Education: History, Philosophy and Current Debates, Peace, Conflict and Education in Global Contexts, Dissertation Proposal Development, Dissertation Research and Writing, Directed Study, Special Topics Seminar
