College of Arts and Sciences News

USF will hold spring commencement ceremonies May 18–20 in St. Ignatius Church for 932 undergraduates, 1,047 graduate students, and 147 doctoral students from the university’s college and four schools.

Brian Komei Dempster, professor of rhetoric and language and director of administration for the Asia Pacific Studies program, has been recognized as a 2023 Guggenheim fellow for his poetry.

Tanner Lark, MS ’23, a sport management student at the University of San Francisco, always felt that style was about more than clothing and accessories — and a recent, USF-donor-funded trip confirmed the notion by bringing together his two passions: sports and fashion.

The Sport Management Program is pleased to welcome Dr. R. Douglas Manning as a new member of the teaching team.

The data science student discusses how he applied the tools he learned at USF to help create a data pipeline at Vacasa.

Christine Yeh is a professor of psychology and education in the Department of Counseling Psychology at USF. In the past 10 years, she’s led a culturally-responsive curriculum-based program that has helped over thousands of first in the family students gain access to college information and resources.

Congratulations to Professor Monika Mann, who was selected for WHO World Rehabilitation Alliance 2023–2025.