Dr. Shaun Harper

Provost Professor; USC Race and Equity Center’s Founder and Chief Research Scientist

University of Southern California

Founder and chief research scientist of the USC Race and Equity Center Dr. Shaun Harper provides strategic culture assessments for global entertainment giants, including NBCUniversal and Amazon Music. He commands a reputation as the primary expert for organizational recovery efforts following high-profile racial crises at major media outlets and production houses. The center he founded at USC is the diversity, equity and inclusion strategy architect and implementation partner for the 2028 Olympics and Paralympic games. Leveraging a record of academic and corporate influence, he delivered comprehensive professional learning training to elite Los Angeles entertainment law firms to modernize industrial leadership standards. He maintains massive institutional influence by procuring over $51 million in grants and investments to fund large-scale equity implementation projects.