About
The Office of Academic Programs supports and enhances the academic experience for all students during their time at USC.
Andrew McConnell Stott
Andrew McConnell Stott serves as Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Dean of the Graduate School. Charged with advancing academic excellence and supporting academic achievement across USC’s more than 900 programs, his areas of responsibility include curriculum development and innovation; academic advising; student success and inclusion programs; student research and experiential learning; honors, fellowships, and awards; and helping all USC students achieve their academic goals, from first time freshmen to advanced PhD.
A professor of English specializing in British popular culture from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, Stott is author of five books, including What Blest Genius? The Jubilee that made Shakespeare (2019), which won the National Award for Arts Writing, and The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi: Laughter, Madness and the Story of Britain’s Greatest Comedian (2009), which won the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction, the Theater Library Association’s George Freedley Award, and the Sheridan Morley Prize for Biography. He has been a fellow of the British Academy, the American Council on Education, and the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
