Emily Roxworthy was named dean of the USC School of Dramatic Arts in 2021. She joined USC from the University of California, San Diego, where she served as associate dean of the university’s Graduate Division, associate vice chancellor of faculty diversity & equity, and provost of Earl Warren College. A scholar-artist with degrees in theatre arts, literature and performance studies, Dean Roxworthy is the founder and artistic director of Workplace Interactive Theatre, which offers diversity training for all chairs and deans on the ten University of California campuses, using documentary theatre-based improvisational workshops.