PD & Global Citizenship: A New MPD Course at USC

Applications are currently being accepted for USC’s Master of Public Diplomacy program (MPD) for Fall 2021. Housed in USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, this pioneering program is designed to...

CPD is pleased to announce the selection of Ariel Anza (Master of Science, Journalism, '21) and Desmond Jordan (Master of Public Diplomacy, '22) as Graduate Student Fellows this semester. Prior to CPD, ...

Public diplomacy is largely an ongoing process. It unfolds through regular relationship building, press work, cultural and exchange work, and reputational maintenance. However, public diplomacy can also be strategic. The...

Did you know that CPD Senior Visiting Scholar Elizabeth McKay has 35 years of diplomatic experience? Since joining the U.S. Information Agency (since merged in to the State Department) in 1985, she has served all over the...