Elizabeth Monk Daley was appointed Dean of University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television on May 1, 1991. In October of l994 she was named as the first holder of Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Dean's Chair.
Dr. Daley also serves as Executive Director of the Annenberg Center for Communication established in l993 by a grant from Ambassador and Mrs. Walter Annenberg. The Center's activities focus on research and applications in the new communication media. As director she has overseen the development of a multimedia business incubator as well as a variety of research programs in new paradigms for communications. Research initiatives include models for interactive narrative and an extensive program in multimedia literacy.
Prior to joining USC, Dr. Daley served as executive director of Taper Media Enterprises, the film and television subsidiary of the Mark Taper Forum, and as a producer for MGM/UA Television. Daley's television credits include programming for network, cable and PBS.
Before producing in Los Angeles Daley was an independent television producer in Washington, D.C., and a member of the faculty of the School of Communications at American University.
Dr. Daley has served as a consultant to a variety of organizations, including the International Electronic Cinema Festival, Montreux/Tokyo; the National Endowment for the Arts; the National Organization for Women; the Indo-U.S. Sub-commission on Arts and Education; the National Center for Economic Journalism; the National Institutes for Health; the American Association of University Women; the International Television Association; the Labor Institute of Public Affairs; and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She serves as a member of the boards of the Center for Governmental Studies and the Benton Foundation.
Dr. Daley earned a Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin and M.A. and B.A. degrees from Tulane University and Newcomb College.