Bill Celis

Bill Celis is an associate professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in Los Angeles. As a former associate director and associate dean at the school, he chaired the school’s diversity committee that led to USC Annenberg winning the 2012 Diversity and Equity Award from the Association of Educators of Journalism and Mass Communication; in 2018, for his work in diversity, inclusion and mentoring, he was awarded the Barry Bingham Fellowship from the American Society of News Editors. As an administrator, he led curriculum and assessment reforms at USC Annenberg’s journalism undergraduate and graduate programs, building a paid internship program for the graduate program. 

Celis is a former national correspondent for The New York Times and a former reporter and columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He serves on the executive committee as secretary of the Institute, where he previously served as a member of the editing program advisory committee in 1995-1997 and the strategic planning committee 2017-2018. Celis earned his master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and his bachelor’s degree in English and journalism from Howard Payne University in his native Texas.