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Are you dying to get up above the clouds? Do you like the sound of a hard-earned sweet treat? Join Professors Alison Trope and Tom Kemper for a stunning 7 mile out-and-back hike up Strawberry Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains. There will be strawberries provided when we reach the summit!
PACKING LIST:
Hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen
H2O
Snacks!
WAIVERS
PROFESSORS: Alison Trope & Tom Kemper
DEPARTMENTS: Communications & Cinematic Arts
Alison received a PhD from SCA in Critical Studies in 1999 and has taught classes in media and popular culture at the Annenberg School for Communication since 2001. She is a passionate advocate of media literacy and directs Critical Media Project, an educational resource and initiative aimed at youth and their teachers. She is currently helping to design a social justice filmmaking curriculum called Equity Everywhere that is sponsored by the March on Washington Film Festival and will pilot in LAUSD next year.
Tom received a PhD from SCA in 2007 and teaches film studies at Crossroads School in Santa Monica. He also adjuncts at SCA and Annenberg, teaching classes on film and media industries. He loves music and just finished a book on the Monkees coming out this summer. He has also written on Toy Story and early Hollywood talent agents.
Alison and Tom grew up in Los Angeles. They both went away for undergrad and returned to USC for graduate school where they met in 1993 at SCA. They have been married for over 20 years. They have two sons—one a senior at RISD studying furniture design and the other a junior in high school.
PEAK: Strawberry Peak
DIFFICULTY: 4/5
SCENERY: Amazing views!!
FUN FACT: I will bring strawberries for us to enjoy on top of Strawberry Peak!
TRIP LEAD: Lily Morse
Lily is a sophomore studying Sociology
with a minor in Psychology.
Contact Lily: lmorse@usc.edu
Read Lily's bio here. (hyperlinked!)