Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn

Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn is the 2022 L.A. Press Club SoCal Journalism Awards (Race & Culture) finalist for her LMU Magazine article, “Crowning Achievement,” highlighting the issues Black people face in the workplace for wearing naturally textured hairstyles. A former columnist for the Associated Press, Janice has been published in more than 60 consumer and trade publications including the Los Angeles Times, Ms. Magazine, Shondaland, Essence, EMMY, USA Today and the Los Angeles Review of Books where she was a senior editor and director of special projects. She is an alumna of Loyola Marymount University and the University of Southern California where she received a master's degree in professional writing. She’s currently the Associate Director of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities at USC where she is also an adjunct instructor at the Annenberg School’s Specialized Journalism graduate program.