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Forest Hill w/ Jillian Pierson {Communication}

  • Forest Hill Trail 4079 Forest Hill Drive La Canada Flintridge, CA, 91011 (map)

Sign ups are first come first serve! Links will open at 9PM sharp on Sunday.

Join us on this 2.1-mile, 400 feet elevation gain hike with Communication professor Jillian Pierson! We’ll see some wildflowers and views of the San Gabriel Valley mountains along the way and be back just in time for the spring football game!

PACKING LIST:

  • H2O

  • WAIVERS

  • Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses

  • Snacks



Jillian Pierson views her role in the classroom as a combination of curator, docent and coach. In her courses, Pierson works to engage students in an ongoing conversation about communication as a social science and to encourage them to make their own unique contributions. Her goal is to have students see the application of social science in their lives beyond the campus and to be involved in perpetual learning well beyond their undergraduate years. Pierson has researched and consulted with multinational teams of high-tech companies, both in the U.S. and Singapore, and worked with small businesses and nonprofit organizations on communication strategies. Her primary theoretical interests are dialectical tensions within relationships and the dynamic processes of ethnic identification and cultural change. Pierson earned both her masters and doctorate degrees from USC Annenberg.


PEAK: Forest Hill, Liz’s, Owl, Alpha and Conservancy Loop

DIFFICULTY: 2/5

SCENERY: Views of the San Gabriel Valley mountains and wildflowers!

FUN FACT: This trail features a bunch of offshoot trails & is a popular location for mountain biking.


TRIP LEAD: Skyler

pretty much always dreaming of banana bread

Contact Skyler: sspak@usc.edu

Read Skyler’s bio here.