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Martin Kaplan (born August 21, 1950) is an American professor and former studio executive and writer. He teaches at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and is the founding director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of the impact of entertainment on society.
Since 2000, research professor Marty Kaplan has held USC’s Norman Lear endowed chair and directed The Norman Lear Center, a hub of research and innovation that marshals the power of storytelling as a force for good. He was associate dean of USC Annenberg from 1997 to 2007.
Marty Kaplan holds the Norman Lear chair at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, where he founded and directs the Norman Lear Center for the study of entertainment, media and society.
Marty Kaplan, the founding director of The Norman Lear Center, is the Norman Lear professor of entertainment, media and society at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. He served as chief speechwriter to Vice President Walter F. Mondale, and as executive assistant to the U.S. Commissioner of Education, Ernest L. Boyer.
Speaker My name is Marty Kaplan and I grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and then in a suburb of Newark called Union, and TV was happening right then when people got a television in the...
Marty Kaplan, the founding director of The Norman Lear Center, is the Norman Lear professor of entertainment, media and society at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Watch videos featuring Marty Kaplan
Lear Center director Marty Kaplan wrote a column about media, politics and pop culture, in print and online, from 2005 to early 2019. During those years, the column won six First Place prizes at the L.A. Press Club’s annual Southern California Journalism Awards.
