Elizabeth Monk Daley was appointed dean of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television on May 1, 1991 and in October of 1994 was named as the first holder of Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Dean’s Chair.

Since assuming her post, Daley has strengthened the School's long-standing ties with the entertainment industry and media arts community, in addition to and addressing new technological developments. With the establishment of the Sony Media Center, and one of the first AVID editing installations in Los Angeles, digital production has become an integral part of the entire curriculum.

Under Daley’s leadership, the Entertainment Technology Center was established in 1991 in 1991, creating a much-needed forum and partnership between the principal Hollywood production entities and a number of technology companies.

In 1995, the Division of Animation & Digital Arts Division was launched. A graduate and undergraduate program in the Business of Entertainment was founded in 1997 in collaboration with the USC Marshall School of Business. That was followed in the fall of 2002 by a Master of Fine Arts degree in Interactive Media; and in 2005 a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interactive Entertainment in 2005; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Animation & Digital Arts in 2006.

The Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts, a 35,000-square-foot sq. ft. production facility, officially opened in March 2001 and nearly doubling the physical infrastructure of the School.

Today, with a diverse full-time and part-time faculty numbering over 200—including industry professionals, artists and scholars—and 1,500 graduate and undergraduate students majoring in the six divisions, the School teaches and conducts research in all areas of the art, commerce and social impact of the entertainment industry and popular culture.

In addition to her role at the School of Cinema-Television, Daley was the founding Executive Director of the USC Annenberg Center for Communication and led it from 1994 to 2005. As director, Daley oversaw the development of a multimedia business incubator, as well as a variety of research programs. Research initiatives, including models for interactive narrative, database art and interactive museum installations. She also spearheaded, as well as the formation of the USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy, which strives to introduce the language of rich media into traditional disciplines across the university.

Prior to joining USC, Daley served as executive director of Taper Media Enterprises, the film and television subsidiary of the Mark Taper Forum, and as a producer for MGM/UA Television. Daley’s television credits include "Right to Kill?" for ABC, "Tell Them I'm a Mermaid" and "Who Parks in Those Spaces" for Embassy Television, and "Vestige of Honor" for CBS.

Currently, she sits on the board of directors of AVID Technologies, the Board of the Center for Governmental Studies, the Benton Foundation, the Tokyo Broadcasting New Technology Incubator, the Digital Coast Roundtable, and serves on the Board of Governors of Operation Smile.

Daley has been honored by American Women in Radio and Television and was twice nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award. She has received a Cine Golden Eagle and the Barbara Jordan Award, earned the California Governor’s Award for her work with programming about the handicapped, and a lifetime achievement award from the International Electronic Cinema Association.

Daley earned a Ph.D. degree in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin and M.A. and B.A. degrees in Theatre from Tulane University and Newcomb College.