Jessica Levinson
Clinical Professor of Law; Director of LMU Loyola Law School’s Public Service Institute
Election law, governance issues, ethics, political corruption, voting rights, campaign finance, ballot initiatives, redistricting, term limits, and state budgets.
Justin Levitt
Professor of Law; Gerald T. McLaughlin Fellow
Constitutional law; law of the political process, criminal procedure, redistricting, vote-by-mail versus in-person voting, impersonation fraud, legal challenges to voting procedures.
Michael Genovese
Professor of Political Science and International Relations, President of the Global Policy Institute and author of “The Modern Presidency: Six Debates That Define the Institution,” and “How Trump Governs”
Presidential elections, presidential politics, law and presidential power, international affairs.
Fernando Guerra
Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o studies and founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Voter polls, proposition research, state and local politics, local governance reform, government and urban and ethnic politics.
Aaron Caplan
Professor of Law
Civil procedure, constitutional law, ethical lawyering, First Amendment.
Evan Gerstmann
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Interaction between law and politics, constitutional law.
Kimberly West-Faulcon
James P. Bradley Chair in Constitutional Law
Constitutional law, civil rights, Supreme Court decisions and appointments, employment discrimination.
Nathan Chan
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Public opinion, race and political behavior, American politics, political methodology, political participation.
Chaya Crowder
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Political behavior, race and ethnicity politics, social media and American politics, and intersectionality.
Richard Fox
Dean of LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and professor of political science and international relations
Political ambition, electoral behavior, female candidates, and gender politics.
Fernando Guerra
Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o studies and founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Voter polls, proposition research, state and local politics, local governance reform, government and urban and ethnic politics.
Fernando Guerra
Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o studies and founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Voter polls, proposition research, state and local politics, local governance reform, government and urban and ethnic politics.
Jessica Levinson
Clinical Professor of Law; Director of LMU Loyola Law School’s Public Service Institute
Election law, governance issues, ethics, political corruption, voting rights, campaign finance, ballot initiatives, redistricting, term limits, and state budgets.
Michael Genovese
Professor of Political Science and International Relations, President of the Global Policy Institute and author of “The Modern Presidency: Six Debates That Define the Institution,” and “How Trump Governs”
Presidential elections, presidential politics, law and presidential power, international affairs.
Ellen Aprill
Professor of Law, John E. Anderson Chair in Tax Law
Political activities of exempt organizations, laws applicable to religious organizations.
Sung Won Sohn
Professor of Finance and Economics
U.S. economy, finance and banking, international trade in the Pacific Rim and technology.
Eric Strauss
President’s Professor of Biology, Director of the Center for Urban Resilience
Climate change, urban ecosystems, forest restoration programs in underserved neighborhoods, human-wildlife conflict and management.
Nathan Chan
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Public opinion, race and political behavior, American politics, political methodology, political participation.
Chaya Crowder
Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations
Political behavior, race and ethnicity politics, social media, gender and American politics, and intersectionality.
Marne Campbell
Professor and Chair of African American Studies
Harris’ identity as a black woman, gender and women’s history, 19th and 20th century history, the American West, reparations, African American history.
Allan Deck, S.J.
Distinguished Scholar of Theology and Latino Studies
Pastoral theology, Hispanic ministry, Catholic Social Doctrine, spirituality, faith and culture.
Richard Fox
Dean of LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and professor of political science and international relations
Political ambition, electoral behavior, female candidates, and gender politics.
Brett C. Hoover
Professor of Practical Theology and the author of “Immigration and Faith”
The intersection of religion and politics, immigration and political disinformation, cultural narratives around migration.
Cheryl Grills
Clinical Psychologist, President’s Professor of Psychological Science, and founder/director of the Psychology Applied Research Center
Clinical psychology, community psychology, social justice issues in communities of color, uprisings for racial justice, and community healing strategies associated with racial stress and trauma.
Gabriele Magni
Associate Professor of Political Science
LGBTQ+ politics, LGBTQ+ candidates, immigration, economic inequality and anxiety.
Brietta Clark
Fritz B. Burns Dean of LMU Loyola Law School
Health care access, health care law, the role that law and government regulators play in ensuring equitable access to health care resources.
Kimberly West-Faulcon
James P. Bradley Chair in Constitutional Law
Constitutional law, standardized testing, civil rights, employment discrimination.
Laurie Levenson
Professor of Law, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy
White-collar crime, criminal procedure.
Eric Miller
Professor of Law, Leo J. O’Brien Fellow
Race and policing, evidence, criminal procedure, police practices and reform.
Samantha Buckingham
Visiting Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Innovation, Director Emeritus, Juvenile Justice Clinic; Of Counsel, Center for Juvenile Law
Race, class, and criminal justice; criminal law; criminal procedure, juvenile delinquency law.
Stanley Goldman
Professor of Law, Director, Center for the Study of Law and Genocide
Criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, genocide studies, constitutional law.
Julia Mendoza
Associate Professor of Law
Race and the law, prisons, policing, education, social movements.
Priscilla Ocen
Professor of Law
Criminal law, criminal procedure, family law, race and law, reproductive justice.
Michael Serota
Associate Professor of Law, Director, Criminal Justice Reform Lab
Criminal law, criminal justice reform.
Allan Deck, S.J.
Distinguished Scholar of Theology and Latino Studies
Pastoral theology, Hispanic ministry, Catholic Social Doctrine, spirituality, faith and culture.
Brett C. Hoover
Professor of Practical Theology and the author of “Immigration and Faith”
The intersection of religion and politics, immigration and political disinformation, cultural narratives around migration.
Kathleen Kim
Professor of Law, and William M. Rains Fellow
Immigrants’ rights, civil rights through the lens of race and gender.
Gabriele Magni
Associate Professor of Political Science
LGBTQ+ politics, LGBTQ+ candidates, immigration, economic inequality and anxiety.
