As the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate headlines, Loyola Marymount University has experts available to speak to journalists and add context to news stories. Professors at LMU and LMU Loyola Law School can cover topics such as COVID-19’s impacts on the economy and film industry, how people are coping, how the virus has changed religious practices, the history of global diseases and questions surrounding government regulation of citizen behaviors.
Members of the news media can email our Public and Media Relations Team or call 310.258.INFO to reach these and other faculty experts:
Professor of Finance and Economics
An internationally-known economist who is regularly quoted by major news outlets, Professor Sohn can discuss the U.S. economy, finance and banking, international trade in the Pacific Rim and technology.
Associate Professor of Entertainment Finance
COVID-19’s impact on entertainment and sports; studios selling their films to streamers; how filmmakers are adapting; the effect of social distancing on movie theaters.
Associate Provost, Career and Professional Development
Hiring trends, including which industries are growing and which have stalled; how students and employers are adapting to virtual recruitment.
Clinical Professor of Law; Director of LMU Loyola Law School’s Public Service Institute
How government entities are adapting, or attempting to take advantage of these unique conditions
Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Law
Constitutional implications of stay-at-home orders during the pandemic; whether coronavirus social distancing orders violate religious freedoms.
Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Law
Clinical psychologist with a current emphasis in community psychology. How African Americans are disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
Professor of political science and Chicana/o Latina/o studies and founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Public response to government actions during the pandemic.
These attorneys in the Loyola Social Justice Law Clinic are available to discuss the increasing urgency of securing freedom for wrongfully convicted and other incarcerated clients amid coronavirus-related health concerns.
Executive Director, Loyola Social Justice Law Clinic;
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Juvenile Innocence & Fair Sentencing Clinic
Executive Director, Project for the Innocent at Loyola Law School
Distinguished Scholar of Theology and Latino Studies and Rector of the LMU Jesuit Community
How the Catholic Church has adapted religious practices during the pandemic, faith-based solutions for fear, anxiety and uncertainty.
Chair and Associate Professor, Marital & Family Therapy/Art Therapy
Stress and anxiety during the pandemic; methods of coping through creative engagement.
Interim Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor in the Counseling Program
Interplay between sport psychology, multiculturalism/diversity, trauma and health psychology.
Associate Professor of History
History of health and disease, including the 1918 influenza pandemic (the Spanish flu).