Grants and Awards
The primary purpose of the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects and the Office of Grant Evaluation and Statistical Support is to support faculty and staff in obtaining funding from sources external to the…
Reparations Advocates Toast Historic Moment in San Francisco
“We’ve never seemed to get this close to actually being acknowledged, being seen, being understood, being empathized with,” said committee member Cheryl Grills, a clinical psychologist and professor at Loyola Marymount University. “This country…
California Continues Paving the Way for Nation’s First-Ever Reparations to Descendants of Slavery
California Reparations Task Force member Cheryl Grills, a clinical psychologist at LMU, joined task force Chair Kamilah Moore, an attorney and justice scholar, on AirTalk to discuss the decision to limit reparations to those…
Unpacking Reparations Eligibility in California
Cheryl Grills wondered how easy it would be to determine lineage, and whether the task force would be excluding people who can’t establish their lineage. “If you can’t trace your family ancestry to enslaved…
California Reparations Task Force Delays Key Eligibility Vote to March
“I am 100% opposed to thinking about this as a final vote on the matter of our community of eligibility,” said task force member and LMU Professor Cheryl Grills. “I say that I’m against…
“COVID-19’s Effects on Communities of Color:” A Q&A with Cheryl Grills, Ph.D.
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team connected with Cheryl Grills, Ph.D., President’s Professor in LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, professor of Psychology, and director of the Psychology Applied Research Center, about a project…
LMU Professor Appointed to National Reparations Commission
Cheryl Grills, LMU President’s Professor in the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and renowned clinical psychologist, addresses the psychological impacts of enslavement on individuals and communities as part of the National African-American Reparations…
