university Experts

Jonathan Rothchild

Professor of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Mark Smith

Visiting Assistant ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Mark A. Boyer, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor EmeritusUniversity of Connecticut

Mark A. Boyer studies environmental policy and global-local linkages. His research focuses on climate adaptation from global to local.

Joseph Reichenberger

Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Gustavo Molina

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical EngineeringGeorgia Southern University

Gustavo Molina is an expert in Triboemission of Charged Particles, Renewable Energy, and Tribology of Nanofluids.

Rachel Décoste

Motivational Speaker, Immigration Policy and Political PunditIndependent

Rachel Décoste is a media critic, educator, and public speaker who has been involved in community activism since her youth.

Nan Xi, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant ProfessorVCU College of Engineering

Research focus: Computer Vision, Medical AI.

Mahsa Ebrahim

Associate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Mary Catherine McElwain

Emerita Professor of BiologyLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Mitra Fakhrashrafi

Curator and ArchivistMiddlebrook Prize Winners

Mitra Fakhrashrafi (she/her) is an independent curator and librarian interested in sanctuary and indebted to border abolition organizing.