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Scott Bakal
IllustratorScott Bakal is an artist and illustrator who has worked with more than 100 publications and media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Ebony, O Magazine, and Scientific American. He teaches at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston.
Liz Goldner
Liz Goldner, an award-winning art and cultural journalist, has written for publications including PBS SoCal, LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Women in the Arts, and AICA-USA magazine. She currently is writing a book about the founding of the Hilbert Museum of California Art, Orange, CA.
Alexander Huls
Alexander Huls is a writer based in Toronto. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, Popular Mechanics, and elsewhere. His “The Loud-Mouthed Neighbors,” a feature story about crows, appeared in the winter 2023 (Vol. 11, No. 2) issue of LMU Magazine.
James T. Keane
James T. Keane ’96, a frequent contributor to LMU Magazine, is the literary editor of America magazine and the author of “Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes: 50 Writers, Thinkers & Firebrands Who Challenge & Change Us.” His essay on exorcism, “Hunting Demons,” appeared in the winter 2023 issue (Vol. 11, No. 2) of LMU Magazine.
Diane Krieger
Diane Krieger, a frequent contributor to LMU Magazine, is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer whose work has appeared in publications at Tufts University, Johns Hopkins University, Caltech and The Idaho Statesman, where she was the resident philharmonic and theater critic. Her article titled “China’s Migrant Mothers” appeared at the LMU Magazine website in October 2024.
Zara Alavi
ContributorZara Alavi is associate professor of physics in the LMU Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering. Her areas of expertise are biophysics and biochemistry, including polymer physics, experimental biophysics, and material science.
Dana Gioia
Dana Gioia is a poet, essayist, and critic and the author of five collections of criticism and six books of poetry, including “99 Poems: New & Selected” and “Meet Me at the Lighthouse.” Gioia is the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and former Poet Laureate of California. He was interviewed about beauty and Catholic arts and writers in the summer 2014 issue of LMU Magazine (“Disturbing Arts: A Conversation With Dana Gioia”).
Matthieu Bourel
IllustratorMatthieu Bourel is a French artist who lives and works in Berlin. He has created illustrations for The New Yorker, ZEITmagazin, and The New York Times. His work has been exhibited in Berlin, Hamburg, and New York.
Mercedes deBellard
IllustratorMercedes deBellard is a freelance illustrator based in Spain whose primary interest is illustrated portraits. Her clients include National Geographic, Warner Brothers, The Guardian, Apple, The Sunday Times, and Telegraph UK.
John Provencher
IllustratorJohn Provencher is an independent artist and image-maker based in New York City. His clients have included The Atlantic, The New School, The New York Times, Prada, Nike, and The Baffler.