Conversations

Cristi Hegranes ’15, who founded the Global Press Institute, talks about training women journalists around the world and the dangers they face by telling their stories.

Election deniers now chair crucial committees in the U.S. House of Representatives. Justin Levitt, an expert in election law who has worked in the White House and the Department of Justice, discusses the future of election integrity.

Prof. Richard Fox analyzes possible outcomes and impacts of the results, whenever we finally know them, of the 2022 midterm elections.

Misty Copeland was the first Black female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. She talks about her experience and struggles while breaking new ground.

Madhu Viswanathan, profess of marketing, says his Business for Good program challenges his entrepreneurial students to think about the needs of low-income, low-literacy consumers.

Jonas Mureika studies quantum physics — matter and energy at the level of atoms an subatomic particles. We don’t yet understand it, but he and others are in search of the “Holy Grail of physics.” Mureika talks about his quest.

Abby Wambach, who delivered the Commencement address at the 2022 Commencement Exercises, talks about Title IX, equal pay for women and misogyny.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who was elected chair of the Board of Supervisors in December 2021, talks about her goals as supervisor

Stan Johnson, head coach of LMU’s men’s basketball, talks about the strategic importance of culture in a Div. 1, NCAA basketball program.

“Sorry for the Inconvenience,” the award-winning short film by Jane Chow ’19, is set in L.A.’s Chinatown. She talks about why Chinatown means so much to her, a native Hong Konger.