Opinion + Voices

UCLA Prof Tom Smith has conducted research in the West African nation of Cameroon for 30 years, and sees the country's remarkable biodiversity and resources threatened by much-needed but ill-managed economic growth.

Laurence C. Smith is professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Geography and author of "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future." This article appeared Tuesday, Aug. 27, in Strategy + Business.   As the ice...

Steven L. Spiegel is professor of political Science and director of the Center for Middle East Development at UCLA, and also provides assistance to Middle East programs at the statewide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation of the UC San...

Jon Christensen is an adjunct assistant professor and Pritzker fellow in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the department of history at the UCLA. This article appeared Aug. 21 in The New Yorker.   The Hyperloop,...

Brenda Stevenson is a UCLA professor of history and African-American studies, as well as author of "Life in Black and White: Family and Community in the Slave South" and the forthcoming book "What is Slavery?" This op-ed appeared Aug. 19 on the...

James Gelvin is a professor of modern Middle East history at UCLA. He is author of "The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know." This post appeared on The New York Times website Aug. 14 in the Room for Debate section, in which knowledgeable...

Three UCLA School of Law professors, Devon Carbado, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw and Cheryl Harris, co-director of the Critical Race Studies Program, have cowritten an article about how despite a recent federal court decision banning stop-and-frisk...

Nina Shapiro, a professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery and director of pediatric otolaryngology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is the author of "Take a Deep Breath: Clear the Air for the Health of Your...

Patricia Turner is dean and vice provost for undergraduate education at UCLA. She teaches about African American culture and is the author of four books on the subject. This op-ed appeared Saturday, Aug. 03 in the Sacramento Bee.   Sunday is...

David Shulman is a retired Wall Street executive who is now a senior economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast. He is also affiliated with Baruch College. This op-ed appeared in US News and World Report on July 31, 2013.   After being...

UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.   “The technique of functional MRI (fMRI), which measures changes in localized brain activity over time, can...

John Villasenor is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor of electrical engineering and public policy at UCLA. This piece originally appeared in the Atlantic on July 26, 2013.   We don't have a mind reading...

Three UCLA School of Law professors, Devon Carbado, coauthor of "Acting White: Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America," Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, executive director of the African American Policy Forum, and Cheryl Harris, co-director of the...

Gary Orfield is the professor of education, law, political science and urban planning at UCLA. He is co-director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA. The Moyers and Company website featured a column that was posted on...

Roger E. A. Farmer is distinguished professor of economics at UCLA and currently Senior Houblon Norman Fellow at the Bank of England. This op-ed appreared in the Financial Times on July 18, 2013.   Ben Bernanke suggested in June that the...

Stefan Timmermans is a professor and chair of the UCLA department of sociology and faculty associate with the Institute for Society and Genetics. He is the author of the book "Saving Babies? The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening." This op-ed...

Robin D.G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History. Kelley's research and teaching cover the history of labor and radical movements in the United States, the African Diaspora, and Africa; intellectual and cultural history...

Brenda E. Stevenson is professor of history at UCLA and the author of "The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins:  Justice, Gender and the Origins of the L.A. Riots." This piece appeared originally on the History News Network website on July 15,...

Khaled M. Abou El Fadl is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law at the UCLA School of Law and the author of "The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From the Extremists." This op-ed was originally published July 7 in The New...

Courtney Lyder is dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, professor of medicine and public health and executive director of the UCLA Health System Patient Safety Institute and assistant director of the UCLA Health System. This column originally...

David Newman is a professor of politics and government and dean of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Ben-Gurion University. Newman is at UCLA this week to participate in the 29th annual meeting of the Association of Israel...

Abigail C. Saguy is an associate professor of sociology and of gender studies at UCLA. She is the author of "What’s Wrong With Fat?" This piece appeared in Time magazine on June 24, 2013.    While the decision of the American...

Gene Block is chancellor of UCLA. This op-ed appeared originally in the Huffington Post on June 24, 2013.    Monday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court may leave us all waiting to see what the case of a Texas woman challenging her...

Michael Chwe is a professor in the political science department. His recent book, "Jane Austen, Game Theorist," has received widespread attention, but it wasn't by accident. Here he shares his recipe for getting media attention for a book about...

Despite the conservative tilt of the Roberts Supreme Court, gay rights supporters expect the justices to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. But Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's record on gay rights is hardly uniform.