Faculty

Professor Lisa Pruitt appeared on the May 8 episode of KDVS’ Office Hour podcast hosted by UC Davis Professor of Religious Studies and Undergraduate Faculty Advisor Naomi Janowitz.

Professor David Horton spoke before the California Senate Judiciary Committee on April 22 in support of Senate Bill 82, which bans “infinite” arbitration clauses.

Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin spoke to the BBC for a May 5 report on President Donald Trump’s claims that he is directing his administration to reopen Alcatraz, the notorious Bay Area prison turned successful tourist destination.

Chin said it would be prohibitively expensive to return the federal prison to functioning order, and noted that Trump does not need the space, since the prison system is down 25% from its peak population.

Professor Kevin R. Johnson appeared on the first episode of Radio Pacific – a new monthly show from Bay Area public radio station KALW.

Johnson spoke to host Eli Benton Cohen about President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and helped put the first months of Trump’s second term into perspective.

In a May 3 explainer piece in The Conversation, Professor Chimène Keitner answered key questions about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and others who had been deported to El Salvador by President Donald Trump’s  administration.

Professor Karrigan Börk has been appointed director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. Börk had served as the center’s interim director since 2024.

Professor Kevin R. Johnson talked to Capital & Main on May 1 about the long-term impact of recent Trump administration actions that have included detaining international students on dubious legal grounds and threatening to suspend the visas of others.

Professor and Immigration Law Clinic Co-director Holly Cooper appeared on PBS NewsHour in April as part of a segment sparked by a federal judge’s accusation that President Donald Trump’s administration had tried to obstruct the truth about the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Sal

Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court regarding Trump v. CASA, Trump v. Washington and Trump v. New Jersey, through which the Trump administration seeks to lift nationwide injunctions against his executive order ending birthright citizenship.

Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin spoke to the New York Post on May 14, the eve of Supreme Court oral arguments regarding the Trump administration's attempts to invalidate lower-court injunctions against the president's executive order ending birthright citizenship.

“This is a funny test case, because the underlying law is so clear and because it’s sort of the same exact issue all across the country,” Chin told the Post.