Faculty News

Professor Kevin R. Johnson spoke to NPR station KVCR for a report on the arrest of an alleged federal immigration agent who pulled a gun on a 17-year-old boy in Riverside County. Johnson called the arrest “extraordinary.”

Professor Nila Bala was an invited speaker at the California State Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee’s March 3 informational hearing on surveillance. 

Professor Raquel Aldana spoke to writer Alex Russell for a UC Davis College of Letters and Science story on recent immigration enforcement actions, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January.

Professor Kevin R. Johnson spoke at UCLA School of Law on Feb.

Professor Karrigan Börk spoke to Bay Nature for a Jan. 29 story about President Donald Trump’s proposed five changes to the Endangered Species Act.

Börk called the new rules a “wholesale attack” on the ESA. “There’s an effort to overwhelm the environmental community,” Börk told Bay Nature.

Professor David Sandino was a panelist for the Feb. 5 California State University Water seminar on water policies and workforce needs.

Sandino addressed how California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) has affected employment opportunities among the water community. 

On Feb. 2, Professor Kevin R. Johnson virtually presented his forthcoming article, “The Trump Administration’s Racial Dragnet: Immigration Enforcement in Los Angeles” (SMU Law Review), to faculty as part of a speaker series at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

On Jan. 27, a UC Davis Global Migration Center expert panel that included Professors Kevin R. Johnson and Raquel Aldana discussed Javier Zamora’s 2022 memoir Solito, the 2026 UC Davis Campus Community Book Project selection.

Professor Brian Soucek discussed his new book The Opinionated University on the Jan. 22 episode of the Capital Public Radio program Insight with Vicki Gonzalez.

Professor Peter Lee appeared on a KVMR News Special to discuss the use of AI in the legal field, including a recent case of generative AI misuse by the Nevada County District Attorney’s office. He also examined its broader impact on the legal practice and legal education. Listen to the episode here.