We are delighted to announce our speakers for Faculty Pub Night 2026-27 at the William H. Hannon Library. This will be the 18th year of our signature series, first established when the library opened in fall 2009. Pub Night offers our guests an opportunity to hear LMU faculty present, discuss, and answer questions about their most recent “pub”-lication in a casual setting.
Faculty Pub Night is open to all students, faculty, and staff. Community members are also invited to attend. For the 2026-27 academic year, we have selected the following LMU faculty to speak about their recent works:
- Rudy Mondragón (Sep. 22, 2026), author of “Rings of Dissent: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion”
- Joaquín M.S. Noguera, Ernesto Colín, Kenzo K. Sung, Dolores Delgado Bernal, Cynthia M. Alcantar, Kyo Yamashiro, and William Perez (Oct. 13, 2026), co-authors of “Counterhegemonic Leadership: Addressing the Challenges and Possibilities of Ethnic Studies Implementation for Educational Leaders”
- Nicolas Rosenthal (Nov. 17, 2026), author of “Painting Native America: Indigenous Artists in the Twentieth Century”
- Robert Welch (Dec. 1, 2026), author of “Reveling the Interconnected Nature of Hidden Faults in the Central Valley”
- Alissa Crans (Jan. 26, 2027), author of “The Mathematical Playground: People and Problems from 31 years of Math Horizons”
- Holli Levitsky (Feb. 16, 2027), author or “Hyam Plutzik and the Mosaic of Time”
- Jessica Livingstone and Mischa Linvingstone (March 16, 2027), co-authors of “No-Nonsense Filmmaking”
- Gregory Ruzzin and Eric Strauss (April 20, 2027), creators of “Rooted in Change: The Story of the Gottlieb Native Garden”
All events begin at 6:00 p.m. PT. For more information about this series, contact the William H. Hannon Library’s Outreach and Engagement team.