Top media highlights for the University and opinion pieces written by St. Mary’s faculty and staff
2024
- Eslei! How a new generation is reinventing Spanglish
Meghann Peace, Ph.D., featured by the BBC - Professor beat the field in 2023 forecasts
Belinda Román, Ph.D., featured by the Wall Street Journal
2022
- Commentary: History shows Russia is chemical warfare threat
Peter Platteborze, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Editorial: St. Mary’s capital campaign reflects historic impact
by the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s University raised $165 million — and 39 donations were a million or more
Thomas M. Mengler, J.D., quoted by the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: St. Mary’s ‘defining moment’: Surpassing its largest-ever fundraising goal
Thomas M. Mengler, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: After Cold War, mistakes were made
Larry Hufford, Ph.D, for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Without an end strategy, sanctions on Russia might do more harm than good
Ian Smith, Ph.D, for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Breyer’s legacy one to commend
Bill Piatt, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Paxton attacks foundation of American legal system
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Domestic workers prop up city; give them the rights they deserve
Belinda Román, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: King reminds us to practice political hope
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News
2021
- Commentary: Let’s not be critical of critical race theory
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Biden needs to stop building the border wall
Emilio Longoria, J.D., LL.D., San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Red Mass transcends politics with celebration of the judicial year
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Return of Haitians a violation of U.S. law
Erica Schommer, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Why Texas’s laws are moving right while its population shifts left
Al Kauffman, J.D., quoted in the Washington Post - Commentary: What would Greatest Generation say?
President Thomas Mengler, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Keeping 9/11 a shared experience
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - 46 Racially and Ethnically Diverse Law Schools
US News & World Report - Commentary: How a blanket minimum wage increase could hurt workers
Prasad Padmanabhan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Abbott’s order may lead to suffering, but not liability
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., San Antonio Express-News - Senate Banking Committee Presses Crypto Experts on Systemic Risk at Hearing
Angela Walch, J.D., quoted on CNBC - Test-Free in Texas: Inside One College’s Decision to Cut Out the ACT and SAT
Rosalind Alderman, Ph.D., and Tony Sarda quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education - Commentary: Give tax collectors tools to do their job
Mark W. Cochran, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Power-grabbing bills hide behind Lady Justice
Stephen M. Sheppard, J.D., J.S.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: New dangers in Texas voting bills
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: U.S. gun culture is killing us
Milo Colton, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: GOP holds back state and itself on census
Joe Gershtenson, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act now
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ claims about the border situation
Erica Schommer, J.D., quoted by CNN - A car, some jewelry, and a piece of cryptocurrency: the federal government is auctioning bitcoin
Angela Walch, J.D., quoted in the Washington Post - Commentary: A future for fossil fuels as backup
Prasad Padmanabhan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Myanmar pro-democracy movement deserves U.S. support
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Biden Administration Says It Will Shorten Detention of Migrant Families
Erica Schommer, J.D., quoted in the New York Times - Regulators and brokerages should quickly address issues surrounding stock-trading halts
Prasad Padmanabhan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Business Journal - Commentary: Meals on Wheels delivers for San Antonio
Belinda Román, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: U.S. must restore refugees’ right to entry
Claudia Donoso, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Firms hear call to use sustainability metrics
Denada Ibrushi, Ph.D., and Prasad Padmanabhan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Engaging with MLK’s legacy begets democracy
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Look beyond COVID-19 to rebuild San Antonio’s economy
Belinda Román, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - This Could Be the Best Year on Record for Job Growth
Belinda Román, Ph.D., quoted by the Wall Street Journal - U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell Modestly Last Week
Belinda Román, Ph.D., quoted by the Wall Street Journal
2020
- Five reforms to restore and improve asylum system
Erica B. Schommer, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Driving Justice Ginsburg
Gerald S. Reamey, J.D., for the San Antonio Report - The charming RBG a judicial rock star
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Ginsburg fought for the rights of all
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Take a different view of social justice
Gerald S. Reamey, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Race for a COVID-19 vaccine patent could hurt the public
Robert Hu, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Virtual jury trials erode right to justice
A.J. Bellido de Luna, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - The Rent Eats First, Even During a Pandemic
Center for Legal and Social Justice mentioned in the New York Times - Money and liability are driving football decisions
David A. Grenardo, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - S.A. economy all about connections
Belinda Román, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Texas Supreme Court’s Failure to Offer Alternative Licensure Option Unnecessarily Hinders Our State’s Future Lawyers
Michael Ariens. J.D., for Texas Lawyer - Halt any proceedings in county that would lead to evictions
Greg Zlotnick, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Celebrate July 4 as a responsible citizen
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - BleachMan says, “Clean it with bleach!” Education Campaigns for HIV/AIDS Hold Lessons for COVID-19
Lindsey Passenger Wieck, Ph.D., for Perspectives on History magazine - Support Dreamers’ quest for citizenship
Erica B. Schommer, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Creative local strategies to blunt global protectionism
Prasad Padmanabhan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - City has a duty to deter hate speech
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - To equate free speech with crime chilling
Colin Marks, J.D., and Chad Pomeroy, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - As businesses reopen, expect lawsuits
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - The Texas Supreme Court Should Allow a Limited Diploma Privilege
Michael Ariens, J.D., for Texas Lawyer - Pandemic response holds lessons to combat future supply chain disruptions
Prasad Padmanabhan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Business Journal - COVID-19’s price tag is not in the $2 trillion bailout. Here’s why.
Belinda Román, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Bloomberg-style stop-and-frisk policing requires accountability
Gerald S. Reamey, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Diversity in history texts empowers students
Lindsey Passenger Wieck, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Can America control the coronavirus?
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News
2019
- St. Mary’s was a San Antonio ‘Hispanic-serving’ institution from the start
San Antonio Express-News - Paying college athletes is slam dunk for NCAA and NBA
David Grenardo, J.D., for San Antonio Express-News - Donors show their support for St. Mary’s University
Thomas M. Mengler, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s celebrates raising record $138 million
San Antonio Express-News - Impeachment should focus on criminality, not politics
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Reviewing The Navy’s Justice System
NPR’s Weekend Edition - Students Challenge Negative Perceptions Of Spanglish
NPR’s Morning Edition - San Antonio’s climate action plan embraces vision
David Turner, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - How ‘Molly of Denali’ helps Native American children feel seen
Los Angeles Times - Tony Sanchez gives $1 million to St. Mary’s, his San Antonio alma mater
San Antonio Express-News - Opioid litigation should hold drug companies accountable
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Remember the Alamo — it’s also a cemetery
Bill Piatt, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s University sponsors nonprofit volunteer event
San Antonio Express-News - See which local universities rank among best colleges in Texas on new list
San Antonio Business Journal - Diocese of Laredo announces 19th Annual Red Mass
Laredo Morning Times - Leading by example can aid Hong Kong’s struggle
Ian O. Smith, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Mexican American Studies fills the gaps of our history
Margaret Cantú-Sánchez, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - When self-driving cars crash, who pays?
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., LL.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Beware of the Hofeller effect on Texas redistricting
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the Houston Chronicle - Can the Pope Francis economy change the world?
Sergio Palacios, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Entrepreneurial military spouses hold potential for S.A. economy
Belinda Román for the San Antonio Express-News - Notre Dame fire should cause us all to rebuild
Alicia Cordoba Tait, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - We will soon see proof of Supreme Court partisanship
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the Houston Chronicle - Pardoning war crimes does not honor those who serve
Gerald Reamey, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - College admissions scandal follows Gospel of Wealth
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - It is all about the money when discussing ‘planet, people and profits’
Prasad Padmanabhan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s Students Show Family Spirit Through Heroic Actions
President Thomas M. Mengler, J.D., for the Rivard Report - Unsung heroes in SA and beyond help immigrants find hope
Erica B. Schommer, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - A need to ‘future proof’ current college students
Dean Christopher Frost, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - A Former U.S. Ambassador’s Seven Steps to Addressing the Border Crisis
Ambassador James F. Creagan, Ph.D., for the Rivard Report - School finance proposals positive but far from solving problem
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Global economy needs resolution on U.S.-China trade war
Jeffrey Johnson, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Rules to impeach by — what it takes to remove a president
David Dittfurth for the San Antonio Express-News - College admissions scandal points to challenges of modern mothering
Katherine Hampsten for the San Antonio Express-News - Hundreds of volunteers take part in 40 Days of Lent and Service
San Antonio Express-News - Nike Should Stop Sponsoring Colleges Until Student-Athletes Can Get Paid
David Grenardo, J.D., for Fortune
2018
- Best Law Schools for Diversity
PreLaw Magazine - San Antonio universities restarting programs in Mexico
San Antonio Express-News - Caring for home means caring about climate change science
David Turner, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Legacy of George H.W. Bush adds to country’s points of light
Ambassador James F. Creagan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Asylum-seekers at border barred from rights
Claudia Donoso, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - How Well Do You Understand Your First Amendment Rights?
Texas Public Radio: The Source - Universal Declaration of Human Right an example of human spirit
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Democracy’s dark side triggers fear among young adults
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Other dioceses should form independent panels
President Tom Mengler, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Corporate activism in politics creates business strategy dilemmas
Prasad Padmanabhan, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - New NAFTA pact shores up farmers’ support of Trump
Houston Chronicle - To Raise Local Literacy Rates, Be a Reading Buddy
Alex Salinas for the Rivard Report - Science/faith divide not so wide: expert
San Antonio Express-News - San Antonio fire union emulates Houston’s rogue path
San Antonio Express-News - There is a clear, coordinated effort to undermine minority voting and representation
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Getting Down to Business
Insight into Diversity - President Tom Mengler: An Optimistic Eye to the Future
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities @ the Helm - Violence inflicted at home, asylum seekers find anguish as rights are abused in the U.S.
Claudia Donoso, Ph.D. , for the San Antonio Express-News - The Kavanaugh controversy has Texas precedent
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - College football ‘revenue games’: What’s in it for the smaller schools?
San Francisco Chronicle - Gorman Foundation president named St. Mary’s University board chair
San Antonio Business Journal - A near Northwest Side garden gets a makeover, thanks to St. Mary’s volunteers
San Antonio Express-News - Women underpaid, undercounted in the S.A. economy
Belinda Román, Ph.D., and Steve Nivin, Ph.D., San Antonio Express-News - De-escalating trade tensions with Europe is a winning U.S. scenario
Jeffrey Johnson, Ph.D., San Antonio Express-News - After Years of Working with ‘Ritmo’ Detainees, I Know the Inhumane Facility Doesn’t Deserve a Second Chance
Erica B. Schommer, J.D., for the Texas Observer - Kennedy’s internationalist approach made for a great justice
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - SABJ announces winners of 2018 Women’s Leadership Awards
San Antonio Business Journal - What would an AMLO win mean for Mexico?
Betsy Smith, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Supreme Court sets stage for partisan gerrymandering standards
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s announces new athletic director
San Antonio Express-News - S.A. legal eagle flies through marathons in 50 states, all under 4 hours
San Antonio Express-News - NFL policy is about divide and conquer
David A. Grenardo, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Venezuela’s elections are rigged to undermine democracy
Betsy Smith, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - With song and spirit, Kenyan triplets graduating St. Mary’s
San Antonio Express-News - Some positives — and negatives — for both parties in the 2018 primary
Henry Flores, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - America: Wake up and decide, on guns, who governs
The Right Hon. Henry McLeish, for the San Antonio Express-News - Retired SA businessman donates $1 million to St. Mary’s
San Antonio Business Journal - Some advice for young gun control advocates
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - San Antonio Is A Hub For Human Trafficking
Texas Public Radio - Greehey donates $1 million to St. Mary’s for 4th consecutive year
San Antonio Express-News - NuStar’s Greehey Donates Another $1 Million to St. Mary’s University
News Radio 1200 WOAI - Marianist archives land in S.A.
San Antonio Express-News
2017
- St. Mary’s student overcomes health battle to graduate
San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s University merits support on capital campaign
San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s announces largest-ever capital campaign
San Antonio Express-News - Moore lives in wrong era for libel suit threat
Vincent Johnson, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Nation stands to lose if it loses Dreamers
Erica Schommer, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s University graduates first students from new master’s program in cybersecurity
San Antonio Express-News - Gerrymandering: Moving from ‘cracking’ and ‘packing’ to fairness
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Sports an example for a divided society
David Grenardo, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Sweeping the competition
San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s reappoints Mengler as president
San Antonio Express-News - Suspend “Blue Tarp Law” for Harvey victims
Ramona Lampley, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - No, governor, the common good is not socialism
James Ball, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - There is an art and science of gerrymandering — and clear racist intent, too
Henry Flores, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s business school welcomes $2 million donation
San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s grad student ready to head home to Turkey with Ph.D. in hand
San Antonio Express-News - If You Say You Went to St. Mary’s, You Will Need to Be More Specific
Wall Street Journal - Ways to handle N. Korea without catastrophe
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Courts rightfully stop unconstitutional executive order on immigration
Al Kauffman, J.D., for the Laredo Morning Times - International Experts Talk North Korean Challenges, Opportunities
Texas Public Radio: The Source - Presidential overreach threatens the judiciary’s and nation’s foundations
Ramona Lampley, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - Political ripples ahead for Supreme Court confirmation
Michael Ariens, J.D., for the San Antonio Express-News
2016
- They liked Ike at St. Mary’s in 1916
San Antonio Express-News - Commentary: Is nanotechnology the new asbestos?
Vincent Johnson, J.D., for the Austin American-Statesman - St. Mary’s adds flexible MBA program to grad school offerings
San Antonio Express-News - Cuban society lies in ‘Neither Heaven nor Hell’
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the Rivard Report - Valero CEO Bill Greehey donates $1 million to St. Mary’s University three years in a row
San Antonio Business Journal - Greehey gifts $1 million to St. Mary’s University
Rivard Report - Post-election fear means need for genuine dialogue
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., for the San Antonio Express-News - The War of Santa Anna’s Leg Takes a Big Step Forward
Wall Street Journal - This Story Has Legs: St. Mary’s Students Pursue Santa Anna’s Long-Lost Appendage
Andre Grajeda, for the Rivard Report - Trump lawsuit would face uphill climb
Vincent Johnson, J.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - Sports can help, but equality comes with systemic change
David Grenardo, J.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s students go to Illinois to see Santa Anna’s leg
San Antonio Express-News - Texas group: Santa Anna’s leg in Illinois should be sent to Mexico
(Springfield, Ill.) State Journal-Register - The folly of reward systems
Margaret Langford, Ph.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - Federal grant awards St. Mary’s University $5.3 million for its STEM programs
San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s, SAC Awarded Grants to Enhance STEM Programs
The Rivard Report - Catholic universities play a vital role in moving S.A. forward
Thomas Mengler, J.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s wins NEH grant to recover erased ancient religious texts
San Antonio Express-News - Readers’ Choice: St. Mary’s best University/College in S.A.
San Antonio Express-News - Saying goodbye to one of San Antonio’s Silent Majority
WOAI News 4 San Antonio - Bro. Cletus expressed joy through art
San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s to begin construction on $25 million residence hall
San Antonio Express-News - How I Aced the MCAT – Keys to Pre-Med Success
Anthony Quesada in the Rivard Report - Boerne native with ties to Spurs possibly youngest to coach in Mexican basketball league
San Antonio Express-News - Vintage photos show a charming campus life at St. Mary’s University, back in the day
San Antonio Express-News - Yes, the Senate should give Obama a vote on Garland
Stephen Sheppard, J.S.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - Obama’s nomination is as political as the Senate’s refusal to consider it
Michael Ariens, J.D., LL.M., in the San Antonio Express-News - Potpourri of Sound
San Antonio Magazine - Omelet Man: St. Mary’s cook brings perfection to breakfast
San Antonio Magazine - “Shark Tank” investor tells local students: do what you love
San Antonio Express-News - ID children at risk for being a bully, a victim or both
Jillian Pierucci, Ph.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - Landowners under siege in the Big Bend
Amy Hardberger, J.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - An Ethical Center
San Antonio Magazine
2015
- Dogs teach St. Mary’s psych students conditioning
San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s University awarded $1 million donation from Bill Greehey
San Antonio Business Journal - Greehey donates $1 million toward St. Mary’s program — again.
San Antonio Express-News - Falwell comments misrepresent Christianity
Larry Hufford, Ph.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - No guns at St. Mary’s
San Antonio Express-News - A lawsuit that chips away at representation rights
Henry Flores, Ph.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - Gold-Williams: No Clue About Beneby’s Successor
The Rivard Report - Gold-Williams focused on the interim
San Antonio Express-News - Interim CEO Paula Gold-Williams shares what she’ll emphasize at CPS Energy
San Antonio Business Journal - In creation of the Marian figure, many teachable moments
San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s University Mass Marks Pope’s U.S. Visit
Texas Public Radio - Why a pub at St. Mary’s University?
President Thomas Mengler, J.D., in his Huffington Post blog - Why open a pub at St. Mary’s?
President Thomas Mengler, J.D., in the San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s Pub now open to students, faculty and alumni
San Antonio Business Journal - Guest Voices: Harassment of older workers: Should employers worry?
Margaret Langford, Ph.D. in the San Antonio Express-News - Cloud storage promising, but security concerns remain
Ayad Barsoum, Ph.D. in the San Antonio Express-News - The other baggage of Confederate symbols: anti-Mexican sentiment
Teresa Van Hoy, Ph.D. in the San Antonio Express-News - Legal tradition offers solution to marriage chaos
Mark Cochran, J.D. in San Antonio Express-News - St. Mary’s University to offer online degree in software engineering
San Antonio Business Journal - EZNectar lands deals with H-E-B, Kroger to stock hummingbird product on store shelves
San Antonio Business Journal