Media & Speaking Requests
I am an expert on the politics of public policy in the United States. I am happy to field media requests [on background or on the record] or other speaking requests for the following areas:
credit, debt, and predatory/subprime lending
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
student loan debt and loan forgiveness programs
Legal Services and access to counsel for civil cases
housing, evictions, and tenant organizing
voter mobilization, public opinion, and interest group advocacy for any of the above issues
Please use the contact form on this page with details about your publication/engagement, topic you’d like me to address, and information re: timing.
Please use this form for any other general inquiries, and I will try to respond as soon as I am able.
Podcasts, Radio, & Briefings
Wall Street Journal Explains, “Why Trump Hates the CFPB,” 2.25.25
97.9 The Hill w/Aaron Keck, “Duke’s Mallory SoRelle on the CFPB,” 2.19.25
Diane Rehm’s On My Mind, “The Fate of the CFPB and Why We Should Care,” 1.25
Policy360 Podcast, “What Dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Will Cost Americans,” 4.1.25
WPTF w/Jeff Hamil, “Mallory SoRelle on the CFPB”
Art of Science, “Dr. Mallory SoRelle and Dr. Delphia Shanks,” 3.16.24
Duke Government Relations Briefing, “Protecting Consumers: CFPB Legal Battle and Implications,” 11.16.23
WPTF Afternoon News, Supreme Court CFPB case update, 2023
Red, White, and Confused/WEHC, “Public Opinion on Student Debt Relief,” 9.8.22
Tea for Teaching, “What Inclusive Instructors Do,” 10.27.21
Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning, “What Inclusive Instructors Do,” 3.25.21
Democracy Paradox , "Mallory SoRelle on the Politics of Consumer Credit" 7.27.21
New Books Network, "Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection" 7.19.21
Policy360 Podcast, "The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection," 3.5.21
Wisconsin Public Radio, "The Implications of Supreme Court CFPB Arguments," 3.5.20
op-eds & Briefs
American Political Economy Blog, “What The Political Development of American Debt Relief teaches us about the current debt relief movement” 4.10.25
The Forum, “Blame, Policy Feedback, and Student Debt Relief Policy” 7.1.24
3Streams, “Court inflicts severe economic pain on student borrowers — political impact also worth considering” 6.30.23
Monkey Cage, “Four Things to Know About Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan" 9.2.22
3Streams, “When Foundations Unintentionally Undermine Policy Change" 6.22.21 (reprinted in Giving Compass)
LVRC State of the Lehigh Valley, "The State of Women in Lehigh Valley Politics," 11.19
A House Divided, “Unraveling Protections: Trump, Civil Rights, and the Power of the Administrative State,” 10.18
Monkey Cage, “Will Republicans be able to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau," February 13, 2018
Monkey Cage, “Both Democrats and Republicans Care about States’ Rights—when it Suits Them," June 23, 2017
Scholars Strategy Network, “How Congressional Lawmakers from Both Parties Preempt State Power to Achieve Partisan Goals," 2017
NCLC, “New Burdens but Few Benefits: An Examination of the Bankruptcy Counseling and Education Requirements in Massachusetts” 2007
Select print mentions/interviews
Reuters, “US consumer watchdog cases in limbo following agency's idling,” 2.10.25
Salon, “Your government slashed consumer protections. Now what?,” 3.6.25
The Banker, “Culture wars are consuming the CFPB’s consumer mission…,” 10.13.25
Nerd Wallet, “What’s at Stake if the CFPB Goes Dark?,” 7.28.25
BBC, “‘It’s a mess—Left in limbo by US student loan logjam,” 9.29.24
Duke News, “Expert Available to Comment on SCOTUS Ruling in CFPB…," 5.16.24
USA Today, “Biden is forgiving millions in student loans…," 1.6.24 [shared in 40+ additional outlets
ABC News, “Supreme Court hears heated debate over CFPB," 10.3.2023 [shared in 25+ additional outlets]
Duke News, “SCOTUS Challenge Threatens CFPB’s Future," 2023
Ricochet, “Tenant Unions could be the Solution to Fight Rising Rents," 11.28.22
The Straits Times, “Biden's student debt relief could boost Democrats...," 8.25.22
Duke News, “Loan Relief Could Change Lives, But Also Could Have Been Bigger, Expert Says,” 8.24.22
Cornell Chronicle, “Tenant groups build power in marginalized communities," 3.1.22
Inside Higher Ed, “Fostering an Inclusive Classroom," 8.5.20
Chronicle of Higher Education, “How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive,” 7.22.20
Philadelphia Inquirer, “What we can learn from low PA primary election turnout," 5.21.18