Marina Litvinsky

Marina Litvinsky is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication at UCLA's College of Social Sciences. She holds a PhD from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Her teaching portfolio includes argumentation, public speaking, international communication, media industries, and public relations.

Research examines community activism responses to gentrification, analyzing how media consumption patterns influence resistance strategies in urban environments. Her work engages diverse Los Angeles communities to document social and cultural impacts of neighborhood transformation, with methodological emphasis on qualitative approaches and community-centered research.