Robert J. Lopez is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and communications expert with extensive experience operating in fast-changing, deadline environments. He is currently the associate vice president for communications and public affairs at California State University, Los Angeles. Prior to that, he was a journalist who helped produce award-winning investigative and multimedia projects for the Los Angeles Times, where he worked for 22 years. He has taught social media classes for reporters, students and academics in the United States, South America, the Caribbean and Middle East.