Spring 2021
Volume 13 | Issue 1
![Back to School](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/back-to-school-360x360.jpg)
After 25 years of shepherd leadership at Pepperdine, Rick R. Marrs makes a long-awaited return to teaching and his own scholarship
![The Color of Money](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/the-color-of-money-360x360.jpg)
Alumni and faculty illuminate the persistent inequality that has suppressed economic opportunity for historically marginalized groups
Articles
![Their Day in Court](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/their-day-in-court-360x360.jpg)
Across the developing world, the Sudreau Global Justice Institute at the Caruso School of Law is creating solutions for some of the most pressing problems in the criminal justice system
![Team USA](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/team-usa-360x360.jpg)
In his latest book, Pulitzer Prize–winning professor Edward J. Larson examines the unexpected and unlikely—yet highly functional—partnership between two of America’s most notable founding fathers
![Catching the Drift](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/catching-drift-360x360.jpg)
On the path toward a career in ministry, two graduate students seek to uncover why so many young adults have become disconnected from church communities
![Wright's Waves](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/wrights-waves-360x360.jpg)
Renowned (and beloved!) coach and athletic director Wayne Wright (MA ’66) blessed Pepperdine Athletics with a rare and lasting culture of fellowship
![Road of Recovery](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/road-of-recovery-360x360.jpg)
To share the healing journeys of COVID-19 survivors, alumna Morgana Wingard (’05) is on a ride of her own throughout the entire country
![Net Worth](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/net-worth-360x360.jpg)
NBA executive Rich Cho (JD ’97) reflects on his nearly three-decade career in professional basketball
![Beyond the 'Bu](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/beyond-bu-360x360.jpg)
Away from the classroom and their typical learning environment, students engage in scientific research in their own backyards
![Reality Check](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/spring-2021/the-cut-360x360.jpg)
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Editorial
Inside Voices
As a child going through leukemia, I experienced joy. As a spouse, mother, and professor experiencing cancer, I experience joy.