209 Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200
Phone: 573-884-1633
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MICHAEL J. GRINFELD, associate professor of journalism, studies media effects on conflict and dispute resolution processes. He teaches courses in writing, journalism and conflict, and media, law and the courts. Grinfeld is also an adjunct associate professor at the MU School of Law, and a senior fellow at its Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, where he collaborates on projects relating to media and conflict/dispute resolution issues. Emphasizing topics in law and medicine, Grinfeld is currently a contributing editor for California Lawyer and Psychiatric Times magazines. His work has also appeared in other magazines, including House Counsel, Global Journalist, Medicine & Behavior, Parenting, Healthcare Business, Geriatric Times, and the Forensic Echo. Before coming to the MU School of Journalism in 2001, he was a reporter with the Los Angeles Daily Journal, covering the courts in Orange County, Calif. and writing on a broad range of other law-related topics. Prior to turning to journalism, Grinfeld was a lawyer for 16 years, specializing in civil litigation. He is a former vice president of claims litigation for Los Angeles-based insurer Farmers Group, Inc.
