Media

I believe that my research should inform policy debates and promote positive reforms. To that end, I have worked to make my scholarship accessible to a broad audience and have been fortunate to share my findings in dozens of media outlets, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CBS News, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Bloomberg, the BBC, Yahoo Finance, and the Chicago Tribune

Sean Higgins, Lee and Romney back using the Congressional Review Act to Halt Student Loan Forgiveness, KUER: NPR Utah, Mar. 30, 2023
Dave & Dujanovic, SCOTUS to Decide on President Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan, KSL News Radio 102.7 FM, Dec. 6, 2022 (radio guest)
Gabriel T. Rubin, Biden Administration to Make It Easier to Dismiss Student Loans in Bankruptcy, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 17, 2022
Drew Schwartz, They Missed Student Loan Payments. Years Later, They’re Stuck in Credit Hell., Vice, Apr. 1, 2022
Bart Jansen, Bankruptcy Very Rarely Erases Student Loans. Even When it Does, the US Government has Put up a Fight, USA Today, Feb. 2, 2022
Herschel Nachlis, Kyle Thomson, Amy Park & Annika Begley, The Supreme Court Faces More Pandemic Questions This Term. Here Are 4 Takeaways from Last Year’s Rulings, The Washington Post, Sep. 25, 2021
Leslie Pappas, Student Debtors Notch Win in Fight to Wipe Out Debt in Bankruptcy, Bloomberg Law, July 20, 2021
Melissa Quinn, With Judicial Picks, Biden Seeks to Address Disparity in Legal Experience of Federal Judges, CBS News, June 23, 2021
Karen Sloan, 'There Is Greatness Across Law Schools': Biden's First Court Picks Venture Beyond the T-14, Law.com, Mar. 31, 2021
Heidi Rivera, Surprise! Filing for Bankruptcy Can Actually Wipe out Your Student Debt, Money, Feb. 18, 2021
Ron Lieber & Tara Siegel Bernard, For Millions Deep in Student Loan Debt, Bankruptcy Is No Easy Fix, The New York Times, Nov. 13, 2020
Leslie Pappas, Private Student Loan Debtors Win Limited Bankruptcy Reprieve, Bloomberg Law, Sep. 1, 2020
Kaitlin Mulhere, Getting Rid of Student Debt in Bankruptcy is Tough. A New App Wants to Change That, Money, Feb. 20, 2020
Aisha Al-Muslim, Top New York Bankruptcy Judge Pushes Mediation For Student Loans, Wall Street Journal, Jan. 28, 2020
Chris Arnold, Myth Busted: Turns Out Bankruptcy Can Wipe Out Student Loan Debt After All, NPR, Jan. 22, 2020 (podcast)
Karen Sloan, Law Grad's $221K Loan Discharge Has Bankruptcy Bar Buzzing, National Law Journal, Jan. 9, 2020
Drowning in Student Debt, NBC10 Philadelphia, Nov. 14, 2019 (television interview)
Jillian Berman, Class-Action Lawsuit against Student Loan Giant Brings Hope to Borrowers in Bankruptcy, MarketWatch, Apr. 9, 2018
Steve Rhode, Will You Finally Be Able to Get Rid of Your Student Loans in Bankruptcy?, Fox Business, Mar. 12, 2015
Betsy Mayotte, Debunking the Student Loan Bankruptcy Myth, U.S. News & World Report, August 13, 2014
Minda Zetlin, Should You Use Plastic to Pay Off Student Loans?, Fox Business, July 1, 2013
Anya Kamenetz, How to Get Student Loans Forgiven, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 12, 2013
American Bankruptcy Institute, Study on Student Loan Discharges and the Undue Hardship Standard, Dec. 4, 2012 (Audio interview with Professor Susan Hauser)

Natalie Sherman, Bankruptcy ‘Opportunity’ after Student Loan Crisis, BBC, Dec. 2, 2023
Dave & Dujanovic, Does President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Stand a Chance?, KSL News Radio 102.7 FM, Feb. 28, 2023
AirTalk with Larry Mantle, Where Does Student Loan Forgiveness Stand?, KPCC 89.3 FM, NPR News for Southern California, Nov. 21, 2022 (radio guest)
Alex Wolf, Navient Loses Student Loan Bankruptcy Battle But Long Fight Looms, Bloomberg Law, Nov. 2, 2022
Sheila Jackson Lee, A Black Woman Justice Is Long Overdue for America, The Hill, Mar. 22, 2022
Melissa Quinn, Supreme Court Search Highlights Calls for Educational Diversity on the Bench, CBS News, Feb. 8, 2022
Aarthi Swaminathan, Student Loans: Bipartisan Bankruptcy Reform Bill Proposes Alternative to Forgiveness Hope or Lifelong Debt, Yahoo Finance, Aug. 12, 2021
Aarthi Swaminathan, “Domino Effect”: Student Loan Giant Loses another Case over Private Debt discharge in Bankruptcy, Yahoo Finance, July 17, 2021
Cezary Podkul, The Young Lawyer Who Became the ‘Don Quixote’ of Canceling Student Debt, Business Insider, May 29, 2021
Aarthi Swaminathan, A Former Public Servant Became Her Own Lawyer and Won the Discharge of $41,000 in Student Loans, Yahoo Finance, Mar. 29, 2021
Erin Arvedlund, Biden’s Plan to Fix Student Loans Puts Spotlight on Debt Cancellation and Easier Bankruptcies, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 27, 2021
Aarthi Swaminathan, Student Loan Bankruptcy Gap: New Paper Aims to Bust ‘The Myth that Student Loans Are Not Dischargeable,’ Yahoo Finance, Nov. 12, 2020
Aarthi Swaminathan, ‘Problems happen’: Bankruptcy emerges as a viable option for U.S. student loan borrowers, Yahoo! Finance, May 9, 2020
Aarthi Swaminathan, New Startup Aims to Help Student Loan Borrowers Declare Bankruptcy, Yahoo! Finance, Feb. 12, 2020
Leigh Jones & Vanessa Blum, ‘It Was a Constant, Daily Stressor’: This Law Grad Got $221K in Student Loans Wiped Out. Who's Next?, Legal Speak, Jan. 24, 2020 (podcast)
Kathleen Struck, Student Debtor Forgiven $220,000 in School Loans, Voice of America, Jan. 17, 2020
Debra Cassens Weiss, Law Grad Wins Discharge of His Student Debt in Opinion Criticizing ‘Punitive Standards,’ ABA Journal, Jan. 9, 2020
Courtney Nagle, New Bankruptcy Rules Proposed for Student Debtors, U.S. News & World Report, July 18, 2018
Farran Powell, Discharge of Student Debt Possible During Bankruptcy, U.S. News & World Report, Apr. 27, 2016
Kara Brandeisky, Good News: There’s a New Way to Get Out from Under Student Debt, Money, Nov. 21, 2014
Patrick Clark, You Can Get Student Loans Forgiven in Bankruptcy, but It’s Far From Easy, Bloomberg Businessweek, May 6, 2014
Equal Justice Works, Bankruptcy Case Offers Hope for Student Borrowers, U.S. News & World Report, June 12, 2013
Anya Kamenetz, The Truth about Student Debt, The American Prospect, Jan. 23, 2013
Ron Lieber, Last Plea on School Loans: Proving a Hopeless Future, The N.Y. Times, Sep. 1, 2012, at A1

Tara Siegel Bernard, Discharging Student Debt in Bankruptcy is Supposed to be Easier than before, N.Y. Times, Aug. 9, 2023
Get Gephardt, Husband Sued for Deceased Wife’s Unpaid Medical Bill, KSL TV 5, Dec. 6, 2022 (TV interview)
Tara Siegel Bernard, Biden Administration Offers New Path to Discharging Student Debt in Bankruptcy, N.Y. Times, Nov. 17, 2022
Aarthi Swaminathan, Student Loan Companies ‘Abusing the Bankruptcy System’ Will Face Consequences: CFPB letter, Yahoo Finance, Apr. 7, 2022
Peter M. Shane, The Supreme Court Will Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Be Afraid., Washington Monthly, Feb. 8, 2022
Irina Ivanova, How One Woman Shed $350,000 in Student Loans — Without a Lawyer, CBS News, Sep. 28, 2021
Jillian Berman, The Cost of the Olympics’ ‘Runaway Arms Race’ and New Hope for Student Loan Borrowers in Bankruptcy, MarketWatch, July 23, 2021
Cezary Podkul, There Are More Ways to Cancel Your Student Debt Than You Might Think. Here Are Your Options, Business Insider, July 2, 2021
Hunter Woodall, Push to Expand Private Student Loan Relief after Death Clears U.S. House, Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 15, 2021
Aarthi Swaminathan, Medical School Graduate Sees Nearly All of His $440,000 in Student Loans Discharged, Yahoo Finance, Feb. 25, 2021
Aarthi Swaminathan, “The Bankruptcy System Is Broken” for Student Loan Borrowers, and Democrats Are Proposing a Reform Bill, Yahoo Finance, Dec. 9, 2020
Aarthi Swaminathan, Colorado Couple Sees $200,000 in Student Debt Discharged by Judge, Yahoo! Finance, Sep. 3, 2020
Emily Bazelon, How Will Trump’s Supreme Court Remake America?, N.Y. Times, Feb. 27, 2020
Jordan Crook, Reset Button Is Approaching Student Debt from a New Angle, TechCrunch, Feb. 12, 2020
Aarthi Swaminathan, Student Loan Servicer Appeals Landmark $220,000 Bankruptcy Ruling, Yahoo! Finance, Jan. 24, 2020
Aarthi Swaminathan, Navy Vet Who Won Watershed Student Loan Ruling Tells His Story, Yahoo! Finance, Jan. 12, 2020
Aisha Al-Muslim, Upending Bankruptcy ‘Myths,’ Judge Erases $220,000 Student Loan Debt, Wall Street Journal, Jan. 8, 2020
Diane Davis, Wells Fargo, Navient Fighting Student Loan Collection Claims, Bloomberg Law, June 29, 2018
Steve Rhode, Another Consumer Nukes Their Student Loans Through Bankruptcy, The Huffington Post, Jul. 31, 2015
Kim Clark, 8 Ways to Stop Student Loans From Ruining Your Life, Money, September 25, 2014.
Liz Weston, Bankrupt? How to Get Student Loan Debt Erased, Reuters, Mar. 3, 2014
Steve Rhode, 4 Out of 10 Actually Were Able to Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy – But Most Never Try, The Huffington Post, Jan. 7, 2013
Katy Stech, Grads Skirt Student Loans, The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 7, 2012, at B8
Ben Steverman, Student Loan Debt Leads to Despair – and Defaults, Bloomberg, Oct. 24, 2011