November 2022

Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during October were the following individuals:

Eric Cline was quoted by USA Today in the article “Fact check: References to Palestine are ancient; term didn't originate with Yasser Arafat.’’

Chet Sherwood was quoted by Smithsonian Magazine in the article “What an elephant’s brain reveals about its trunk.’’

Dana Tai Soon Burgess spoke to WTTG-Fox5 in the segment “Choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess talks performing, memoir.’’

John Lill spoke to WUSA-CBS9 about whether cold weather kills mosquitoes.

R. Alexander Pyron was quoted by Science in the article “Secrets of Tibet’s hot-spring snakes revealed.’’

Diana Furchtgott-Roth authored the column “If You Like Your Uber, Can You Keep Your Uber?” for Forbes.

Steven Hamilton spoke to Sky News Australia in the article “Disappointed': Labor had a 'long time' to devise a 'strategy.'’’

Jonathan Hsy was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Chaucer the Rapist? Newly Discovered Documents Suggest Not.”

Sylvia Jones authored two poems “Don Draper Demonstrates in his Clogs” and “Off the Backwoods’ Cherry” for the Cortland Review.

Alexa Alice Joubin was quoted by Agence France-Presse in the article “Why English audiences have the toughest time with Shakespeare’’ and by Nexstar Media Group in the article “New Anna May Wong quarter hailed as win for Asian American representation.’’

Jung Yun authored the book review “‘Which Side Are You On’ tells a story for and of our times” for The Washington Post.

Muriel Atkin was quoted by NBC News in the article “Griner faces difficult conditions at Russian penal colony, former prisoners and advocates say.’’

Denver Brunsman was featured on the Utterly Moderate podcast to discuss “The Life and Times of George Washington.”

Helena Andrews-Dyer was quoted by The New York Times in the article “In Defense of the Mom Group.’’

Jesse Holland authored the article “Ron DeSantis' voter fraud arrests aim to suppress Black votes’’ for MSNBC. He was quoted by The Daily Mississippian in the article “The power of perspective.”

David Karpf was quoted by CNN in the article “After Elon Musk’s antics on Twitter, advertisers may think twice for now’’ and by The Atlantic in the article “Democrats Keep Falling for ‘Superstar Losers’.’’

Steven Livingston spoke to Nexstar Media Group about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.

Peter Loge was quoted by Spectrum News in the article “Trump draws controversy for 'death wish' post about McConnell’’; by Forbes in the article “Lessons From The National Women’s Soccer League Crisis’; and by The Hill in the article “DeSantis steps up attacks on media.’’ He spoke to Spectrum News about transgender rights as an issue in the midterm election. He was quoted by the Los Angeles Times in the article “Column: Overt racism and antisemitism have become part of our political discourse. How did that happen?’’

Ethan Porter was quoted by WPLN-FM, Nashville in the article “Why Tennessee Republicans are dodging debates and ghosting their opponents this election.’’

Steven Roberts authored the book review “From the World Series, tales of heroes, luck and heartbreak’’ for The Washington Post, the article “Steven V. Roberts: Appreciating a consoler-in-chief” for the Herald Review, and the column “Steven Roberts: An unsurprising October surprise” for the Walker County Messenger.

Thomas Shanker appeared on the The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute’s podcast in the episode “The New Cold War With Putin.”

Frank Sesno spoke to NewsNation about the value of newspaper endorsements.

Rebekah Tromble was quoted by Agence France-Presse in the article “Hackers, abusers and regulators may vex Musk at Twitter.’’

David Costanza was quoted by Slate in the article “Wait, What Is Really Up With Gen X’s Politics?’’

Neil Johnson’s research was featured by Los Angeles Times in the article “Coronavirus Today: How COVID lies spread on Facebook.’’ He was quoted by The Washington Times in the article “Measles, polio reemerge in U.S. as COVID-19 vaccine uproar supercharges anti-vaxx movement’’ and by STAT in the article “Twitter has spent years trying to combat health misinformation. Will Musk’s takeover make that harder?’’

Sarah Binder was quoted by The New York Times in the article “No, That Democrat Didn’t Vote ‘100% of the Time’ With Nancy Pelosi’’ and by Bloomberg in the article “Fed’s Low Political Profile at Risk With Job Losses Set to Rise.’’

Richard Chasdi appeared on Al Araby TV to speak about the Israel-Lebanon pipeline. He was quoted by Asharq News in an article discussing the Women’s March for abortion rights in Washington, DC.

Bruce Dickson was quoted by Aljazeera in the article “Xi ‘firmly in charge’ as rivals fall in China anti-graft campaign’’ and by Voice of America in the article “Analysts Discuss China Coup That Wasn't.’’

Samuel Goldman spoke to MSNBC about the similarities between US and South American politics. He authored the article “Perspective: How Orthodox Jewish schools came to the front of the religious freedom conversation’’ for Deseret News. 

Danny Hayes was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “Once key, US newspaper editorial endorsements fade away.’’ 

Marc Lynch was quoted by Germany’s Deutsche Welle in the article “Oil, the US or Russia: Whose side is Saudi Arabia really on?’’

Harris Mylonas appeared on Canada’s public radio (CBC) in The Nature of Nationalism podcast and a Tedx Talk titled “Nation-Building: Past, Present, and Future.”

Andrew Thompson was quoted by USA Today in the article “Republicans silent as Tuberville's racist remarks on reparations spark outrage.’’

Christopher Warshaw co-authored the article “How Black and Latino people did in this last round of redistricting’’ for The Washington Post. He was quoted by Barron’s in the article “California Is Pushing a Major Progressive Agenda. Will It Work?’’ and by Governing in the article “Should Local Elections Become Openly Partisan?’’

Lara Sheehi appeared in Jewish Currents Magazine Online in the video “Psychoanalysis and the Future of the Clinic.” She was quoted by Jewish Currents Magazine in the article “The Political Unconscious: Is psychoanalysis in Israel/Palestine doomed to reinforce the dynamics of the occupation?”

Joseph Cordes spoke to Nexstar Media Group about next year’s Social Security cost of living adjustment.

Scott Pace spoke to Space Watch Global in the podcast episode “Space Cafè Radio – on tour in Prague – with Scott Pace.”

Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by Bloomberg Law in the article “Biden Hands Pandemic Policy Opponents Leg Up in Legal Dispute’’; by Indianapolis Star in the article “Marion County agency wants SCOTUS to strip protections for millions of vulnerable Americans”; and by Kaiser Health News in the article “Hospital Investigated for Allegedly Denying an Emergency Abortion After Patient’s Water Broke.”

Robert Weiner was quoted by Sinclair Broadcast Group in the article “US reportedly considers easing sanctions against Venezuela following OPEC+ announcement.’’

Jameta Nicole Barlow was quoted by NPR in the article “Health department medical detectives find 84% of U.S. maternal deaths are preventable” and KHN: Kaiser Health News in the article “‘Fourth Trimester’ Focus Is Pushed to Prevent Maternal Deaths.”

Cayo Gamber was quoted by the Wall Street Journal in the article “Why Barbie Fashion Is the Exhilarating Trend We Need Right Now.”

Michael Svoboda was quoted by BBC in the article “The Climate Films Shaping Society.” He authored the article “Hope and action: The mission of Patagonia Books” for Yale Climate Connections.

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