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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press
April 2022

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

Biology
Rachel Canalichio spoke to The Weather Channel about D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.
Arnaud Martin spoke to Mountain Broadcasting’s “Science Now” about his research on how butterfly wings take shape.

East Asian Languages and Literatures
Young-Key Kim-Renaud was quoted by Japan’s Kyodo News Agency in the article “Ukraine woes may cement North Korea’s resolve to hang on nuclear arsenal.”

Economics
Diana Furchtgott-Roth was quoted by Business Insider in the article “Nearly a third of the world’s diamonds come from Russia, but Biden’s ‘severe’ sanctions on state-backed mining giant Alrosa have yet to dent the $79 billion industry;” by WJLA-ABC7 in the article “High gas prices may lead to higher food prices at grocery stores and restaurants”; and by HuffPost in the article “Democrats Blame Oil and Gas Companies for Driving Up Gas Prices.” She authored the articles “America Needs to Pump More Oil” and “Fight Inflation by Reducing Infrastructure Costs” for Forbes. She spoke to BNN Bloomberg, Canada National about inflation.
Steven Hamilton spoke to CNN about companies cutting ties with Russia. He was quoted by Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald in the article “Russian oligarchs with Queensland holdings now facing sanctions.”
Albert Keidel was quoted by China’s Xinhua News Agency in the article “Interview: China’s economy posts healthy recovery, solid macro fundamentals, says economist.”
Annamaria Lusardi was quoted by Financial Times in the article “Seven things women need to know about money.”
Michael Moore was quoted by NBC News in the article “Businesses worldwide are cutting off Russian trade” and by Al Jazeera in the article “From McDonalds to TikTok, why are big brands bailing on Russia?”
Tara Sinclair was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “How the Pandemic Broke Silicon Valley’s Stranglehold on Tech Jobs” and by the Washington Examiner in the article “COVID-19 outbreak in China threatens to make inflation even worse.”
Joann Weiner spoke to Marketplace about the impact of soaring oil prices.

English
Jung Yun appeared on South Dakota Public Radio in the segment “Author Jung Yun's evocative exploration of the Bakken oil boom."

Geography
Ginger Allington was mentioned by Nasa Applied Sciences in the article “Celebrating Women’s History Month: Six Women in Science that Make our World Go Round.”

History
Michan Connor was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “Georgia cityhood push divides: White flight or sel-rule?”
James G. Hershberg was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “In Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cold War echoes reverberate.” He was featured by BBC World in the article “Putin's action is so irrational that it goes beyond what happened during the Cold War."

Media and Public Affairs
Sean Aday was quoted by The New Republic in the article “Are These Satellite Images War Propaganda?”
Imani M. Cheers spoke to Black News Channel about the allocation of resources and race.
Peter Loge was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “Is Emmanuel Macron Trying to Dress Like Volodymyr Zelensky?” and by Forbes in the article “Biden Administration’s New Website Features Information And Resources To Combat Covid Crisis.”
Barrett Holmes Pitner spoke to Black News Channel about the UN voting to demand Russia to stop war.
Thomas Shanker appeared on Middlebury Institute of International Studies in the segment "Perestroika to Putin: How the U.S.-Russia Relationship Became So Dangerous."
Megan Stack spoke to MSNBC about the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Museum Studies
Suse Anderson was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Museums Are Cashing in on NFTs.”

Political Science
Sarah Binder was quoted by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution in the article “Opinion: Marjorie Taylor Greene takes the easy way out” and by Bloomberg in the article “What Senate’s 50-50 Split Means for Biden Supreme Court Pick.” She spoke to NPR’s “Throughline” in the segment “Pirates of the Senate” and Bloomberg Radio about the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to a key Federal Reserve post.
Richard Chasdi appeared on Sky News Arabia to talk about the Ukraine crisis.
Alexander Downes was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Aiming to control Ukraine, Russia risks quagmire of foreign regime change”; by Los Angeles Times in the article “Ukraine wants a no-fly zone. Why do the U.S. and NATO reject the idea?”; by Canada’s Globe and Mail in the article “U.S. lawmakers to prod reluctant Biden administration to facilitate plane transfers to Ukraine”; by Aljazeera in the article “Has Russia’s offensive really ‘stalled on all fronts’ in Ukraine?” He authored the article “Putin’s war against Ukrainian civilians is not new –– nor will it work,” for The Hill. He had previous comments mentioned by Business Insider in the article “4 ways the war between Russia and Ukraine is likeliest to end.”
Samuel Goldman had comments quoted by The New York Times in the article “Putin’s Getting Sanctioned, but Russia’s Getting Canceled.”
Henry Hale was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “How ‘Z’ became a symbol for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” and by CNN in the article “What the second month of war in Ukraine may bring.”
John Logsdon was quoted by The Daily Beast in the article “NASA and Russia Seem to Be Barreling Toward a Messy Breakup”; by Vox in the article “The International Space Station isn’t above global politics”; by Popular Science in the article “Inside NASA’s messy plan to return to the moon by 2024”; by The Associated Press in the article “U.S. astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensions” and by Fortune in the article “How the Ukraine War has restarted the Space Race between Russia and the rest of the world.”
Kimberly J. Morgan had her research quoted by The Washington Post in the article “We say we love kids and families. Our policies prove the opposite.”
Harris Mylonas co-authored the article “Putin’s warning about Russian ‘fifth columns’ has a long, sordid lineage,” for The Washington Post.
David Szakonyi was quoted by The Washington Post in the articles “Russian oligarchs have donated millions to U.S. charities, museums and universities, analysis shows” and “The low-profile, high-powered race to free WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody” and by Forbes in the article “Sanctions of Russian Fund Show Dashed Hope Of Moscow’s Cooperation With Democrats.”
Christopher Warshaw was quoted by The Kansas City Star in the article “In Kansas, a ‘mountain of evidence’ promised to prove gerrymandering of congressional map.”

Public Policy and Public Administration
Leah Brooks was mentioned by Washington Business Journal in the article “D.C. struggled to compete before the pandemic. A new research group is studying how covid changed that.”
Robert Weiner spoke to Aljazeera in the segment “US bans Russian oil: What is next for oil and gas prices?” and to WUSA-CBS9 about the increase in oil revenue from 2020 to 2021. He was quoted by WUSA-CBS9 in the article “Here’s how much oil the US produced in the last decade.”

Religion
Robert Tuttle was quoted by The Washington Times in the article “School district lawyers ask Supreme Court to dismiss lawsuit from coach who prayed of field.”

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Yvonne Captain appeared on the Grio Digital Magazine in “New wave of Black women immortalized in American culture.”

Sociology
Daina Eglitis co-authored the article “A Fearsome Precedent” for Transitions.
Hiromi Ishizawa had her study mentioned by The Hill in the article “Amazon awards $82M in loans for affordable housing near Metro stops.”
Michelle Kelso was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “As Ukraine War Intensifies, some Russian speakers far from Moscow are feeling hostility.” She co-authored the article “A Fearsome Precedent” for Transitions.

University Writing
Jameta Nicole Barlow appeared on the What They Don’t Tell You About Being A Survivor podcast in the episode “Structural Causes of Trauma and Black Women.”
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