April 2023

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

Gayle Wald was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “‘Shout Sister Shout!’ celebrates the legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.’’

David Braun spoke to NPR in the segment “Stone flakes made by modern monkeys trigger big questions about early humans.’’

Lauren Onkey was featued by The Georgetowner in the article “2023 Cultural Power Breakfast Now at Four Seasons! Meet New Corcoran Director Lauren Onkey, March 23.’’ She was quoted by The Georgetowner in the article “Cultural Power Breakfast: GWU’s Corcoran: ‘A Very Different School.’’’

Catherine Forster spoke to the Middle East Broadcasting Network to discuss the geological basis for the earthquakes in southern Turkey.

Christopher Rollston was quoted by Times of Israel in the article “Too-good-to-be-true Darius ostracon mix-up teaches a public lesson etched in pottery” and by Biblical Archaeology Society in the article “The Darius Ostracon: From Real to Fake.”

Diana Furchtgott-Roth was quoted by CNBC in the articles “Here’s what the Federal Reserve’s 25 basis point interest rate hike means for your money” and “Will the banking crisis cause a recession? It may depend on the ‘wealth effect,’ economist says.’’

A study co-authored by Steven Hamilton was mentioned by Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald in the article “Australians drained $38 billion of their super in the pandemic. Here’s what they spent it on’’ and in the editorial “Dip into superannuation while COVID raged must remain one-time fix.’’

Annamaria Lusardi was quoted by Fox News in the article ”Americans with poor longevity literacy at greater risk of outliving retirement savings: Survey.’’ She spoke to KCBS-AM, San Francisco about financial literacy for students.

Pao-Lin Tien was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Bank stocks rebound, but crisis makes the Fed’s next move harder’’ and by Sinclair Broadcast Group in the article “Biden says no bailouts for SVB, Signature Bank; critics argue customers will pay the price.”

Joann Weiner spoke to CNN Newsource about managing during a “rolling recession.’’

Jung Yun’s novel O Beautiful was mentioned by The New York Times in the article “6 Paperback Books to Read This Week.”

Aaron Bateman was quoted by The Daily Beast in the article “America Is Risking Total Chaos in a Space War With China and Russia.’’

Denver Brunsman was interviewed by Think Table about Alexander Hamilton. He was quoted by The New York Times in the article “George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’.”

Gema Kloppe-Santamaría was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Costa Rica, laid-back land of ‘pura vida,’ succumbing to drug violence.’’ 

Shawn McHale was quoted by Los Angeles Times in the article ”News Analysis: Vietnam and Afghanistan: America’s two longest wars, with very different lasting impacts.’’

Timothy Shenk was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in the article “What Higher Education Can Learn From a Public Charity Hospital.’’

Jesse Holland authored the article “Biden should defend Black cities having their power stripped by white outsiders’’ for MSNBC.

David Karpf was quoted by Deseret News in the article “How could ChatGPT and artificial intelligence change politics?’’ He spoke to WXXI’s “Connections with Evan Dawson’’ in the segment “Exploring the "reverse Scooby-Doo" theory of tech innovation.’’

Peter Loge was quoted by The Hill in the article “Trump-Fox relationship takes warmer turn with Hannity interview’’ and by AL.com in the article “Rise of the Chatbot: Alabama lawmakers confront questions about artificial intelligence.”

Ethan Porter was mentioned by Holland (Michigan) Sentinel in the article “Citizens' Climate Lobby: Are you a consumer citizen?’’

Steven Roberts authored the book review “Vietnam’s toxic legacy continues, and Agent Orange looms large’’ for The Washington Post. He authored the articles “Steven V. Roberts: Pay now or pay later” for Sierra Vista Herald; “Steven Roberts: Plunging over the hunger cliff” for Northwest Georgia News; “Steven V. Roberts: A threat to every journalist” for Herald Review; and “Plunging over the hunger cliff” for Ukiah Daily Journal.

Frank Sesno spoke to Canada’s CBC News Network about the Trump indictment.

Thomas Shanker was mentioned by Kirkus Reviews in a review of his upcoming book “Age of Danger.”

Sarah Binder spoke to NPR’s “All Things Considered’’ in the segment “President Biden is expected to soon use his veto authority for the first time.’’ She was quoted by Newsweek in the article “Feinstein, Fetterman Hospitalizations Could Spell Trouble for Democrats’’ and by The Washington Times in the article “Washington pundits proved wrong when House GOP unites, scores wins after chaotic speaker’s election.’’ She was quoted by NPR in the article “Biden has vetoed his first bill. Here’s how that compares to other presidents.’’

Jeffrey Ding was quoted by Aljazeera in the article “China wants AI to rival ChatGPT. Censorship makes that tricky’’ and by Wired in the article “China’s ChatGPT Black Market Is Thriving.’’  

Harvey Feigenbaum spoke to Hearst TV about US-Canada immigration.

John Logsdon was quoted by Fast Company in the article “Here’s how NASA plans to replace the International Space Station—by becoming a private company’s tenant.’’

David Shambaugh was quoted by Foreign Policy in the article “China Is Tweaking Its Propaganda for African Audiences.’’

Leah Brooks spoke to KYW-CBS3, Philadelphia about changes to Washington DC’ s Chinatown.

Joseph Cordes was quoted by Spectrum News 1 in the article “Florida lawmakers divided over Biden's budget plan.”

Scott Pace was quoted by The Peninsula in the article “South Korean Objectives in the Final Frontier.”

Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by Washington Monthly in the article “The Sorry State of Maternal Health Care in America—And Signs of Hope’’ and by The Hill in the article “Why millions of people could lose Medicaid next month.’’

Bridget Dooling was quoted by MarketWatch in the article “Republicans are trying to block student debt relief in Congress. Borrowers should pay more attention to the Supreme Court’’ and Business Insider in the article “The GOP just tried the fast-track route to block Biden's student-debt relief. Here's why it probably won't work.”

Susan Dudley was quoted by The Washington Times in the article “On deregulation, Biden would be wise to emulate Carter administration.’’ She authored the article “The Diminishing Returns Of Tighter Fine Particle Standards” for Forbes.

Brittany Dernberger authored the article “Women can’t lean in to fix structural pay gaps’’ for The Hill.

Jameta Nicole Barlow appeared on SiriusXM Urban View Channel 126’s Dr. Robin Show to discuss Women's History Month. She authored the article “We need a new approach to Black mental health” for KevinMD.

Gordon Mantler authored the article “Chicago’s mayoral election feels like 1983 all over again — but it isn’t” for The Washington Post. He was mentioned by the Chicago Sun-Times in the article “Like Harold Washington, new mayor should build a diverse coalition to move Chicago forward.”

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