FGP
November 2018

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

 

Anthropology 

Nicole Malli was featured in the BBC article “Cape Town’s slave ship secret.”

Arts & Design 

Biology

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures 

Economics

English

Forensic Sciences

Mathematics 

Media and Public Affairs

Emma Briant authored the article “Our governments share responsibility for the Cambridge Analytica crisis… and here’s how they should fix it” for openDemocracy.

Imani M. Cheers spoke to CTV News Network, Canada National, about Kanye West’s comments at the White House.

Dante Chinni was quoted by WRC-Washington in the article “Jaffe Report: Comstock Fighting Political Riptide as Blue Wave Heads West.”

Trevor Davis authored the article “Clarence Thomas’s Wife is Sharing Fake News About the ‘Caravan’” for Medium. He was quoted in The Washington Post article “How a six-year-old photo of a bleeding policeman is being used to stoke fears about the migrant caravan.”

Matthew Hindman co-authored the report “Disinformation, ‘Fake News’ and Influence Campaigns on Twitter” which was cited by several media outlets, including The Washington Post, NPR, CBS News, Mic and The Washington Times.

David Karpf was quoted by the Los Angeles Times in the article “As even long-shot Democrats harvest huge numbers of campaign contributions, Republicans brace for an onslaught.” He spoke to Spectrum News about texts from political campaigns and about the legality of texting by political campaigns.

Peter Loge was interviewed on the podcast "Life As We Know It."

Jason Osder authored the International Documentary Association article “On Her Shoulders: The Making of an Activist.”
 
Ethan Porter was quoted in The Washington Post article “The New York Times revealed how Fred Trump funneled $413 million to his son Donald. Will that change American opinion?” and was cited in the Psychology Today article “Why People Ignore Facts.”

Frank Sesno joined CNN’s Reliable Sources and MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss media coverage of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation battle. He spoke to CNN Newsroom and HLN’s Across America to discuss President Trump’s comments on the investigation into pipe bombs sent to Democrats. He was quoted in The Washington Post article “The Kavanaugh confirmation fight is not a media story,” the USA Today article “Analysis: Not even suspected explosive devices in the mail prompt a ceasefire in politics” and the Yes! article "5 Ways New Movement Leaders Are Effecting Change."

Cheryl W. Thompson was featured in the “Chasing Corruption” Facebook video series and taped a segment at The Washington Post for the Canadian and U.K. television series Murder Wall.

Nikki Usher authored the article "Should We Still Cite the Scholarship of Serial Harassers and Sexists?" in the Chronicle of Higher Education and was cited in the Chronicle article “Academic Ethics: Should Scholars Avoid Citing the Work of Awful People?

Silvio Waisbord published The New York Times (Spanish edition) opinion piece "The Jamal Khashoggi case is a warning for journalism in Latin America.”

Political Science

Regulatory Studies Center

Bridget Dooling spoke to NPR’s Planet Money in the segment “Episode 870: Trump vs. Red Tape.”

Daniel R. Pérez was quoted by Bloomberg Government in the article “Trump Boasts of ‘Record’ Savings From Deregulation.”

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures 

Carliss Parker-Smith was quoted by 20 Minutes in the article “La méthode Booba, ou la mise en scène de soi en trois leçons.”

Philippa Rappoport was cited by Washington Post Express in the article “15 monster mashups even Halloween haters will love.”
Twitter Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube
Subscribe to our email list.