FGP
February 2017

Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during January are the following individuals:

 

American Studies

Elisabeth Anker spoke to France24 about Fire and Fury and appeared on three Al Jazeera segments (to view segments, click on 1, 2, or 3).

Melani McAlister was quoted by Gulf Times in the article “Meet mulls Arab Spring, ‘De-Centering of American Studies’.”

Anthropology

Chet Sherwood was featured in the National Geographic Magazine article “Think ‘Birdbrain’ Is an Insult? Think Again.”

Bernard Wood co-authored the article “The origin of ‘us’: what we know so far about where we humans come from” for The Conversation. He was quoted by Nature in the article “Controversial femur could belong to ancient human relative.”

Art Therapy

Donna Betts was interviewed on Autism Live for the segment “Let’s Talk Autism.” 

Arts & Design 

Kei Takei was featured by The New York Times in the article “Listening to Stones, Leaves, and Bamboo.”

Biology

Arnaud Martin was cited in the Science360 video “Secrets of butterfly wings revealed!

Chemistry

Erik Rodriguez’s painting was featured by Chemical & Engineering News in the article “Chemistry in Pictures: Brilliant bacteria.”

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

Economics 

Steven Suranovic authored “Is China Really an Unfair Trader?” for China’s World and “Is Trump’s China trade dialogue unraveling?” for Aspenia Online

Forensic Sciences

History

Allida Black co-authored the article “Africa’s First Elected Woman President Has Transformed Liberia” for Newsweek

James G. Hershberg authored the article “Charting a different course in the Vietnam War to fewer deaths and a better end” for The Washington Post

Benjamin Hopkins was featured by The Nation in the article “Fatima Jinnah the trail blazer.”

Dane Kennedy was featured in a discussion at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association that aired on C-SPAN3

Andrew Zimmerman was quoted by The New Yorker in the article “The Troubling Origins of the Skeletons in a New York Museum.”
Leo Ribuffo was quoted by Politico Magazine in the article “Was 2017 the Craziest Year in U.S. Political History?

Media and Public Affairs

Imani M. Cheers spoke to CTV News Channel (Canada) about President Trump’s comments about immigration.

Dante Chinni authored the NBC News article "Long before 2018 votes, retirements make GOP map tougher" and was featured by the GW Hatchet in “SMPA professor receives grant to study political ‘bubbles’ dividing U.S.” 

Michael Doyle authored the article “U.S. Interior Department to put academic, nonprofit grants through political review.”

David Karpf was quoted by Quartz in "Why Are There No Good Movies About Climate Change?" and Wired in “Don’t Blame Social Media for Celebrity Politicians. Blame Everyone.” 

Steven Livingston had his research on the CNN Effect mentioned in the The Washington Post article “The Fox News Effect.”

Peter Loge authored the article “Democrats should bring us together and revive our faith in civil religion” in The Hill.

Hugh Panero was quoted in The Washington Post article "Discovery's departure is 'shot across the bow' for Silver Spring, state and region."

Ethan Porter joined the "You Are Not So Smart" podcast for the episode “The Backfire Effect - Part Four” and his research was mentioned by The Washington Post in “What happened to the State of the Union address? Originally, it helped the president and Congress deliberate,” Slate in “LOL Something Matters” and by Nieman Lab in “Maybe the science and psychology of 'post-truth' can’t explain this moment at all.”
Steven Roberts spoke to WTOP-FM about President Trump’s State of the Union address.

Frank Sesno spoke to “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” about President Trump’s relationship with the media and was quoted by CNN in “Fact-checking Michael Wolff,” The Washington Post in “The Stephen Miller dilemma,” The Associated Press in the article “Pundits fight the urge to stay away from 'presidential,'’’ Politico in “Media outlets struggle to assign blame for shutdown" and Sinclair Broadcast Group in "As some reporters declare Trump racist, journalism experts urge caution."

Janet Steele received media attention for her recent lectures in Jamaica and Indonesia in The Jamaica Gleaner, Republika (Indonesia), Serambi FM (Indonesia), Acehkita (Indonesia) and Media Aceh (Indonesia).

Nikki Usher was quoted by The Guardian in “Pod Save America: 'it boys' of podcasting take their brand of lefty politics global.”

Physics 

Andrei Afanasev’s research was mentioned by Physics Today in the article “Atomic absorption of twisted light.”

Larry Medsker was quoted by WJLA-ABC 7 in the article “Spotlight on Education: Educational grant helps prepare STEM majors to teach.”

Political Science

Celeste Arrington authored the article “South Korea ended its review of its ‘comfort women’ deal with Japan. Here’s what you need to know” for The Washington Post. She was quoted by The Irish Times in the article “Seoul wants Olympic momentum to lead to US-North Korea talks.”

Steven Balla spoke to American Public Media’s Marketplace about the impact of public comments on proposed regulations.

Stephen Biddle was quoted by CNBC in the article “Trump's State of the Union is likely to provide 'forceful' warning about North Korea threat, seek more US defense spending” and by The Washington Diplomat in “Despite Bumpy First Year, National Security Advisor Leaves Imprint on White House.”

Sarah Binder authored the article “This is what Orrin G. Hatch’s retirement means for the Senate” and co-authored the article “Four takeaways from the short-lived shutdown” for The Washington Post. She was quoted in articles by Vox (“Who’s actually to blame for the looming government shutdown, explained,” “Janet Yellen, the first woman Fed chair, proved the skeptics wrong and got fired anyway," “The “Hastert Rule,” the reason a DACA deal could fail in the House, explained,” and “Trump is replacing Janet Yellen, the woman responsible for the economy he’s so proud of”), The Washington Post (“It’s time for Democrats to take this drastic step on Trump and Russia” and “Congress can easily avoid shutdowns. Here’s why it doesn’t”), The Christian Science Monitor (“What makes immigration deals so hard”) and USA Today (“Congress solved the shutdown but deep spending and immigration disputes remain. What now?”). She spoke to American Public Media’s “Marketplace” about outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

Michael E. Brown was quoted by The Straits Times in the article “Countries are questioning America's international commitment under Trump: Foreign policy dons.”

Henry Farrell authored the article “American Democracy Is an Easy Target” for Foreign Policy

Danny Hayes authored the articles “White voters are moving to the South — and making it more Democratic” and “A year after the Women’s March, a record number of women are running for office. Will they win?” for The Washington Post

Stephen Kaplan authored the article “China is investing seriously in Latin America. Should you worry?” for The Washington Post. He was featured China’s Xinhua News Agency article “China is no threat to liberal economic order: expert.”

Marc Lynch co-authored the article “Why it won’t be easy to resolve Yemen’s many wars” for The Washington Post

Elizabeth Saunders authored the articles “Why nuclear war with North Korea is less likely than you think” and "President Trump talked tough on North Korea in the State of the Union. Here’s where things stand" for The Washington Post. She spoke to KUOW-FM’s (Seattle) The Record about nuclear tensions with North Korea. She was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “North Korea: Why 'battle of the nuclear buttons' is likely overblown.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in the article “China’s ‘Long Arm’” and by Foreign Affairs in “How Sharp Power Threatens Soft Power.”

John Sides authored the article “The odds are still against a deal to legalize DACA” for The Washington Post. He was quoted by Vox in the articles “The complicated calculus as Democrats debate whether to shut down the government” and “Activists got Democrats to shut down the government. Can they do it again?”; by Inside Higher Ed in “The Evolution of the ‘Monkey Cage’”; and by McClatchy Newspapers in “Conservatives at Koch gathering worry economy won’t be enough in 2018.” 

David Szakonyi was quoted by Vice in the article “Why Putin Is Probably Not Worried About Russia’s Latest Opposition Protests.”

Christopher Warshaw was quoted by ABC News (Australia) in the article “Grassroots Democrats helping the left wrestle back power in the United States.” His research was cited by The Weekly Standard in the article “As Goes Trump, So Goes the GOP.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures 

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni spoke to WTTG-Fox 5’s “News @ 6:30’’ and to NewsChannel 8 about nuclear tensions with North Korea. 

Gregory Squires was featured in The Nation article “Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul.”

Ronald Weitzer was quoted by The Crime Report in the article “A More Critical Media Boosts Police Reform, says Study.”

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Twitter Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube
Subscribe to our email list.