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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press

February 2019

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

Anthropology

Sean Roberts was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “Xinjiang: Beijing’s chilling attempt to erase and replace Uyghur identity” and by South China Morning Post in the article “US lawmakers nominate jailed Uygur Ilham Tohti for Nobel Peace Prize, seeking global pressure on China.”

East Asian Languages and Literatures

Hongyuan Dong spoke to NPR's All Things Considered for the segment "Chinese, Taiwanese Restaurants Drop 'Golden' and 'Dragon' To Take on Mandarin names."

Economics

Albert Keidel was quoted by China's Xinhua News Agency in the article "More investment opportunities for foreign firms in China 2019."

Michael Moore was quoted by NBC News in the articles "Dow closes down 660 points after Apple's shock warning sends tremors through markets" and "Economic growth for the world's two largest economies hangs in the balance of U.S.-China trade talks."

Tara Sinclair was quoted by The New York Times in the article "Government Shutdown Is Over, So Where Is the Economic Data?"

Joann Weiner spoke to Marketplace about "gender lens" investing.

History

Gregg Brazinsky was quoted in The Nation in the article "US-North Korea Talks Are Moving Decisively to the Diplomatic Phase."

Benjamin Hopkins was quoted by USA Today in the article "US-Taliban deal may be close, but future of Afghanistan remains bleak."

Media and Public Affairs

Emma Briant was featured in the Open Democracy article "The ruling class that drove Brexit."

Imani M. Cheers appeared on CGTN America for a segment on the current trend of social media influencers

Dante Chinni co-authored the NBC News article "Shutdown Effects: Economic hardship far from D.C."

Kimberly Gross and John Sides co-authored the article "No wonder there's a shutdown: New poll shows how much Republicans and Democrats really disagree on immigration" for The Washington Post.

Matthew Hindman was quoted by The Washington Post in the article "How anonymous tweets helped ignite a national controversy over MAGA hat teens" and by Time in "The Viral Lincoln Memorial Confrontation Shows We're Ill-Equipped to Deal With Online Disinformation."

Ethan Porter was interviewed by Al Jazeera for the segment "Viral standoff between a Native Elder and teenager." His research was cited by The New York Times in the article "Why Do People Fall For Fake News?" and by Wired in "Trump's Immigration Speech Won't Change Minds, Science Says."

Steven Roberts authored the article "Bethesda Interview: Elisabeth Bumiller" for Bethesda Magazine.

Frank Sesno appeared on CNN’s Smerconish for the segment “Did media drive Trump's border wall backflip”; on the ABC (Australia) broadcast PM with Linda Mottram for the segment “TV networks made the right call on airing Trump’s speech: Frank Sesno”; on the Bayer Strategic Consulting podcast When Science Speaks; and on CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin to discuss what happens when the White House press secretary loses credibility. He was quoted by The Atlantic in the article “There's No Winning for the Networks”; by Politico in “New Democratic kingmaker: Ratings surge positions Maddow to boost favorite candidates”; by the Sinclair Broadcast Group in “Coverage of Trump's Christmas visit to Iraq ignites war with the media”; by Variety in “Major Networks Decide to Carry Trump's Primetime Border Security Speech”; and by CNN in “Cable news networks air Trump's comments in real-time. But should they?” He was featured in The Washington Post article “10 things to do in the D.C. area this week.”

Nikki Usher was quoted in The Washington Post article "Facebook follows Google with funds to support journalism" and the Nieman Journalism Lab article "Showing your work, reflecting your audience, and using the right tools: Some 2019 predictions about trust and transparency." She was featured in the Journalists are My Heroes podcast episode "3 Sins for National Media to Avoid in 2019."

Organizational Sciences and Communication

David Costanza was quoted by The Washington Post in the article "The furlough is terrible for workers – even when they are back on the job."

Political Science

Sarah Binder spoke to BBC World Service about the partial government shutdown and to C-SPAN3 about the federal government and public opinion. She was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “What will it take to end the shutdown? Watch these three things,” by The Christian Science Monitor in “With no deal in sight, shutdown reveals depth of ‘trust deficit',” by The Wall Street Journal in “Trump Delays State of the Union Address After Duel With Pelosi” and by Marketplace in “Ever heard of modern monetary theory?” She authored the article “Why the shutdown ended – and what to watch for now” for The Washington Post.

Nathan Brown and political science doctoral student Samer Anabtawi co-authored the article "Why Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian parliament – and what it means for the future" for The Washington Post.

Henry Farrell authored the articles "The problem with Brexit is that there's no obvious next step" and "People used to joke about 'Democrats in disarray.' They're not joking now" for The Washington Post and co-authored the Post article “Iran unilateralism may undermine America’s financial hegemony.’’ He was quoted by Al Jazeera in the article "EU to launch mechanism to bypass US sanctions on Iran."

Samuel Goldman was quoted by PolitiFact in the article "Florida Sen. Rick Scott blames Venezuela's collapse on socialism, but is that the real culprit?"

Benjamin Hopkins was quoted by PolitiFact in the article "Trump gets facts wrong on Soviet invasion of Afghanistan."

James H. Lebovic authored the article "The point of the Afghanistan 'peace deal' is simple: The U.S. wants to get out" for The Washington Post.

Henry Nau was cited in the War on Rocks article “Assessing the Texas National Security Review’s progressive and conservative foreign policy roundtables: Is there a new consensus forming?’’

John Sides authored the articles “What would actually put more working-class people in office?” and “Many Americans say they want politicians to compromise. But maybe they don’t” for The Washington Post. He was quoted by the New York Post in the article “What the Democrats need to do to crush Trump in 2020,” by Politico in the article “Is Trump really winning over Hispanics?” and by Vox in the article “Mitch McConnell: making Election Day a federal holiday is a Democratic “power grab.””

Clarence Stone was quoted by U.S. News & World Report in the article "Atlanta's Divisive Deal."

Public Policy and Public Administration

Andrew Reamer was cited in The Hill article "States, cities gear up for Census with billions of dollars at stake."

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted by The Associated Press in the article "North Carolina university leaders depart amid culture war ."

Regulatory Studies Center

Bridget Dooling authored the article “A long shutdown hinders Trump’s deregulatory efforts” for The Hill. She was quoted by Reuters in “Shutdown Is Starting to Hurt Trump’s Financial Deregulation Agenda” and by Federal News Network in “With shutdown end in sight, agency regulatory process soon to regain momentum.” She spoke to Federal News Radio and was quoted by WTOP-FM about how the partial government shutdown is affecting the regulatory agenda.

Religion

Robert Eisen was quoted by The Washington Post in the article "Studying the Declaration of Independence like it's the Torah: One synagogue applies old methods to reflect on modern divisiveness."

Sociology

Gregory Squires was quoted by CNN in the article "A new Supreme Court is poised to take a chunk out of MLK's legacy."

Ronald Weitzer was quoted by The Atlanta Journal Constitution in the article "Torpy at Large: Sexual slavery and myth-making at the Super Bowl."

University Writing

Gordon Mantler was quoted by CNN in the article "A social justice movement inspired by MLK is waging a new war on poverty."

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Kavita Daiya was quoted by USA Today in the article "'Tidying up with Marie Kondo': How do you neatly fold and store gender biases?" and was cited by WCIA-CBS3, Champaign, Ill., in the segment “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.’’

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