October 2018
Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during August are the following individuals:
American Studies
Elisabeth Anker
spoke to Al Jazeera’s
The Listening Post
about David Pecker, the latest of Trump's allies to cooperate with the Mueller investigation.
Anthropology
Alison Brooks
was quoted by
The Washington Post
in the article “
Archaeologists just found the oldest drawing. It’s a 70,000-year-old hashtag
” and by
The Atlantic
in “
An Ancient Crosshatch May Be the Earliest Drawing Ever Found
.”
Eric Cline
was quoted by
National Geographic
in the article “
Ancient Megadrought Causes Present-Day Drama
.”
Sarah Wagner
was quoted by
The Washington Post
in the article “
Through fragments of long-lost lives,
lab
aims to give military families a measure of peace
.”
Arts & Design
Jodi Kanter
was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “
DeVos' rocky Senate confirmation hearing turned into theater
.”
Economics
Paul Carrillo
’s research was featured in several news outlets, including CBS News (“
The whiter the neighborhood, the greater the penalty black renters pay, study shows
”),
Slate
(“
Black Space, White Blindness
”) and the
Miami Herald
(“
Black renters pay more in a white neighborhood, study finds. But just how much more?
”).
Michael Moore
was quoted by NBC News in the article “
Trump just slapped new tariffs on $200B of Chinese imports — and these ones will impact your wallet
.”
Stephen Smith
was quoted in a USAID
Feed the Future
article “
Low-Cost Improvements Through Agricultural Extension Lift Food Security in Uganda
” featuring his research in Uganda on improving food security for families of smallholder women farmers.
English
Jennifer Chang
’s poem “The Winter Wife” was featured in
The New York Times
article “
Being Women: Imagery and Poetry
.”
Thomas Mallon
authored the article “
Mad, Bad and Difficult to Know: The Life of a Rebel Aristocrat
” for
The New York Times Book Review
and “
Can the G.O.P. Ever Reclaim Wendell Willkie’s Legacy?
” for
The New Yorker
.
Geography
Declan Cullen
authored the article “
Taking Back the Wheel
” for
Dissent Magazine
.
Michael Mann
’s research was featured in the
Sacramento Bee
article “
Homes in rural enclaves offer stunning views - and severe fire risk. Should they be built?
”
History
Tyler Anbinder
spoke to KPCC-FM’s
Air Talk
in the segment “
New census data: Asians lead
rise
of foreign-born immigrants
.”
Media and Public Affairs
David Karpf
authored the article “
25 Years of WIRED Predictions: Why the Future Never Arrives
” for
Wired
.
Steven Livingston
was quoted by
The New Yorker
in the article “
How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump
” and by
The Hill
in the article "
The Memo: NYT becomes news story on Kavanaugh, Rosenstein
."
Ethan Porter
was quoted by
Roll Call
in the article “
Twitter Battles Over Kavanaugh Nomination Roar
.”
Frank Sesno
was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “
Times grants anonymity to administration official for
essay
” and by
Politico
in “
Conservatives claim media, Dems ignoring allegations against Ellison
.” He spoke to Headline News’
Across America With Carol Costello
about the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Janet Steele
was interviewed by
Voice of America
about journalism and nationalism and the two Reuters journalists convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act in Myanmar.
Organizational Sciences and Communication
Katrina L Pariera
was quoted by
Rewire News
in the article “
Why Parents Fear ‘The Talk’ and What Kids Want Out of It
.”
Political Science
Sarah Binder
authored the article “
4 reasons why the Kavanaugh hearings have become a stalled tropical storm
” for
The Washington Post
. She was quoted by
Vox
in the article “
The fight over the release of Kavanaugh documents as hearing gets underway, explained
,” by
Newsday
in “
Senate panel to begin hearings on Kavanaugh
” and by
PBS NewsHour
in “
Is the hyper-partisan Supreme Court confirmation process ‘the new normal’?
”
Adam Dean
authored the article “
Trump says he wants to protect steelworkers. Why are they unhappy?
” for
The Washington Post
.
Corrine McConnaughy
was featured on WNYC-FM’s
The Brian Lehrer Show
in the segment “
1991 and Today: Latest in Kavanaugh Hearings
.” She spoke to CNN’s
Smerconish
and was quoted by
The New York Times
in the article “
On Kavanaugh, a Changed America Debates an Explosive Charge
” and by
Politiken
in the article “
Anklage om et
seksuelt
overfald
splitter USA
og
åbner et 27 år
gammelt
sår
”
David Shambaugh
was quoted by
The New Republic
in the article “
The Other Political Correctness
.”
John Sides
was quoted by
Vox
in the article “
The public thinks the Supreme Court is more liberal than it is
,” by
The Washington Post
in “
A fresh look back at 2016 finds America with an identity crisis
” and by
The Hill
in “
Will gerrymandering play role in which party controls Congress?
”
Public Policy and Public Administration
David Brunori
was quoted by
Washington City Paper
in the article “
Traffic Tickets: the District Profits and Residents Pay
.”
Andrew Reamer
was quoted by
U.S. News & World Report
in the article “
Hard-to-Count Populations Will Lose Federal Funding
,” by KUT-FM, Austin, Texas, in “
Researchers Say The 2020 Census Could Undercount Rural Residents In Texas
” and by Reuters in “
Worried About Undercount, States
and
Cities Spend to Promote 2020 Census
.”
Regulatory Studies Center
Susan Dudley
authored the article “
Happy Birthday, Executive Order 12866!
” for
Forbes
. She was quoted by
Politico
about a tax-rules-review agreement in the Morning Tax roundup.
Hal Singer
was quoted by
The Washington Post
in the article “
Are Google and Facebook too powerful? Washington: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
” and by
The Washington Post
in “
Trump’s antitrust chief questions whether there’s ‘credible evidence’ Big Tech is harming innovation
.”
Sociology
Gregory Squires
co-authored the article “
The right to stay put
” for
The Washington Post
.
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Rachel Riedner
was quoted by
The Baltimore Sun
in the article “
What Brett Kavanaugh says about the drinking culture of private schools and how it’s changed
.”
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