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Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Getting Press

May 2017

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

Anthropology

Bernard Wood was quoted by Science Magazine in the article “A famous “ancestor” may be ousted from the human family” and by The Daily Mail in “Bonobos are more closely related to humans than chimps, study that could rewrite our family tree finds.”

Economics

Michael Moore was quoted by Vox in the article “Trump’s doomed plan to bring back steel jobs” and by NBC News (online) in the article “NAFTA Whiplash Could Hurt American Economic Interests.”

Tara Sinclair was quoted by the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact in the article “Are there three times as many solar energy jobs as coal jobs?”

Joann Weiner spoke to American Public Media’s Marketplace about U.S. government spending and to WUSA-CBS 9 about President Trump’s tax proposal. She was quoted by Politico in the article “Trump tax plan heavy on promises, light on details.”

Fine Arts and Art History

Julia Brown’s video The Young Mothers Project, Part I and Part II was featured in the Artforum article “The Intricacies of Love.”

Geography

Dan Malouff authored the article “Meet the world’s most bizarre subway, Israel’s funicular “Carmelit.”” for the Greater Greater Washington website.

History

Eric Arnesen was quoted in The American Prospect article “Fight for 15 and Black Lives Matter Join Forces on Anniversary of MLK's Death.”

Leo Ribuffo was quoted by The New York Times in the article “I Thought I Understood the American Right. Trump Proved Me Wrong” and by O Globo (Brazil) in the article “’Trump's start was not a disaster.'”

Ronald Spector was quoted by U.S. News & World Report in the article “Syria Crisis Changes Trump’s Worldview.”

Mathematics

Jozef H. Przytycki spoke to TV Polonia about International Rising Talents awards by UNESCO, in particular, about Dr. Joanna Sulkowska’s research on knotted proteins.

Media and Public Affairs

Babak Bahador authored the article “Did pictures in the news media just change U.S. policy in Syria?” for The Washington Post.

Emma Briant spoke to The Allusionist podcast about the language of migration and refugees.

Debbie Cenziper was featured in the Columbia Journalism Review article “8 steps to upgrade your everyday news stories with ‘tiny narratives.’”

Dante Chinni was quoted by Salon in the article “Frustration with Trump down South: The changing politics of reliably Republican congressional district propels Jon Ossoff.”

P.J. Crowley authored the articles “Syria war: Is Trump slipping into Syria quagmire?” for the BBC News website, “PR 101: United Airlines’ lessons in how not to manage a crisis” for The Hill and “What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate” for Politico Magazine. He spoke to BBC World Service’s Trumped for the segment “China, North Korea and Trade,” to BBC News about the conflict in Syria and to MSNBC about the French presidential election and nuclear tensions with North Korea, and about the chemical attack in Syria (1, 2).

Kerric Harvey was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Colleges turn ‘fake news’ epidemic into a teachable moment” and by MediaFile in "A Brief Post-Mortem and Path Forward for Reporting on Polls and Predictions."

David Karpf was quoted by U.S. News & World Report in the article “White House Considers Dumping Petition Site.”

Ethan Porter authored the article “Social Disorder” for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Steven V. Roberts authored the article “Stengel and Durocher: smart alecks at war with each other” for The Washington Post.

Frank Sesno was quoted by CBS News (online) in the article “Could advertiser revolt mean a Fox without O'Reilly?”; by The New Republic in “Will the Voice of America Become the Voice of Trump?”; by Sinclair Broadcast Group (online) in “Trump comments on Bannon raise new questions on White House staffing”; by The Associated Press in “O'Reilly is out at Fox but influence endures; career too?”; and by The Washington Examiner in “Kurtz: Media 'spectacularly wrong' on Trump, networks 'cross the line.'” He was featured in a C-SPAN2 panel discussion at the Virginia Festival of the Book, spoke to CNN’s Newsroom with John Berman and Poppy Harlow about Trump’s approach to diplomacy and to Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson about the media’s first 100 days under President Trump.

Robert Sheets was featured by The Hechinger Report in the article “Is the college degree outdated?” He was quoted by The Atlantic in the article “When a College Degree Isn't Enough.”

Hal Singer was quoted by Forbes in the article “Will Robots Take Our Jobs? We May Be Overreacting” and by The Washington Post in “The future of net neutrality in Trump’s America.” He spoke to C-SPAN about FCC regulation and economic policy.

Cheryl W. Thompson authored The Washington Post article “Howard University Hospital shows symptoms of a severe crisis.”

Nikki Usher authored articles for Poynter and MediaShift. She was quoted by The Guardian in the article “The Bernie Sanders Show is interactive TV talk for the era of Facebook activism,” by Sinclair Broadcast Group in “Conservatives take aim at media coverage of Trump's first 100 days” and by The Washington Post in “After 100 days, the media are still embarrassing themselves covering Trump. Just not as much.” She spoke to CBS about the power of social media.

Music

Eileen Guenther was quoted by USA Today in the article “Organists declining but remain in high demand for Easter.”

Physics

Evangeline Downie was quoted by Science News in the article “There’s still a lot we don’t know about the proton.”

Political Science

Elisabeth Anker was featured on an Al Jazeera Arabic discussion about President Trump.

Celeste Arrington spoke to WUSA-CBS 9’s Off Script With Bruce Johnson about nuclear tensions with North Korea.

Stephen Biddle authored the article “Trump’s Appetite for Risk Spells Trouble for US National Security” for Fortune. He was quoted by The Atlantic in the article “How Unusual Was the Trump Administration’s Reversal on Syria?” and by Business Insider in “A freewheeling operation': Trump's 'muddled' Syria policy could do more harm than good.”

Sarah Binder authored the articles “This is why the Senate is at a nuclear brink” and “This is why Trump’s legislative agenda is stuck in neutral” for The Washington Post. She was quoted in numerous media outlets including Newsweek (1, 2), The Washington Post (1, 2), Reuters (1, 2), Vox (1, 2), Bloomberg (1, 2), Time (online), USA Today, McClatchy Newspapers, The Atlantic, NBC News (online), The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Seattle Times, The Los Angeles Times and the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact (1, 2). She spoke to WNYC-FM’s On the Media about the history of the filibuster.

Nathan Brown authored the article “Egypt is in a state of emergency. Here’s what that means for its government” for The Washington Post.

Henry Farrell authored several articles for The Washington Post including “Hungary’s government wants to shut down its most prominent university. That may be backfiring,” “Economists are arguing over how their profession messed up during the Great Recession. This is what happened” and “Hackers have just dumped a treasure trove of NSA data. Here’s what it means.” He was quoted by American Public Media’s Marketplace in the article “The main differences between internet privacy in the US and the EU.”

Yonatan Lupu co-authored the article “Restrictions on the news media are a bellwether for two disturbing trends” for The Washington Post.

Marc Lynch was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Right and Left: Partisan Writing You Shouldn’t Miss,” by Vox in “The best way the US could help Syrians: open the borders” and by WMNF-FM, Tampa, Fla., in the segment “USF panel examines foreign policy in Trump era.”

Henry Nau was quoted by Voice of America in the article “US Considers Limited Options on North Korea Nuclear Threat.”

Elizabeth Saunders authored the articles “Trump had his first big foreign policy challenge. So what did we learn?” and “100 days in, Trump’s foreign policy appears to be all show. Is there enough substance?” for The Washington Post.

David Shambaugh was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Putting pressure on China probably won’t help U.S. workers. Here’s what might,” by The Star (Malaysia) in “China in period of transition,” by The Straits Times (Singapore) in “Will Xi Jinping run circles around Donald Trump?” and by The New York Times in the article “Is China the World’s New Colonial Power?”

John Sides authored the article “Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation shattered political conventions. Here is why” for The Washington Post.

David Szakonyi spoke to Al Jazeera English about the conflict in Syria.

Caitlin Talmadge was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Syria’s ‘Conundrum’: Limited Strikes Risk Entrenching Assad’s Strategy.”

Psychology

Christina Gee was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Making Art at the March for Science.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

Lori Brainard was quoted by Politico in the article “Zinke carves out social media persona.”

David Brunori was quoted by The Washington Business Journal in the articles “Property taxes too high? You might want to move to the District” and “These D.C. speed, red light cameras generate the most revenue.”

Diane Lim was featured in a C-SPAN discussion of immigration policy.

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored the articles “A Trump Nomination Shows He’s Serious About Deregulation” and “The $2 Trillion Compliance Figure Came From the SBA” for The Wall Street Journal. She was quoted by The Hill in the article “Trump nominates regulatory chief,” by Politico in “Trump’s Secret Weapon Against Obama’s Legacy,” by U.S. News & World Report in “A Dim 100 Days” and by The Las Vegas Review-Journal in “Trump’s first 100 days reflect uncanny ability to defy expectations.” She spoke to CBS news about President Trump’s nominee for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored two articles for The Diplomat: “Earth to Trump: Needed, an East Asia Policy” and “The Chinese Are Winning?” She authored “America Can’t Afford to Buy a Broken Afghanistan” for The Huffington Post.

Speech and Hearing

Adrienne Hancock was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Learning to Talk Like a Woman (or Man).”

Theatre and Dance

Jodi Kanter was featured on a C-SPAN3 discussion about presidential libraries and museums.

University Writing

Katherine Larsen was quoted by WAMU-FM’s 1a about fan-written stories about fictional characters.

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