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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press
June 2020

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

American Studies
Vanessa Northington Gamble was quoted by Science Magazine in the article “From Black Death to fatal flu, past pandemics show why people on the margins suffer most.”

Anthropology 
Eric Cline was quoted by LiveScience in the article “Welcome to Armageddon: Meet the city behind the biblical story” and by The New York Times in “What Happened to the Original 1 Percent?”

Arts & Design
Dana Tai Soon Burgess was featured by CGTN America in the segment “Full Frame: Asian Arts Influence with Dana Tai-Soon Burgess.”
Matt Eich was featured by The Guardian in the article “'I miss math the most': life under lockdown for a seven-year-old” and by Esquire in “Main Street in America: 62 Photos That Show How COVID-19 Changed the Look of Everyday Life.”
James Huckenpahler was featured by DC Inno in the article “D.C. companies, makers shift to PPE production amid shortage.”
Sara Jamshidi was quoted by WTOP-FM in the article “DreamWorks creator of ‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’ hosts virtual GW event.”
Kip Lornell was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “‘Hayloft Hoedown’ was D.C.’s first country music TV show. Do recordings remain?”
Hadrian Mendoza was featured by The Arlington Catholic Herald in the article “Coronavirus sculptures by Arlington artist explore intersection of danger and beauty.”
Susan Sterner was featured by NPR in the article “Photos From Pandemic Prom: High School Seniors Show Us Their Style.”
John Wetenhall was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in the article “Protecting Art in College Collections.”
Matthew Wilson was featured by DC Metro Theater Arts in the article “Mosaic Theater Company promises provocative 2020–2021 season.”

East Asian Languages and Literatures 
Immanuel Kim was cited by The New York Times in the article “A Novel From North Korea Offers Glimpses of the Everyday.”

Economics
Stephanie Riegg Cellini was cited by Education Dive in the article “Where did all the for-profit college commercials go?”
Steven Hamilton was quoted by Newsweek in the article “Trump thinks tax cuts in second stimulus package will provide a path to economic recovery – experts disagree” and by The Sydney Morning Herald in “PM, economists look beyond JobKeeper - and its $60b bungle.” He authored “Scheme is flawed but JobKeeper promises need to be honoured” for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Tara Sinclair was quoted by The Washington Post in the articles “3.8 million Americans sought jobless benefits last week, extending pandemic’s grip on the national workforce” and “Nearly every state had historic levels of unemployment last month, new data shows.” PolitiFact quoted her in “Fact check: Has 50% of U.S. workforce been 'idled' by coronavirus?” and "'Half the workforce in the country may have just been idled' by coronavirus.”

Forensic Sciences
Victor Weedn was quoted by NJ.com in the article “N.J. is likely undercounting coronavirus deaths. Here’s what the data shows.”

Geography
Dan Malouff authored the article “Here is how school buses looked in 1934” for Greater Greater Washington.

Media and Public Affairs
Imani Cheers spoke to Canada’s CTV News Channel, Canada National, about the death of George Floyd and the protests that followed.
David Ensor spoke to CNN’s podcast Reliable Sources in the episode “Former VOA director David Ensor on Trump's attacks: ‘There's something in the water... and it's not good.’” The New York Times quoted him in “With Push From Trump, Senate Moves to Install Contentious Filmmaker at U.S. Media Agency.”
David Karpf was quoted by Politico in the article “Why It Doesn’t Matter That Trump Is Beating Biden Online.”
Steven Livingston was quoted by Fortune in the articles “Will Twitter ever remove one of Trump's inflammatory tweets?” and "Trump needs Twitter. Twitter needs Trump. Who needs who more?" and by International Business Times in “Twitter-Trump Clash Intensifies Political Misinformation Battle."
Peter Loge was quoted by Sinclair Broadcast Group in the articles “As Trump turns to economic recovery, partisan rift grows in perception of outbreak” and “Evolving CDC guidance fuels coronavirus confusion amid rising political furor,” by the Associated Press in “NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week” and by PolitiFact in “Evidence counters McConnell claim that Obama team left no pandemic ‘game plan’ for Trump.”
Ethan Porter was quoted by Rolling Stone in the article “Ari Melber on Fact-Checking a Feckless President.” He spoke to KAET-PBS (Phoenix) about the executive order signed by President Trump related to social media companies.
Frank Sesno was quoted by HuffPost in the article “Biden Marks World Press Freedom Day By Calling Out Trump’s Attacks On Media,” by Sinclair Broadcast Group in “Disparity in Trump and Biden's relationship with media could impact 2020 race,” by CGTN America in the segment “The Heat: Countries face economic fallout from COVID-19” and by Variety in “Madison Avenue Tunes in TV News Anchors to Help With Hard Sell.”
Cheryl W. Thompson was featured by Poynter in the article “Investigative journalism, long criticized for a lack of diversity, has made significant developments since March.” She spoke to NPR’s The Coronavirus Crisis in the segment “Loopholes In Small Business Relief Program Allow Thriving Companies To Cash In.”
Rebekah Tromble was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Trump campaign is creating an alternate reality online about coronavirus.”
Silvio Waisbord co-authored the article “Coronavirus. The sudden spring of pandemic news” for Argentina’s La Nacion.

Philosophy
David DeGrazia spoke to WAMU-FM’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show for the segment “Ethicists Tackle The Pandemic’s Moral Dilemmas.”

Physics
Neil Johnson was cited in The New York Times, NPR’s All Things Considered, Nature (1, 2), Newsweek, HealthDay, CNN and BBC World Service Radio. The Atlantic quoted him in the article “We Don’t Even Have a COVID-19 Vaccine, and Yet the Conspiracies Are Here” and The Sydney Morning Herald quoted him in "'Slap them down' or hear them out: How to handle misinformation 'superspreaders'?"

Political Science
Sarah Binder was quoted by Reuters in the article “Partly false claim: CARES Act bill introduced in January 2019, hinting at coronavirus conspiracy” and by The Hill in “Fed chair issues dire warnings on economy.”
Alexander Downes was quoted by The Washington Diplomat in the article “Academics Say U.S. Interventions to Force Regime Change Often Fail.”
Henry Farrell authored the article “Twitter started fact-checking Trump. Then Trump threatened to close it down” for The Washington Post.
Henry Hale co-authored the article “Ukraine’s citizens worry about covid-19. And they still have to worry about the war” for The Washington Post.
Stephen Kaplan spoke to Marketplace for the segment “This crisis is hard on us. It’s even harder on countries that aren’t rich.”
John Logsdon was quoted by Scientific American in the article “Mars Needs Money: White House Budget Could Prompt Retreat from Red Planet,” by the Houston Chronicle in “NASA’s head of human spaceflight resigns one week before historic launch,” by the Associated Press in “NASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turf with Florida liftoff," by ABC News in “SpaceX and NASA set for 'milestone' launch of astronauts to the International Space Station” and by The Guardian in "Trump wants America looking at the stars as he drags it through the gutter." He spoke to Hearst TV, WYPR-FM (Baltimore) and BBC World Service about the SpaceX mission.
Corrine McConnaughy appeared on the Iowa PBS segment Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women.
Henry Nau authored the article “Trump's foreign policy course correction may rescue today's globalized world” for The Washington Times.

Professional Psychology
Sarah Hedlund was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Young people told to stay at home amid coronavirus, but where is home?”

Public Policy and Public Administration 
Nancy Augustine spoke to WAMU-FM’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show for the segment “Navigating the Post-Pandemic Job Market.”
Lori Brainard spoke to CBS Newspath about the executive order signed by President Trump related to social media companies.
David Brunori was quoted by Forbes in the article “Calls For A Digital Services Tax Intensify In Europe, As A Similar Tax Is Struck Down Stateside.”
Nina Kelsey was quoted by Vice in the article “How Joe Biden Could Become an Unlikely Climate Savior.”
Leighton Ku was quoted by HealthDay in the articles “Layoffs and Losses: COVID-19 Leaves U.S. Hospitals in Financial Crisis” and “COVID-19 Now Reaching Into Rural America.”
Kathryn Newcomer spoke to The Washington Post for the podcast “'Post Reports' podcast: What happens when the watchdog gets fired” and to C-SPAN about the role of inspectors general. Voice of America quoted her in “Trump Wages Major Assault on Government Watchdogs” and Vox quoted her in “Trump’s purge of inspectors general, explained.”
Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by Bloomberg Law in the article “Medical Practices Bring Clout to Legal Battles Over Virus Orders” and by DCist in “D.C.’s Clinics, Essential In A Pandemic, Have Taken A Financial Hit.”
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted by NJ.com in the article “The danger of being a college freshman.”

Regulatory Studies Center
The Regulatory Studies Center was cited by Roll Call in the articles “EPA enforcement rollback challenged by attorneys general” and “To boost hobbled economy, Trump orders agencies to ease rules.”
Susan Dudley authored the articles “Gov In The Time Of Coronavirus” and “Regulatory Reform To Get The Economy Moving” for Forbes.
Laura Stanley authored the post “Bring back the methadone vans” for the article “We need smart solutions to mitigate the coronavirus’s impact. Here are 37” in The Washington Post.

Sociology
Amitai Etzioni authored the article “Needed: a time-bound virtual Congress” for The Hill.
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