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Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Getting Press

March 2017

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

American Studies

Thomas Guglielmo was quoted by Smithsonian Magazine in the article “During World War II, the U.S. Saw Italian-Americans as a Threat to Homeland Security.”

Anthropology

Eric Cline was quoted by The Daily Beast in the article “Are Archaeologists About to Find Nefertiti’s Tomb?”

Art Therapy

Donna Betts was quoted by the Associated Press in the article “VP Pence's Wife Aims to Raise Awareness About Art Therapy.”

Arts and Design

Bibiana Obler wrote a review of the National Gallery of Art's Barbara Kruger exhibition in Artforum.

Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology

Rachel Jacobs’ research on facial recognition software for identifying endangered lemurs was featured in several media outlets including BBC News (online), Quartz and The Daily Mail.

Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute

Louis Caldera spoke to KITV-ABC4, Honolulu, about the possibility of using National Guard troops to enforce immigration laws.

Classical and Near Eastern Languages

Christopher Rollston authored the article “Freedom Of Religion According To Thomas Jefferson” for The Huffington Post.

Economics

Michael Moore was quoted by NBC News (online) in the article “Trump Voters Stand to Suffer Most From Obamacare Repeal and a Trade War” and by The Economist in “Carbon tariffs and the EU’s steel industry.”

Tara Sinclair was quoted by Forbes in the article “The Fed Expects 'Further Strengthening' Of Labor Market But Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged” and by PolitiFact in “Did Donald Trump inherit 'a mess' from Barack Obama?”

English

Alexa Huang was quoted by The Economist in the article “Shashibiya, meet Tang XianzuHow China uses Shakespeare to promote its own bard.” She appeared in Oxford University Press’ Illuminating Shakespeare video series in the episode “Shakespeare World Wide.”

Jung Yun was quoted by The Boston Globe in the article “Have paperbacks, will travel.”

Forensic Science

Victor Weedn spoke to CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer about the death of Kim Jong Nam.

History

Tyler Anbinder’s book City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York was cited by The Globe and Mail (Canada) in the article “So much for America’s historic role.”

Eric Arnesen was featured in the C-SPAN3 discussion of “Economic Growth After 1973.”

Denver Brunsman coauthored the article “Teaching History in the Age of Trump” for History News Network.

Hope Harrison spoke with CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer in the segment “Ukraine may be Trump's first test with Putin.” She was quoted by USA Today in the article “Putin foe: Criminal conviction 'a telegram from the Kremlin.’”

James Hershberg was featured on a C-SPAN3 discussion titled “Cold War Summits 1985-1991.”

David Silverman was featured on C-SPAN3 in a discussion of “Firearms, Trade, and Power in Native North America.”

Media and Public Affairs

Emma Briant was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “After working for Trump’s campaign, British data firm eyes new U.S. government contracts.”

Imani Cheers was quoted on CBS Weekend News about a photo exhibit marking the 25th anniversary of the book Songs Of My People.

Dante Chinni spoke to the WNYC (New York) podcast about the growing rural-urban divide for the episode “Week 3: Trump's Travel Ban Is Still On Hold... For Now.”

P.J. Crowley authored the BBC News article “Trump unveils a subtle but vital shift in US policy.’’ He spoke to Voice of America’s Press Conference USA about his book Red Line: American Foreign Policy in a Time of Fractured Politics and Failing States, to MSNBC about new sanctions on Iran and to WAMU-FM’s 1A for the segment “Get With The Program Or…’’

Steven Livingston co-authored “Climate change induced displacement: Leveraging transnational advocacy networks to address operational gaps” on the UNHCR Innovation blog.

Jason Osder’s documentary film Let the Fire Burn was reviewed by Shadow and Act and is streaming on PBS online.

Patricia Phalen was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “What exactly is Ivanka Trump doing?”

Steven Roberts was quoted by Voice of America in the article “News Analysis: Trump Enjoys Tongue-lashing the Media.”

Nina Seavey was quoted by NPR’s All Things Considered for the segment “2017 Oscars: Nominations For Documentary Category Upends Genre.”

Frank Sesno was quoted by The Wall Street Journal (“Trump’s Unveiling of Supreme Court Pick Draws 33 Million Viewers”), The Guardian ( “Why Lockheed Could Protest In The Future After Trump's F-35, Boeing Call” and “Shooting the messenger: how Trump's media vitriol could ultimately backfire”) and the Associated Press (“Trump takes on entrenched practice of Washington leaks” and "White House daily press briefing goes high-tech using Skype”). He spoke to CBC News Network, Canada National, for the segment “Journalism In The Age Of Trump,” to CNN’s New Day about President Trump’s news conference, to WBAL-AM about President Trump’s relationship with the media and to BBC World News’ 100 Days about President Trump’s relationship with the media. He was featured on The Washington DC 100 website for his book Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change.

Nikki Usher authored the articles “Don’t Ignore Your Republican Students” (The Chronicle of Higher Education); “Making Business News: A Production Analysis of The New York Times” (International Journal of Communication); “Breaking News Production Processes in US Metropolitan Newsrooms: Immediacy and Journalistic Authority” (Journalism); and "Venture-backed News Startups and the Field of Journalism" (Digital Journalism). She was quoted on the WNYC On the Media podcast, by Wired in the article “Mark Zuckerberg’s Answer to a World Divided by Facebook Is More Facebook,’’ by USA Today in “Higher ed's prejudice problem: Glenn Reynolds,” by MarketsMedia in “Markets Watch Trump Tweets’” and by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in “PA Senator trolls Trump: 'fascist, loofa-faced...'’’

Silvio Waisbord was interviewed about "Populism and the dangers of anti-liberal communication" by the daily Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) and was quoted by La Nacion (Argentina) in the article “The end of the illusion? The utopia of the Internet that we did not know how to achieve.” He spoke to Deutsche Welle (Germany) about Trump and the Media.

Political Science

Celeste Arrington was quoted by The South China Morning Post in the article “Political crisis in South Korea leaves ‘comfort women’ deal in limbo.”

Stephen Biddle was quoted by Business Insider in the article “Utterly shocking': National security experts say Trump is making foreign intelligence agencies' jobs much easier,” by the Associated Press in “Trump pick as security adviser is nod toward pragmatism,” by U.S. News & World Report in “What To Look For in Trump’s 30-Day ISIS Review,” by Vox in “Steve Bannon now gets to help decide war and peace” and by The Washington Examiner in “Is Trump an isolationist or interventionist?” He spoke to Bloomberg TV about new sanctions on Iran, to Sinclair Broadcast Group about President Trump’s updated executive order on immigration and to NPR’s All Things Considered in the segment “New Trump Adviser H.R. McMaster Faces An Old Challenge — Iraq.”

Sarah Binder authored the article “A Game Plan for Senate Democrats” for The New York Times. She was quoted by numerous media outlets including The Washington Post (“President Trump probably isn’t going to like what the Fed will do next” and “Democrats can resist Trump’s mass deportations”); the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact (“Democrats didn't object to Neil Gorsuch's 2006 confirmation, Mitch McConnell says” and “Sanders said Obama's SCOTUS nominees 'required' 60 votes, but it's more complicated”); Bloomberg (“Democrats May Have Upper Hand in Fight to Preserve CFPB” and “Flynn Scandal Magnifies Republican Divisions”); Roll Call (“Bannon’s Power Spawns Fears of Frozen-Out Congress”); Philly.com (“Trump, GOP Congress pursue most ambitious agenda since 1960s”); The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (“Sen. Tammy Baldwin has voted against half of Trump's nominees”); The Christian Science Monitor (“Tea party, reversed? How GOP town halls look from the inside”); and The Wall Street Journal (“President Trump Will Be Able to Recast the Fed by Filling Vacancies”). She spoke to WBUR-FM about Elizabeth Warren and Senate Republicans.

Nathan Brown was quoted by Vox in the article “Trump’s counter-jihad.”

Henry Farrell co-authored the article “France’s National Front scandal has exposed the dirty little secret of Europe’s far right” for The Washington Post.

Marc Lynch authored the articles “Universities overwhelmingly objected to the Trump travel ban. Here are the values they emphasized” for The Washington Post and “The Wrong Way to Oppose Donald Trump” for Politico.

Harris Mylonas co-authored the article “Methodological Challenges in the Study of Stateless Nationalist Territorial Claims” for Territory, Politics, Governance, Vol. 5.

Elizabeth Saunders authored the article “Steve Bannon is on the National Security Council. That sends a big signal” for The Washington Post and co-authored the article “Good Foreign Policy Is Invisible” for Foreign Affairs. She was quoted by the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact in the article “Michael Flynn's troubling penchant for conspiracy theories,” by The Dallas Morning News in “Flynn's departure 'close to unprecedented,' but here are other White House aides who left quickly” and by The New York Times in the article “As Leaks Multiply, Fears of a ‘Deep State’ in America.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by The Times of India in the article “Trump’s travel ban hasn’t made the US safer” and by The Bangkok Post in the article “Clash of titans.”

John Sides was quoted by Deutsche Welle (Germany) in the article “Trump's relationship with Republicans in Congress off to rocky start” and by Vox in the article “President Trump’s campaign sent out a survey — to confirm Trump’s thoughts on the media.” He authored the articles “How low can Donald Trump’s approval rating go?” and “The prospects of a quick Obamacare repeal are sinking fast” for The Washington Post.

Robert Stoker authored the article “Yes, there are ‘alternative facts.’ That’s different from falsehoods” for The Washington Post.

David Szakonyi spoke to WUSA-CBS 9 about Russian ties to the Trump administration.

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored the article “President Trump's Rules For Regulators” for Forbes. She was quoted by several media outlets including The Washington Post (“Why Trump’s order to cut government regulation is even bolder than it seems” and “The White House claim that Obama-era regulations have cost $890 billion”); Bloomberg BNA (“Guidance Helps Explain One-In, Two-Out Regulatory Order” and “Regulation Benefits Said to Be at Risk Under Trump Order”); CNN (online) (“Cutting regulations is not so easy”); The Wall Street Journal (“Donald Trump May Find Leviathan Hard to Tame”); The Hill (“GOP searches for new way to cut Obama regs”); and The Washington Times (“Trump’s regulation smashing will lead to economic revival”).

Brian Mannix spoke to Bloomberg Radio’s Bloomberg Law podcast episode Lawsuit Challenges Trump 2-for-1 Regulation Rules.

Sofie Miller was quoted by Energy & Environment in the article “Analysts scratch their heads over Trump's 'pay-go' order” and by The Hill in “Trump's regulatory freeze in full force.” She spoke to American Public Media’s Marketplace about the Congressional Review Act.

Marcus Peacock was featured by Politico in the article “Five big questions about Trump’s executive order on regulation.”

Daniel Pérez was quoted by Energy & Environment in the article “SEC rule repeal sets stage for unprecedented legal fight.”

Roman, German, and Slavic Languages and Literature

Abdourahman Waberi authored the article “Frantz Fanon, toujours vivant” for Le Monde.

Sergio Waisman authored two articles: “On translating Piglia” for the Buenos Aires Herald and “Piglia in Translation” for Latin American Literature Today.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored the articles “Trump Travel Ban On Syrians Should Exempt Kids Under 10” for NPR (online), “China: The Accidental World Leader?” for The Diplomat and “Could The Failed Yemen Raid Become Trump’s Benghazi?” and “Needed: The Committee for the Defense of Democracy” for The Huffington Post.

Antwan Jones authored the article “Homeless in the Nation’s Capital” for Democracy Journal.

Michelle Kelso authored the articles “Feasting on Fear with Arguments as Faulty as Hitler’s” for University World News and “You can't remember the Holocaust without mentioning Jews (Commentary)” for The Post Standard (online).

Daniel Martinez was quoted by El Universal in the article “Este material cuenta con derechos de propiedad intellectual.”

Gregory Squires authored the article “Phil Ochs, voice of a generation” for The Washington Post and the article “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Past, Present, and Future” for The Huffington Post.

Speech and Hearing Sciences

Adrienne Hancock was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Singing While Pregnant.”

Theater and Dance

Dana Tai Soon Burgess was featured in Air France Magazine in the article “Musée a danser.”

University Writing

Michael Svoboda appeared on WESA’s The Allegheny Front.

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