Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press
August 2019

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

 

American Studies

Elisabeth Anker spoke to Aljazeera English about special counsel Robert Mueller’s Congressional testimony.
Gayle Wald was quoted by NPR in the article “The Motherlode.”
Anthropology
Eric Cline was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “Scholars say Philistine genes help solve biblical mystery” and by Smithsonian Magazine in “Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on the Biblical Philistines.”

Arts & Design

Economics

Forensic Sciences

Moses Schanfield was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Alexandria rape case based on DNA database search to go forward.”

Geography

Dan Malouff authored the article “The Florida Avenue interim bikeway is now under construction” for Greater Greater Washington.

History

Nemata Blyden authored the article “African Americans and Africa” for the Yale University Press Blog. She was featured in the Black Agenda Report article “BAR Book Forum: Nemata Blyden’s ‘African Americans and Africa.’
Andrew Zimmerman appeared on C-SPAN3 for a discussion on international aspects of the Civil War.

Mathematics

Valentina Harizanov was quoted by The Washington Diplomat in the article "Italian Embassy Highlights Future of Quantum Computing."

Media and Public Affairs

Imani M. Cheers joined CGTN for the segment “The Heat: Democrats vying for the White House” and CTV News (Canada) for the segments “Mitch McConnell is a sellout” and “Democrats Face Off in Detroit.”
David Karpf was quoted by PBS NewsHour in “Warren and Sanders are banking on small donors. Will it pay off?” and was mentioned in the 9News (Australia) article “Digital’s vote sway bigger in Aust: expert.”
Steven Livingston was quoted in the Inside Higher Ed article “Researching Democracy in the Digital Age.”
Jason Osder was quoted in the International Documentary Association article “Truth and Power at AFI Docs 2019.”
Ethan Porter authored the New York Times opinion article “Politicians Don’t Actually Care What Voters Want," was featured in the Salon article “Do politicians actually care about your opinions? This researcher says no” and was quoted by Bloomberg in “Trump’s Social Media Summit Brings Fringe Voices to White House,” The New Republic in “Most Veterans Say America’s Wars Are a Waste. No One’s Listening to Them,” and Voice of America in “Twitter, Facebook, Google Not Invited to Trump's Social Media Summit.” Porter also spoke to Prairie Public News for a segment on his research about politician’s responsiveness and understanding of their constituents’ views on public issues and his research was mentioned in the National Post (Canada) article “Chris Selley: Does journalistic 'fact-checking' work? That depends what you mean by 'work.'
Janet Steele authored the Columbia Journalism Review article “Malaysian sex-tape scandal poses a challenge for Muslim reporters."

Political Science

Bruce Dickson was cited in the Washington Post article “China is not an enemy.”
Danny Hayes was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “The Elusive Media Bump for (Most) Presidential Candidates” and by The Washington Times in “GOP challengers to Trump don't have a chance.”
John Logsdon provided expert commentary about the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon to The New York Times, C-SPAN, the Orlando Sentinel, Buzzfeed, Channel 4, London and PBS NewsHour. He spoke to NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday for the segment “As NASA Aims For The Moon, An Aging Space Station Faces An Uncertain Future” and to BBC Radio about watching the launch of Apollo 11. He was featured in several news outlets for articles on the moon landing and the future of the space program, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, BBC News, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail,  The Telegraph, the Orlando Sentinel, The Conversation, Agence France-Presse, LiveScience and Axios (1, 2).
Mike Mochizuki was cited in the Washington Post article “China is not an enemy.”
Harris Mylonas spoke to BBC Radio about the Greek election and authored the article “After a decade of crisis, Greek politics are turning normal and more technocratic” for The Washington Post.
Henry Nau spoke to WBAC Radio Networks’ The John Batchelor Show about globalism and nationalism.

Professional Psychology

Public Policy and Public Administration 

Leah Brooks was quoted by Wired in the article “In New York, friendships run along subway lines.” She spoke to WYPR-FM, Baltimore about addressing poverty in light of President Trump’s tweets critical of Baltimore.
Andrew Reamer was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Where a citizenship question could cause the census to miss millions of Hispanics,” by Politico in “Why Trump will likely lose the census citizenship fight” and by Roll Call in “2020 census affects more than representation, billions at stake.” He was cited in the Wall Street Journal article “Sanctuary Cities Get a Census Bonus” and spoke to Marketplace about the impact of a census undercount. 
Sara Rosenbaum spoke to WBUR-FM’s “Here and Now” for the segment “20 Years After Supreme Court Ruling On Disability Rights, Progress Is Slow.” She was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Democratic lawmakers accuse their own party of proposing ‘deep’ cuts to health centers for poor.”
Michael Wiseman spoke to PolitiFact for the article “President Trump correct about food stamp low.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored the article “Not All Regulations Are Created Equal” for Forbes.

Religion

Robert Tuttle was quoted by The Washington Times in the article “Federal court backs atheists, wiccans in Florida discrimination suit.”

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni was cited in the Minneapolis Star Tribune article “Why did we go to the moon? Because it was easy.” He authored the article “Don’t Ban Facial Recognition” for The Hill.

University Writing

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