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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press

May 2020

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

American Studies

Vanessa Northington Gamble spoke to MSNBC’s “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell.” Spectrum News quoted her in the article “National Spotlight on COVID-19 Impact on Black Community Grows” and Forbes quoted her in “Coronavirus Has Exposed The World To Health Disparities In Black America: So What Now?”

Anthropology

Jeffrey Blomster spoke to PRI’s The World in the segment “Ancient ball court discovered in mountains of Mexico.”

Chet Sherwood was quoted by Science Magazine in the article “‘Lucy’s baby’ suggests famed human ancestor had a primitive brain."

Arts & Design

Holly Bass was quoted by WAMU-FM in the article “These Artists Are Still Making Public Art Even When The Streets Are Empty.”

Biology

Randall Packer was cited by Vice in the article “This Is What Happens to Your Body if You Don't Eat For Three Days.”

Adam Smith was quoted by Smithsonian Magazine in the article “Meet the Bee With a Body That’s Half Male, Half Female.”

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Christopher Rollston was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Bible Museum, Admitting Mistakes, Tries to Convert Its Critics,” by Christian Headlines in "'Criticism Resulting from My Mistakes Was Justified': Museum of the Bible Receives Heavy Criticism over Stolen Artifacts” and by Christianity Today in “Scholar Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Ancient Bible Texts from Oxford.”

Economics

Steven Hamilton provided extensive commentary on COVID-19 in The Atlantic, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Hill, NPR, Australian Financial Review, the Los Angeles Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The New York Times, TIME and Nexstar Media Group. He co-authored “Open letter from 222 Australian economists: don’t sacrifice health for ‘the economy’” for The Conversation.

Jay Shambaugh spoke to KERA-FM’s Think in the segment “To Improve Healthcare, Cut Costs.” He authored the article “We are already in a deep recession — can we make it a short one?” for The Hill. The Associated Press quoted him in “New Trump panel to explore path to reopening US economy.”

Tara Sinclair was quoted by MarketWatch in the article “‘Already this is a nightmare’ — economists react to March jobs report,” by the Miami Herald in “Those just-released Florida jobless numbers? Assume they are probably baloney,” by The New York Times in “The Economic Data is About to Get Weird” and "Worst Economy in a Decade. What’s Next? ‘Worst in Our Lifetime'" and by Bankrate in “7 ways to help recession-proof your finances.”

English

Jennifer Chang was featured on The Slowdown podcast segment “350: Obedience, or the Lying Tale.”

Jung Yun authored the book review “Beauty, at what price? ‘If I Had Your Face’ explores women’s lives amid unnatural expectations” for The Washington Post.

Geography

Dan Malouff authored the articles "This photo shows why buildings in Rosslyn aren’t even taller," "A long time ago DC once had its own Arc de Triomphe," "Georgetown University almost built a neoclassical bus station," and "Photoshop creativity, SmarTrip card edition" for Greater Greater Washington.

History

Tyler Anbinder was quoted by The New York Times in the article “A Museum Devoted to Survivors Now Faces its Own Fight to Live.”

Eric Arnesen co-hosted the C-SPAN talk Free Enterprise and the New Deal.

Gregg Brazinsky authored the article “South Korea is winning the fight against covid-19. The U.S. is failing” for The Washington Post. He was quoted by The Washington Post in “The Daily 202: South Korea, a coronavirus success story, warns against easing social distancing guidelines too soon.”

Trevor Jackson was quoted by Forbes in the article “Stimulus Checks And Multi-Trillion Dollar Bailouts Are Making Money ‘A Big Joke’” and by Axios in “The Fed's coronavirus response could have unintended results.” He authored the article "Terminal Deflation Is Coming" for Foreign Policy.

Media and Public Affairs

Dante Chinni authored the article “Tracking ICU beds reveals potential holes in treatment” for NBC News.

Trevor Davis co-authored the article “The Emails Promising Coronavirus-Protecting Masks Seemed Too Good To Be True. They Were” for BuzzFeed.

David Karpf was quoted by Spectrum News in the article “NC U.S. Senate Campaigns Adapt to Social Distancing” and by The Chronicle of Higher Education in "What’s Behind Colleges’ Bullish Statements on Their Fall Plans?" He authored “Biden's Path to Victory Does Not Bode Well for Voters” for Wired.

Peter Loge was quoted by Sinclair Broadcast Group in the article “Campaigning in the age of the coronavirus” and by Campaigns & Elections in “The Ethics of Campaigning During a Pandemic.” He authored the article “A Call to Teach Ethics in Political Communication” for Media Ethics.

Ethan Porter was quoted by Mmegi Online in the article “Of Leaders, Politicians, and the Electoral Will.”

Frank Sesno was quoted by the Los Angeles Times in the article “Fox isn’t enough: Amid coronavirus crisis, Trump leans on a new media friend” and by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in “Rash Report: A pointed report on the Trump administration and the media.” He appeared on CBC News Network to discuss coronavirus and on Voice of America’s “Plugged in With Greta Van Susteren’’ in the segment “Coronavirus Crisis: Press Freedom.’’

Silvio Waisbord was quoted by La Nacion (Argentina) in “Negacionistas: los líderes que eligieron subestimar el coronavirus y ahora se enfrentan a sus estragos.” He authored the article “Los Falsos Profetas De La Pospandemia” for Anfibia Magazine.

Organizational Sciences and Communication

Gelaye Debebe was cited by Harvard Business Review in the article “If You’re Burning Out, Carve a New Path.”

Political Science

Sarah Binder was quoted by Vox in the article “Trump’s threat to adjourn Congress and make recess appointments, explained,” by MarketWatch in “Watchdog calls Fed transparency pledge ‘a good first step’," by Canada's Globe and Mail in "Can U.S. lawmakers live with remote democracy in the age of COVID-19?" and by the Associated Press in “In Trump’s shadow, Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus.” She spoke to MarketPlace about the Federal Reserve's response to the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

Henry Farrell was quoted by The Guardian in the article “US hijacking mask shipments in rush for coronavirus protection.” He authored the article “A Most Lonely Union” for Foreign Policy.

John Logsdon was quoted by Axios in the article “NASA's subdued return to crewed rocket launches” and was cited by The New York Times in “James Beggs, 94, Is Dead; NASA Chief Championed Space Shuttle.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by Bloomberg in the article “Ex-Alibaba chair helps repair China’s image by donating medical supplies.”

Psychological & Brain Sciences

David Costanza was quoted by The New York Times in the article "Baby Boomers Were Blasé About the Coronavirus? Why Did We Believe That?"

Cynthia Rohrbeck was quoted by the Miami Herald in the article “Why do some people refuse to social distance? Experts have a few ideas.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

Leah Brooks was cited by Governing in the article “Why Can’t We Build Infrastructure Cheaply, Quickly and Well?” and quoted by The New York Times in “The Money Machine That Can Save Cities.”

Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by Politico in “White House still scrambling to cover virus treatment for the uninsured.”

Michael Worth was quoted by The New York Times in the article “After 94 Years, the Song Ends for the Turtle Bay Music School.”

Regulatory Studies Center

The Regulatory Studies Center was featured by Roll Call in the article “EPA and Interior ease rules amid pandemic as repeal window nears.”

Susan Dudley was quoted by NBC News in the article “Trump administration relaxes regulations to fight coronavirus and also loosens environmental rules.”

Daniel R. Pérez authored the article “The federal government should solicit input from the public to help combat the coronavirus” for The Hill. He was quoted by Bloomberg Law in “Covid-19 Revives Debate over Economic Benefits of Deregulation” and by MarketWatch in “Here’s how the coronavirus could sink Trump’s environmental deregulation push.”

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored the article “Mitch McConnell should pull a John Roberts” for The Hill.

Gregory Squires co-authored the article “The Health Emergency That’s Coming to West Louisville” for CityLab.

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