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Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Getting Press

July 2017

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

American Studies

Elisabeth Anker was interviewed on 3Sat (German National Television).

Anthropology

Alison Brooks and Bernard Wood commented on the discovery of the oldest Homo sapiens fossils for several media outlets including USA Today, Science, National Geographic, The Toronto Star and The Wall Street Journal. Wood was quoted in by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “Just how Earth-shattering are those 300,000-year-old Homo sapiens fossils?”

Biology

Gustavo Hormiga was quoted by BBC News in the article “'Pirate spiders' make a living by preying on other spiders.”

Economics

Michael Moore was quoted by Bloomberg Businessweek in the article “This Case Could Upend America’s $29 Billion Solar Industry” and by The Hill in “Solar panel makers look to White House for help.”

Tara Sinclair was quoted by The Washington Post in the articles “Fed raises interest rate, signaling confidence in the economy” and “The right criticized Janet L. Yellen for years. Now the left says she’s too far right.”

Joann Weiner spoke to Sinclair Broadcast Group about stock market gains since President Trump took office.

English

Jeffrey J. Cohen authored the article “Drinking and Conferencing” for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Thomas Mallon authored the essay “Jack be Nimble” for The New Yorker.

Daniel Moshenberg was quoted by Slate in the article “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.”

Christopher Sten was cited on WAMU-FM’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show.

Forensic Sciences

Victor Weedn was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “What an autopsy could tell us about Otto Warmbier’s death.”

History

Joel Blecher authored the article “A Newly Discovered Manuscript and Its Lesson on Islam” for The Atlantic.

Edward McCord authored the article “One China, Dual Recognition: A Solution to the Taiwan Impasse” for The Diplomat.

Leo Ribuffo was quoted by O Globo (Brazil) in the article “With impeachment under discussion, what is Trump's real chance of falling?”

Media and Public Affairs

Dante Chinni authored the article “Trump’s Support Drops in Military Communities” for NBC News (online). He was quoted by Politico in the article “What’s the Greatest Risk Cities Face?”

Robert Griffin was quoted by The Hill in the article “Changing America, part V: The coming millennial boom.”

Patricia Phalen was quoted by Philly.com in the article “A political Super Bowl? Comey-Trump showdown consumes Washington.”

Steven Roberts authored “Working to build bridges between immigrants and their new communities’’ in The Washington Post.

Frank Sesno spoke to CNN’s New Day in the segment “When Do Presidential Tweets Really Count?” and to the WNCK (NPR) show Nantucket CrossCurrents. He was quoted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (online) in the article “James Comey Senate hearing: where, when to watch or listen” and by The Washington Post in the article “Why some inside the White House see Trump’s media feud as ‘winning’.”

Nina Seavey was quoted by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (online) in the article “Spotlight: Former STLer wins federal case over Vietnam protests.”

Nikki Usher authored “Typos are only a hint of what latest Times staff cuts might deliver” for The Columbia Journalism Review. She spoke to Sinclair Broadcast Group about President Trump and media bias. She was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “With drama in Washington, TV shows find it hard to compete.”

William Youmans was quoted in the New Republic article “What Did Al Jazeera Do?”

Physics

Andrei Afanasev spoke to PRI’s The World in the segment “When Soviet science faltered, the US stepped forward. Now it's France's turn.”

Larry Medsker authored the blog post “Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability” for AI Matters: A Newsletter of ACM SIGAI.

Political Science

Celeste Arrington was quoted by CBC News (online) in the article “Trump faces 'land of lousy options' with North Korea after Otto Warmbier's death.”

Stephen Biddle was quoted by USA Today in the article “U.S. shoots down drone in Syria after it fires on coalition forces” and by The Associated Press in the article “War and waste: cautionary tales as US ponders Afghan boost.”

Sarah Binder authored the article “Yes, Mitch McConnell’s secretive lawmaking is really unusual — in these 4 ways” for The Washington Post and “What Is Mitch McConnell Thinking on Health Care?” for The New York Times. She spoke to KCRW-FM’s To The Point in the segment “McConnell hits headwinds, delays health bill” and to WNYC-FM about the Senate Republican health care bill. She was quoted in numerous media outlets, including The Washington Post (1, 2, 3, 4), Vox (1, 2, 3, 4), The Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact (1, 2), The Los Angeles Times and Forbes.

Mark Croatti was quoted by The Baltimore Sun in the article “Presidential exhibit in Annapolis highlights 'forgotten period of history'.”

Henry Farrell authored the article “Don’t believe what Putin is saying about ‘patriotic’ Russian hackers” for The Washington Post. He was quoted by The Los Angeles Times in the article “Ireland appears close to its first openly gay prime minister and the first of South Asian descent.”

Danny Hayes was cited in the Politico article “What it will take for women to win.” He was quoted by Roll Call in “Analysis: No Signs Baseball Shooting Will Change Hill’s Ways.”

Marc Lynch spoke to WNYC-FM’s The Takeaway in the segment “Diplomatic Crisis Hits the Gulf States.” He was cited by HuffPost in the article “Ambassador Slammed Donald Trump Amid UAE Campaign To Isolate Qatar.” He was quoted by The New York Times in “How the Saudi-Qatar Rivalry, Now Combusting, Reshaped the Middle East.”

Corrine McConnaughy authored the article “Why didn't he quit — or fight back? Senators treated Comey like a sexual harassment victim” for Vox.

Mike Mochizuki was quoted by The Richmond Times-Dispatch (online) in the article “Steve Rabson column: Okinawans resist the construction of yet another U.S. base.”

David Shambaugh authored the article “China Rethinks Its Global Role in the Age of Trump” for Bloomberg.

John Sides was quoted by CBS News (online) in the article “Did economic stress -- or cultural anxiety -- power Trump's win?”; by The Washington Post in “How attitudes about immigration, race and religion contributed to Trump victory”; by Politico in “Study: Views on immigration, Muslims drove white voters to Trump”; by The Seattle Times in “UW professor got it right on Trump. So why is he being ignored?”; by Slate in “Why Obama Voters Defected”; and by CNBC (online) in “Trump's core voters could suffer most under GOP health bill, but they may not punish him for it.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

Stephanie Cellini spoke to NPR’s With Good Reason about the rise of for-profit colleges.

Andrew Reamer was quoted by HuffPost in the article “Trump And Congress Are About To Ruin America’s $220 Billion Economic Secret Weapon” and by The San Antonio Express-News in “Hacking, lower funding raise worries about next census.”

Amit Ronen spoke to WUSA-CBS 9 about the Paris climate agreement.

Hal Singer was quoted by Forbes in the article “The Future Of Antitrust Enforcement: Innovation, Wage Inequality And Democracy.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored the article “Senate Weighs Trump's Pick For Regulatory Czar” for Forbes. She was quoted by Bloomberg BNA in the article “Entrepreneur Work Rule in Limbo Amid New Trump Review.”

Sofie Miller was quoted by Greenwire in the article “EPA reissues Obama's dental office mercury rule” and by Bloomberg BNA in “New EPA Rule Not Compliant With Trump Regulatory Order.”

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Abdourahman Waberi authored the articles “Imaginary speech by Donald Trump: "I love Africa and Africa adore me” and “And tomorrow, Indafrique?” for Le Monde. He was quoted by Radio France Internationale (online) in the article “Abdourahman Waberi: "Djiboutian history is tragic.”

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni was featured in The New Yorker article “Are China And The United States Headed For War?” He appeared on Bloomberg’s A Closer Look With Arthur Levitt.

Theatre and Dance

Dana Tai Soon Burgess was featured on a National Endowment for the Arts podcast and in the Smithsonian Insider article “Choreography Comes to Smithsonian: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company to Interpret Portrait Gallery’s ‘The Face of Battle.’”

University Writing

Gordon Mantler was quoted by Indian Country Today in the article “Today in Native History: Natives Participate in Poor People’s Campaign; Protest BIA.”

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