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December 2017

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

American Studies

Elisabeth Anker was featured on Al Jazeera (Arabic) on Nov. 1.

Anthropology

David Braun was quoted by Science Magazine in the article “Ancient animal and human bone cuts could be the work of crocodile teeth instead of early butchers,” and by Science News in “Crocs take a bite out of claims of ancient stone-tool use.”

Eric Cline was featured in National Geographic article “The Site That May Be Jesus’ Tomb.’”

Roy Richard Grinker was quoted by The New York Times in the article “A Healthy Dose of Guilt.”

Art Therapy

Donna Betts was quoted by the Indianapolis Star in the article “Some art therapists object to Karen Pence's advocacy for their profession.”

Biology

Mollie Manier was quoted by International Business Times in the article “You're made up of the best genes possible; research shows fertilisation is not random” and by The Atlantic in “Females' Eggs May Actively Select Certain Sperm.”

R. Alexander Pyron authored the article “We don’t need to save endangered species. Extinction is part of evolution” for The Washington Post.

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

Christopher Rollston authored the article “The King of Judah, Jars of Wine, and the City of Jerusalem” for Bible History Daily and “Jefferson’s Jesus: the Jefferson Bible Part I, Gospel Texts that are Absent” for HuffPost. He was quoted by Science in the article “Can the Museum of the Bible overcome the sins of the past?”; by Curbed in “Museum of the Bible's artifacts bring questions, concerns from scholars”; by USA Today in "In the Capitol’s shadow, massive Museum of the Bible readies for opening"; by NBC News in "Museum of the Bible gears up for opening in Washington amid proprietary questions"; by ABC News (online) in “Museum of the Bible offers revelations, faces controversy as it opens”; by LiveScience in “Are the Museum of the Bible's Dead Sea Scrolls Fakes?”; and by The Daily Beast in “The Biblical Basis for Roy Moore's Attacks on His Accusers.”

Economics

Michael Moore was quoted by Bloomberg in the article "Cheese and Bourbon May Face Backlash From U.S. Solar Tariff."

Stephen Smith was quoted by AgriLinks in the article “A Unique Opportunity to Learn What Worked for Women Farmers in Eastern Uganda.”

Joann Weiner was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “What to know about the GOP tax plan if you have kids.” She spoke to CNN Newsource about Black Friday.

Forensic Sciences

Richard Cooter spoke to Scripps Media in the segment “Inside the mind of a mass shooter.” He was quoted by USA Today in the article "Rancho Tehama: Why do mass shooters target children, strangers?"

History

Joel Blecher was quoted by The Atlantic in the article "What It Takes To Make Saudi Islam ‘Moderate.'"

Gregg Brazinsky spoke to Al Jazeera in the segment “Trump names North Korea 'a state sponsor of terror.'”

James G. Hershberg authored the op-ed "The War of Leaks" for The New York Times "Vietnam '67" series.

Katrin Schultheiss' op-ed "Will Trump’s Election One Year Ago Prove to Be a Turning Point for Women’s Equality?" was published on HNN.

Shira Robinson was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in the article “Middle East Tensions, U.S. Classrooms.”

Media and Public Affairs

Babak Bahador authored the article “Those Russian social media ads weren’t as powerful as you think’’ for The Washington Post.

Imani Cheers spoke to CTV News (Canada) about race relations since President Trump’s election.

Dante Chinni authored the Dow Jones Newswires article “Trump Counties Give Economy Strongest Marks.”

David Karpf spoke with NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt and Newsy about how Russia used Facebook to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Karpf was quoted by The Guardian in the article “Russia's RT reveals Twitter's pitch to sell millions of dollars in 2016 election ads,’’ by Voice of America in “Congress, Silicon Valley Seek Common Ground on Social Media Interference” and by CBC News (Canada) in “Not going to be a cakewalk': Social media sites face hurdles curbing foreign political ads.”

Matthew Hindman was featured the Wired magazine article “The FCC Says Local Media Is Thriving. That’s Not So Clear.”

Javier Lesaca authored The Washington Post article “Why did Russian social media swarm the digital conversation about Catalan independence?” He was quoted by El Pais in the articles “Russian network used Venezuelan accounts to deepen Catalan crisis” and “Radically Difficult: The Problem Of Home-Grown Terrorism In Europe’’; by The Daily Beast in “Why Is Venezuela Waging Cyber War in Europe?’’ and “Venezuela and Russia Teamed Up to Push Pro-Catalan Fake News”; and by BBC News in “Spain Catalonia: Did Russian 'fake news' stir things up?” His research was featured by The Washington Post in “British and Spanish leaders say Russian trolls meddled in their elections,” by The Daily Beast in “Winning the Battle, Losing the Message: Inside America’s Utter Failure to Counter ISIS Propaganda” and by ThinkProgress in “Russia’s social media meddling in the United States was just the tip of the iceberg.”

Steven Livingston was quoted by The Hill in “Political media engulfed by sexual harassment crisis.’’

Peter Loge authored the article “Political professionals have duty to uphold our constitutional republic” for The Hill. He spoke to Sinclair Broadcast Group for the segment “Media industry under scrutiny for how it handles allegations of sexual harassment” and to SiriusXM FC about the politics of the upcoming U.S. Soccer Federation presidential election.

Ethan Porter had his research featured in the Bloomberg article “It Takes More Than Fact Checks to Beat Populists.”

Frank Sesno authored The Washington Post article “For 50 years, ‘60 Minutes’ has frightened the crooks and entertained the rest of us.’’ He was featured by CNN in the article “Ask the Tough Questions” and by The Associated Press in “Laura Ingraham calling! Trump returns to favorite venue.’’ He was quoted by The New York Times in the article “What Do You Think of President Trump’s Use of Twitter?” He spoke to Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson about the 2016 election and to CBS Radio about the firing of Matt Lauer.

Nikki Usher was featured in the Nieman Lab article “If podcasts and radio move to smart speakers, who will be directing us what to listen to?” and quoted by The Washington Post in “Canning O’Reilly and other media men won’t change a thing. Here’s what would.’’

William Youmans discussed his book An Unlikely Audience: Al Jazeera’s Struggle in America on C-SPAN2.

Political Science

Celeste Arrington was quoted by The New York Times in the article “South Korean Leader Boxed In as Trump Threatens North Korea.” She spoke to PRI’s The World about the presence of a South Korean “comfort woman” at the state dinner for President Trump.

Stephen Biddle was quoted by The Washington Examiner in the article “Erik Prince believes Trump will eventually privatize Afghanistan War.”

Sarah Binder co-authored the article “The 4 challenges Jerome Powell will face in leading the Fed” and authored “Three reasons Republican senators will end up without real tax reform” for The Washington Post. She was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Trump Announces Jerome Powell as New Fed Chairman,” by Reuters in “Trump Nominates Fed's Powell to Lead U.S. Central Bank” and by Politico in “How Jerome Powell can save the Fed from Trump.” She spoke to Bloomberg Radio about her book The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve in the segment “Powell Nomination Ruptures Bipartisan Fed Image, Binder Says.”

Nathan Brown was quoted by The New York Times in the article “In Saudi Arabia, Where Family and State Are One, Arrests May Be Selective.”

Henry Farrell was featured in the Los Angeles Times article “Why I'm thankful for British political sitcoms — and why the U.S. versions always fall flat.”

Danny Hayes authored the article “In Tuesday’s elections, women won big. Here are three things we learned about women and politics” for The Washington Post. He was featured in the Vox article ““We’ve never seen anything like this”: how Trump inspired women to run for office,” mentioned by The Wire in “Don’t Stop The Presses! When Local News Struggles, Democracy Withers,” and was quoted by Poynter in the article “How mega-media deals further erode the myth of a 'liberal' media.”

Marc Lynch authored the article “What Saudi Arabia’s purge means for the Middle East” for The Washington Post. He was featured by Reuters in the article “Saudi Mass Arrests Jolt Markets, Play to Ire Over Corruption.”

Yonatan Lupu was featured in Nature article “What countries' constitutions reveal about how societies evolve.”

Elizabeth Saunders was quoted by Vox in the articles “New data shows how the Trump administration is destroying the State Department” and “Rex Tillerson hired a CEO to overhaul the State Department. She quit 3 months into the job.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by NPR (online) in the article “The 'Missed Opportunity' Of Trump's Asia Trip” and by The Straits Times in “China's latest export is its world view.”

John Sides authored the Washington Post articles “Lots of Americans don’t think slavery caused the Civil War,” “4 important takeaways from the Virginia governor’s race,” “What do Republicans need to pass tax reform? Democrats” and “Here’s the incredibly unpopular GOP tax reform plan — in one graph.” He was quoted by The New Yorker in the article "How Donald Trump Taught Conservatives to Defend Roy Moore."

Christopher Warshaw was featured in the Axios website article “The tax bill’s not looking so popular,” by Salon in “GOP tax bill is second-most unpopular legislation in 30 years” and by The Daily Beast in “GOP Tries to Sneak Through Repeal of the Welfare State to Give the Rich a Tax Cut.”

Scott Weiner authored the article “Kuwait just dissolved its parliament. Here’s why” for The Washington Post.

Public Policy and Public Administration

William Adams was quoted by The Los Angeles Times in the article "Could Time become the Koch Brothers' next big political play?"

Burt Barnow was quoted by Salon in the article “Why coal miners aren’t just hoping for a Trump miracle.”

Gerald Brock was quoted by The New York Times in “AT&T’s Run-Ins With the Government.”

David Rain spoke to CBS News in the segment “Bonn Climate Conference addresses U.S. decision to withdraw from Paris agreement.”

Amit Ronen was quoted by Voice of America in the article “On Climate Change, It's Trump vs Markets.”

Psychology

Carol Sigelman was quoted by International Business Times in the article “Are you obsessively tidy? You might be a racist” and by Business Insider in “People who hate disordered patterns could be more prone to being racist, according to new research.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored articles for The Hill (“EPA's new science advisor will bolster objectivity and transparency” and “Boosting integrity of federal policymaking is an easy win for Congress”) and Forbes (“AG Sessions Halts Improper Use Of Guidance”). She spoke to American Public Media's Marketplace in the segment "Another spin of the revolving door between industry and Washington."

Hal Singer was quoted by The Hill in the article "Reported pressure on CNN in Time Warner merger raises retaliation fears," by The Washington Post in “Trump’s antitrust chief’s views on AT&T merger have shifted since last year” and "Here’s why AT&T and the Justice Department are at odds over Time Warner."

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Abdourahman Waberi authored the article "Black Negroes to the Black Panthers, the history of self-defense can inspire Africa" for LeMonde Afrique.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored the articles "Turn health insurance subsidies into health insurance vouchers," "Making America Great Again—In Niger?" for HuffPost and "China – A Reluctant Global Power" for The Diplomat.

Antwan Jones was featured on the No Jargon podcast to discuss neighborhood investment, mobility and mental and physical health.

Gregory Squires was quoted by ThinkProgress in the article “This federal judge keeps delaying a case to give Ben Carson time to kill civil rights protections.”

Ronald Weitzer was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “Police officer acquitted in fatal traffic dispute shooting” and by Fox News in the article "John Stossel: Let's legalize prostitution. It's time for government to step away from sex work."

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Bonnie Morris was quoted by The Guardian in the article “Bill Clinton's past re-examined in light of Weinstein and Trump – but is it a distraction.”

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