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July 2018

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

Anthropology

Hugh Gusterson authored the article “The problem with lamenting "acceptance" of Kim Jong-un” for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Sarah Wagner was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “U.S. military is expecting repatriation of troop remains from North Korea in coming days.”

Arts & Design

Dana Tai Soon Burgess was featured in the Washington Post article “Take in a Dance-inspired Museum Exhibit, and a Museum-inspired Dance” and in the DC Metro Theater Arts article “Review: ‘Portraits’ by Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company at the Kennedy Center.”

Sanjit Sethi was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s spiked anti-Trump cartoons will get a D.C. museum exhibit” and by The Hill in “Anti-Trump cartoons killed by Pennsylvania newspaper to be displayed in new DC exhibit.”

Mika Yoshitake was featured in the Cultured Mag article “The Top Curators You Need to Know in 2018.”

Biology

James Clark spoke to the National Geographic Channel about the search for new dinosaurs.

East Asian Languages and Literatures

Young-Key Kim-Renaud was quoted by CGTV in the article “Analysts: Russia plays a key role in achieving denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

Economics

Michael Moore was quoted by NBC News in the articles “Trump's policies could have 'severe consequences' worldwide, say global economists” and “Dow Jones falls by almost 500 points as Trump cranks up trade war talk.”

Tara Sinclair was quoted by U.S. News & World Report in the article “Fed Signals Future Rate Hikes as Inflation Accelerates.”

Steven Suranovic was quoted by Quartz in the article “The economics case for using Zen to think about trade.”

English

Thomas Mallon authored the essay “Shots in the Dark” for The New Yorker.

Forensic Sciences

Daniele Podini was quoted by The Atlantic in the article “How a Tiny Website Became the Police's Go-To Genealogy Database.”

History

Tyler Anbinder was featured in the Globe and Mail article “Imbroglio over immigration stands as a symbol of multiple aspects of contemporary America.”

Eric Arnesen was featured in a CSPAN-2 discussion of “The Age of Eisenhower.”

Edward Berkowitz spoke to NPR’s The Takeaway about the history of public assistance.

James G. Hershberg authored the article “The Hole at the Heart of the North Korea Summit” for Politico.

Mathematics

Daniel Ullman was quoted by Wired in the article “Elections Don’t Work at All. You Can Blame The Math.”

Media and Public Affairs

Emma Briant was quoted in the Clarion Ledger article “Court case tries to answer whether British citizens' personal data ended up in Mississippi” and the Jackson Free Press articles “‘Brexit Boys’ Data Project at Ole Miss Could Use Mississippi Tax Dollars” and “How A ‘Brexit Boys’ Project Ended Up in Jackson Court.”

Kimberly Gross was featured in the Washington Post article “New election poll shows Democratic voters are more engaged and Democratic House incumbents more popular” and the Hill article “Poll suggests Democratic voters are more engaged than Republicans.”

David Karpf was quoted by Fast Company in the article “As Facebook’s stock soars, here’s why it seems safe from new regulation–for now.”

Peter Loge was quoted by Roll Call in the article “Former Staffer Says Soccer Can Teach You Management” and by The Hill in “Ex-Capitol Hill aide shares political lessons from soccer.”

Ethan Porter was featured in the New Yorker article “Senior Republicans Are Complicit in Trump’s ‘Spygate’ Propaganda.”

Steven Roberts authored the book review “What if Nixon had excelled in college football? What if Ali hadn’t been banished?” for The Washington Post.

Frank Sesno spoke to Headline News about an executive order to end the family separation policy at the border. He was quoted by Voice of America in the article “Staged Assassination Raises Ukrainian Credibility Concerns” and by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in “Court allows AT&T purchase of Time Warner in major media acquisition.”

Janet Steele authored the article “‘Reformasi total’ – Lessons from Indonesia on media reform” for Malaysiakini (Malaysia).

Nikki Usher was featured in articles by Vox (“Study: male political reporters retweet other dudes 3 times more than their female colleagues”), The Atlantic (“The Male Echo Chamber of Political Twitter”), Fortune (“Study: Male political reporters are more likely to tweet each other”), Washingtonian Magazine (“Meet the GWU Professor Whose Twitter Study Has Lots of Journalists Talking About Sexism”) and Poynter (“How Facebook tried to block distribution of a blockbuster story”).

Political Science

Celeste Arrington spoke to KPCC-FM’s Air Talk in the segment “After historic US-North Korea summit, mapping out the diplomatic road ahead and a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of denuclearization.”

Brandon Bartels authored the article “It took conservatives 50 years to get a reliable majority on the Supreme Court. Here are 3 reasons why” for The Washington Post.

Sarah Binder was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “Senators See No Presidential Pushback on Their Move to Kill ZTE Deal” and by The San Francisco Chronicle in “Feinstein: Wait till after midterms to replace Anthony Kennedy.” She authored the article “Immigration boiled over last week. Here’s what Congress did — and why” for The Washington Post.

Geoffrey Gertz spoke to Marketplace about NAFTA negotiations.

Eric Grynaviski authored the article “So Dennis Rodman may be in Singapore for the summit. That’s not as strange as it sounds” for The Washington Post.

Danny Hayes was quoted by Boston Business Journal in “Less news is bad news: Research shows local newspapers' impact on public accountability.”

Elizabeth Saunders was quoted by The New York Times in the article “White House Defends Trump’s Salute to a North Korean Military Officer.”

John Sides authored the articles “Still trying to understand the wedding cake case? Here are your answers,” “Americans vastly overestimate the number of immigrants. But what if it doesn’t matter?” and “The extraordinary unpopularity of Trump’s family separation policy (in one graph)” for The Washington Post and co-authored the Washington Post article “Donald Trump is a symbol of white identity politics in Europe, too.” He was quoted by The Atlantic in the article “Left Economy, Right Economy” and Salon in ““Fear kills freedom”: New study shows political rhetoric fuels bigotry against Muslims.”

Christopher Warshaw was quoted by Vox in the article “Polls: Trump’s family separation policy is very unpopular — except among Republicans.”

Psychology

Sarah Calabrese was quoted by Reuters in the article “Stigma may keep women from using HIV-prevention drugs.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

Joe Cordes and Sanjay Pandey co-authored the article “Social impact bonds, explained” for The Conversation.

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored the article “There's The Beef But Where's The Cow?” for Forbes and co-authored (with Daniel Perez) the article “US-Canada regulatory cooperation continues despite Trump’s G-7 outburst” for The Hill. She was quoted by E&E News in the article “Pruitt cost-benefit plan could weaken emission standards.”

Hal Singer was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “The Supreme Court just issued a ruling affecting the credit card industry — and Silicon Valley, too” and by Variety in “How the Disney-Fox Deal Got DOJ’s Greenlight Quicker Than Expected.”

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Abdourahman Waberi authored the article “Chris Marker and Africa: "The Power of the Camera Serving the Continent” for Le Monde.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni spoke to Sinclair Broadcast Group in the segment “Is nothing sacred? A look at offensive language in our society and how we got here.”

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