March 2018
Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during February are the following individuals:
American Studies
Thomas Guglielmo
authored the article “
Desegregating blood: A civil rights struggle to remember
” for
The Conversation
.
Melani McAlister
authored the article “
Why Billy Graham Was Determined to Globalize Evangelicalism
” for
The Atlantic
.
Anthropology
Alison Brooks
was quoted by
The Washington Post
in the article “
Very old, very sophisticated tools found in India. The question is: Who made them?
”
Eric Cline
was quoted by BBC News in the article “
Economic collapse: The real message of the fall of Troy
.”
Joel Kuipers
was quoted by
Asia Times
in the article “
What’s in a name in Indonesia?
”
Bernard Wood
was quoted by
The Daily Mail
in the article “
Human brain TRIPLED in size gradually over three million years as we developed culture, language, and the ability to make tools,
study
reveals
.”
Arts & Design
Jodi Kanter
was cited in the
DC Metro Theater Arts
article “
Review: ‘Translations’ at The George Washington University
.”
Maida Withers
and
Kei Takei
were featured in the article “
Kei Takei & Maida Withers
” in
Critical Dance
.
Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute
Elizabeth Vaquera
was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “
Trying to keep up with the ‘Dreamers’ debate? Here are 6 essential reads
.”
Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures
Christopher Rollston
was quoted by
National Geographic
in the article “
Have Archaeologists Discovered the 'Signature' of a Biblical Prophet?
”; by
International Business Times
in “
Ancient Seal, Possibly Signed By Prophet Isaiah, Found In Jerusalem
”; and by
Smithsonian
in “
Is This the Seal of the Prophet Isaiah?
”
Katherine Wasdin
spoke to
CNN Newsource
about the history of Valentine’s Day cards.
Economics
Michael Moore
was quoted by CNN Money in the article “
Trump tariffs on steel would hit China -- and the entire global trading system
.” He spoke with NPR’s
All Things Considered
in the segment “
U.S. Allies Could Be Affected By Trump Administration's Proposed Tariffs
.”
Jay Shambaugh
was quoted by
ThinkProgress
in the article “
Economists throw cold water on pundits’ celebration over wage growth
” and by
The Los Angeles Times
in “
Wages are finally starting to rise, but not for the middle class
.”
Tara Sinclair
was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “
Wages up by most in 8 years as
US
adds a robust 200K jobs
.”
History
Eric Arnesen
was featured on
C-SPAN3
in a discussion of U.S. foreign policy since World War I.
Denver Brunsman
was featured on
C-SPAN3
in a discussion of founding era documents.
Hope Harrison
authored the article “
Why the Marshall Plan spooked the Soviets and sparked the Cold War
" in
The Washington Post
. She was quoted by
Curbed
in the article “
8 places to see the Berlin Wall in D.C
.”
Media and Public Affairs
Imani Cheers
spoke to CTV News Channel (Canada) and
CGTV (China)
about the movie
Black Panther
.
Robert Entman
was cited in the
Salon
article “
Crime is down, so why do most Americans believe the opposite?
”
David Karpf
was quoted by
Vox
in the articles “
Arming teachers isn’t just a ridiculous idea. It’s a deliberate distraction
” and “
MSNBC and CNN took the NRA’s bait on arming teachers
,” and by NPR in “
Trump Powers Small Dollar Donor Surge For Democratic Fundraising Site
.” He spoke to NPR’s
All Things Considered
for the segment “
Resistance To Trump's Presidency Is Helping Groups On The Left Raise Money
.”
Javier Lesaca
was featured in the
Economist
article “
Russian disinformation distorts American and European democracy
.”
Ethan Porter
joined the
You Are Not So Smart
podcast for the episode “
The Backfire Effect - Part Four
” and his research was cited in
The Washington Post
article “
What happened to the State of the Union address? Originally, it helped the president and Congress deliberate
.” He was quoted in the
Vox
article “
A new working paper might explain why teleprompter Trump comes off as 'presidential'
” and featured in T
he Hankyoreh
(Korea) article “
Fake News and Fact Check
.”
Steven Roberts
authored the article “
Why a fanatical Milwaukee Brewers’ fan dressed as the Rally Banana
" in
The Washington Post
and spoke to
WTOP-FM
about President Trump’s State of the Union address.
Frank Sesno
hosted CNN's
Reliable Sources
, was interviewed on HLN's
Across America with Carol Costello
and was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “
Pundits fight the urge to stay away from 'presidential'
,” by
Politico
in “
CNN draws raves for emotional town hall
” and by
The Washington Post
in “
NBC’s questioning of Ivanka Trump was more than appropriate. It should be just the start
.”
Nikki Usher
spoke to
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
(Germany) for the article “'
Project Veritas’ - new US ‘journalism’?
”
Silvio Waisbord
authored “
El
nuevo
conservadurismo
cultural
” in
The New York Times en Español
.
Organizational Sciences and Communication
Katrina L Pariera
was featured on NPR’s
Morning Edition
in the segment “
'Friends' Star David Schwimmer Makes Anti-Sexual Harassment PSA
.”
Political Science
Sarah Binder
authored the articles “
This is why Congress will still have a hard time legalizing DACA
” and “
Three reasons you should expect congressional gridlock on gun control
” for
The Washington Post
. She was quoted by
Vox
in the article “
What to expect from this week’s Senate immigration debate
” and by Reuters in “
Fed's Powell, a Republican, may tread less rocky road in Congress
.”
Henry Farrell
authored the
Washington Post
articles “
Trump is a typical conservative. That says a lot about the conservative tradition
,” “
The surprise Mueller indictment tells us how we’ve been wrong about Russian trolls
,” “
Amazon’s next big TV series is based on Iain Banks’s Culture novels. What are the Culture novels?
” “
This simple technological fix helped veterans get health benefits
” and “
Any new gun control would need to address norms, as well as laws
.” He co-authored “
Our Hackable Political Future
” for
The New York Times
. He was quoted by
The New Republic
in “
Stop Inflating the Russia Threat
” and by
The Christian Science Monitor
in “
From fake news to fabricated video, can we preserve our shared reality?
”
Evgeny Finkel
co-authored the article “
Poland’s new Holocaust law is just the latest attempt to officially redefine its history
” for
The Washington Post
.
David Shambaugh
was quoted by the
South China Morning Post
in “
In ending presidential term limits, ‘Xi Jinping is thinking global and acting
local
.”
John Sides
was featured in articles by
Bloomberg
(“
Election Analysts Discover Even More White Voters
”),
U.S. News & World Report
(“
Playing the Odds
”) and
The Hill
(“
Democrats will lose this fall by fighting over immigration now
”). He was quoted by
NPR
in the article “
How Immigration Policy Motivates Voters
” and spoke to NPR about his survey of voters’ attitudes in a segment on immigration reform.
Christopher Warshaw
was quoted by
The Allentown Morning Call
in the article “
Here's the science behind the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's gerrymandering ruling
” and by
Wired
in “
The Geeks Who Put A Stop To Pennsylvania’s Partisan Gerrymandering
.”
Public Policy and Public Administration
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
was quoted by
Inside Higher Ed
in the article “
The Cost of Attending For-Profits
” and by
MarketWatch
in “
Job-training programs at for-profit colleges make students worse off
.”
Regulatory Studies Center
Susan Dudley
authored two articles for
The Wall Street Journal
: “
The Story Behind the IRS’s Exemption From Oversight
” and “
The steps to making Trump’s bump stock regulation a reality
” (with
Sofie Miller
) and “
Reading Past The Headline In OMB's Report To Congress
” for
Forbes
. She was quoted by
Scientific American
in the article “
Has Trump Killed More Regulations Than Any Other President?
” and by
The Wall Street Journal
in “
Tax Regulations at Center of GOP Dispute
.”
Sofie Miller
was quoted by
The Hill
in the article “
WH quietly issues
report
to Congress showing benefits of regulations
.” She co-authored the
Wall Street Journal
article “
The steps to making Trump’s bump stock regulation a reality
" with
Susan Dudley
.
Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Abdourahman Waberi
authored the articles “
Francophonie: "The Elysee site reveals a rather reductive worldview
” and “
The literary legacy of Joseph Conrad has resulted in the worst representations on the Congo
” for
Le Monde
.
Sociology
Amitai Etzioni
was quoted by
La Stampa
in the article “
Young people have to prepare: dot on hi-tech, family and friends
” and by
Gizmodo
in “
Should We Be exploring the Oceans Instead of Space?
”
Gregory Squires
was quoted by WJLA-ABC 7 in the article “
Petition calls on cities to refuse tax breaks for Amazon HQ2
.”
Ronald Weitzer
was quoted by
The Independent
(UK) in the article “
Stormy Daniels performs in New York - but still refuses to spill the beans on Donald Trump
.”
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