November 2016

Elisabeth R. Anker was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 and RTE Radio 1's Morning Ireland and This Week. She also authored the article “Desiring the Pussy Grabber” in the Daily Nous.

Vanessa Northington Gamble authored the article “#WhataDoctorLooksLike” for Philly.com.

Sergio Almécija was quoted by Popular Science in the article “New evidence suggests our hominid cousin Lucy loved climbing trees.”

Alexander Dent and Joel Kuipers were featured in the Smithsonian Magazine article “There’s a “Sidedoor” Entrance to the Smithsonian and It’s Through a New Podcast.”

Hugh Gusterson was quoted by The Minneapolis Star Tribune in the article “Tevlin: Trump's triumph no surprise to those who know white working class.” 

Carson Murray was quoted by International Business Times in the article “Male chimps are more caring towards their babies than expected, say researchers.”

Akos Vertes was quoted by Nature in the article “Metabolomics: Small molecules, single cells.”

Holly Bass authored the article “Zadie Smith’s New Novel Takes on Dance, Fame and Friendship” in The New York Times.

Eric Cline was quoted by Smithsonian Magazine in the article “Space Archaeologist Sarah Parcak Uses Satellites to Uncover Ancient Egyptian Ruins.”

Joann Weiner was quoted by NBC News (online) in the article “From Student Loans to School Taxes, Your Personal Finance Guide to the New President" and spoke to Hearst Television about Donald Trump’s economic plans and business ties. 

Daniel Moshenberg was quoted by Agence France-Presse in the article “La défaite de Clinton laisse de nombreuses femmes désemparées.”

Nicholas Lappas was quoted by WMDT-TV (online) in the article “UPDATE: Forensic expert questions validity of non-biological toxicology report.” 

Eric Arnesen was featured on C-SPAN in a discussion of the early life and career of Henry Kissinger.

James Hershberg spoke to Fox News’ Special Report with Brett Baier about the presidential transition.

Dina Rizk Khoury’s book Iraq in Wartime: Soldiering, Martyrdom, and Remembrance (Cambridge University Press, 2013) was featured in The Jordan Times article “How war became the norm.”

Shawn McHale was part of a C-SPAN3 discussion of American views on global human rights.

David Silverman’s book, Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America was reviewed by The New York Times in “Thomas Ricks on the Season’s Military History.”

Jenna Weissman Joselit was quoted by The Jewish Week in the article “The Romance Of Catskills Ruins.”

Babak Bahador spoke to UN Radio in Sudan about his work with South Sudanese refugees.

Debbie Cenziper’s book Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality (William Morrow, 2016) was named to The Washington Post’s list of “Notable nonfiction books in 2016.” She spoke to the PBS program Book View Now.

Imani Cheers spoke with CCTV America about the power of iconic imagery.

Kerric Harvey spoke to NPR’s Morning Edition about social media’s role in the 2016 election and was quoted by U.S. News & World Report in the article “How to Make a Living as an Online Media Star.”

Matthew Hindman was quoted by The Economist in the article “The role of technology in the presidential election.”

David Karpf was quoted by Cox Newspapers in the article “Now that Election Day is over, it's time to repair those Facebook friendships” and by CBC News (Canada) in “Trump's strategy of bypassing the media raises 'danger signs.'”

Ethan Porter co-authored the article “Fact-checking doesn’t ‘backfire,’ new study suggests” in Poynter and spoke to WUSA-CBS 9 about fake online news stories. His research was featured in New York Magazine (“There’s (More) Hope for Political Fact-Checking”) and The New York Times ("Fact-Checking Can Change Views? We Rate That as Mostly True).

Steven V. Roberts authored “For sports losers, a special legacy" in The Washington Post.

Frank Sesno authored the articles “The questions we must ask about America's future” for CNN.com and “Former CNN anchor: 4 things media must do when covering Trump” in The Hill. He was quoted by several media outlets, including the Associated Press (“Times reporters tweet news of Trump meeting as it happens” and “WikiLeaks show CNN reaching out to Dems for Trump questions”),  The Daily Beast (“Donald Trump Drags Media Into His Parallel, Paranoid Universe”), Los Angeles Times (“What a Trump administration means for Fox News and other cable news networks) and Sinclair Broadcast Group (“A rough start in new stage of Trump’s relationship with press”). He spoke to CCTV America, BBC News and CNN’s Newsroom With Carol Costello  about the presidential campaign, and to CNN’s New Day, Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson and KNX1070 Los Angeles about Donald Trump and the media. He appeared on Voice of America's Encounters, KCRW's To the Point and Deutsche Welle’s The Day.

Tara Sonenshine authored "It's time to make Russia pay for its cyberattacks" in The Hill.

Cheryl W. Thompson spoke with The Star (South Africa) about the U.S. presidential election, and co-authored The Washington Post article "Three injured in food truck fire in Foggy Bottom near GWU."

Nikki Usher authored the articles “Why Journalism Educators Need to Look at our Responsibilities Post-Election” for MediaShift, “The danger of data journalism” for CNN.com and “How Donald Trump could endanger some of the oldest journalistic traditions in America” for Fusion. She was quoted by Politico in the article "How Trump Took Over the Media By Fighting It,” by New York Magazine in "The ‘Filter Bubble’ Explains Why Trump Won and You Didn’t See It Coming” and by Sinclair Broadcast Group in “Trump, media skip honeymoon, resume hostile relationship.” She also spoke to Deutsche Welle about Breitbart's plans for European expansion.

Silvio Waisbord spoke to Media General about Donald Trump’s relationship with the media and provided commentary on media and the U.S. election for Tele 13 radio (Chile). He published "A Lesson From Latin America: Media Reform Needs People Power" on the CIMA blog. 

William Youmans spoke to Cape Talk (South Africa) about the U.S. election results.

David DeGrazia was quoted by New Scientist in the article "It's time to relax the rules on growing human embryos in the lab" and by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “Levi’s stores asks gun owners to leave their weapons at home.”

Michael N. Barnett authored the article “Donald Trump’s foreign policy sounds familiar — but here’s what’s missing” in The Washington Post. 

Stephen Biddle was quoted by Business Insider in the article “Trump may move to unravel America’s most ‘solemn commitment’ to Europe.”

Sarah Binder was quoted by The Tampa Bay Times in the article “Donald Trump won big, but bigger challenge is governing,” by The New Republic in “Can Senate Democrats Stop Donald Trump?” and by Vox in “The US Senate will determine whether President Trump succeeds or fails.”

Nathan Brown was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in “Egypt overturns Morsi’s death sentence. What about others on death row?”

Christopher Deering was quoted by Voice of America in the article “Americans Have Dismal View of Congress, So Why Do They Keep Re-electing Its Members?”

Henry Farrell authored three articles in The Washington Post: “Trump’s election has undermined ‘political correctness.’ That might actually be a problem,”  “Law school administrators would like al-Qaeda to go after U.S. News & World Report. This is why” and “Trump is wrong. People are as likely to say they’ve been abducted by aliens as committed voter fraud.”

Harvey Feigenbaum was quoted by Le Devoir (Montreal) in the article "Le Candidat Republicain au Seuil du Pouvoir” and by 98.5 FM Attendez Vous Plus (Montreal) in "Le Victoire Historique de Donald Trump." He also appeared on RTBF’s (Belgian Public Radio) segment “Face a l'Info: Elections Americaines” and on Radio Suisse Romand’s (Swiss Public Radio) election night coverage.

Samuel Goldman authored the article “What Socrates, Aristotle and Leo Strauss can teach us about Donald Trump” in The Washington Post. 

John Logsdon was quoted by the Los Angeles Times in the article “NASA advisory committee questions SpaceX's unorthodox fueling process" and by Scientific American in “Trump’s First 100 Days: Space.”

Marc Lynch was quoted in The New York Times article “How the Iranian-Saudi Proxy Struggle Tore Apart the Middle East.”

Kimberly Morgan was quoted by Fox News (online) in the article “Europe's Trump moment: Countries see rise of populist leaders amid anger over economy, migrant crisis.”

Elizabeth Saunders authored the articles “What a President Trump means for foreign policy”
and “How much power will Trump’s foreign policy advisers have? Here’s what the research says” in The Washington Post. She was cited by The New York Times in “What Is Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy?” and was quoted by Voice of America in the article “Trump Embraces Unpredictability as Foreign Policy Strategy" and by NBC News (online) in “Analysis: Why Trump's Reliance on Debunked Theories Raises Concern.” She was interviewed on WAMU-FM’s “The Diane Rehm Show.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “The coming clash with China over North Korea,” by The South China Morning Post in “China’s migrants still living on the margins in big cities despite promise of reform” and by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “As US pulls back from Pacific trade deal, countries look to China.”

John Sides was quoted by several media outlets, including USA Today (“Republicans hope to avoid anti-Trump wave in the House”), The New York Times (“A Narrower Majority for Republicans Could Widen the House Divide”), Salon (“Denying climate change is only part of it: 5 ways Donald Trump spells doom for the environment”), Vox (“Jill Stein voters did not deliver Donald Trump the presidency”) and CBC News (Canada) (“Trump's agenda: What he can do and where he'll run up against political blowback.”)

David Brunori was quoted in The Washington Business Journal article “A self-proclaimed tax purist weighs in on the Fairfax County meals tax referendum.”

Avi Dor was quoted by The Columbus Dispatch in the article “Violent university incidents leave lasting effects.”

Susan Dudley authored the Forbes article “President-Elect Trump's Two-For-One Plan To Reduce Regulatory Accumulation.” She spoke with KCBS Radio about the Congressional Review Act, with NPR’s Morning Edition about federal regulations and with KCRW-FM’s To The Point in the segment “The bumpy road to inauguration.” She was quoted in articles by Bloomberg (“Obama Races to Regulate Before Trump Takes Reins” and “Trump Aides Eye Reviving Keystone by Rescinding LBJ’s Order”), Forbes (“Memo To The Clinton And Trump Transition Teams”),The Hill (“Trump win spurs Obama regs”), The New York Times (“With Trump’s Signature, Dozens of Obama’s Rules Could Fall”) and Science Magazine (“Trump and next Congress could quickly erase scores of major regulations”).

Jill Kasle was quoted in The Washington Business Journal article “Donald Trump will soon be president. He also holds a lease with the GSA. How will that work?”

Ethan Porter was quoted by WUSA-CBS 9 (online) in “Web companies crack down on fake news stories.”

Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by Kaiser Health News in “Concerned About Losing Your Marketplace Plan? ACA Repeal May Take Awhile.”

Sofie Miller was quoted by KSTK-FM (online) in the article “Trump, Congress and Southeast timber, what are the possibilities?”

Daniel R. Pérez was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “In a race to the finish, Obama administration presses ahead with ambitious rules.”

Hal Singer was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “We don’t need the FCC’: A Trump adviser’s proposal to dissolve America’s telecom watchdog” and by The Hill in “Trump picks strike fear into net neutrality backers.”

Abdourahman A. Waberi authored the article “« Kemtiyu », le retour de Cheikh Anta Diop” for Le Monde Afrique.

Amitai Etzioni was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “Will Trump’s Love of Deals Work With China?”

Michelle Kelso spoke with Realitatea, Antena 3 and Digi24 about the U.S. presidential election. 

Gregory Squires authored the article “All the Fury Over CFPB Ignores Its Modest Mission” in The American Banker and “Does Consumer Protection Have a Future?” in The Hill and in Morning Consult.