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Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Getting Press
April 2017

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

American Studies

Elisabeth Anker was featured on Al Jazeera English (March 8 to discuss International Women’s Day and wikileaks, March 10 to discuss media in the US, and March 21 to discuss the Comey hearing) and on Al Jazeera Arabic (March 21).  

Richard Longstreth was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Fans of Haupt garden near Mall don’t want to see it bulldozed.”

Anthropology

Biology

Alex Pyron was quoted by National Geographic in the article “3 New Snakes Found, One Named for Underworld Monster.”

Chemistry

Akos Vertes was quoted by Chemical and Engineering News in the article “Powering mass spec ionization with friction improves sensitivity.”

Economics

Diana Furchtgott-Roth authored “President Trump should have made even deeper cuts in Washington’s bloated budget” for Market Watch.

Tara Sinclair provided expert commentary about the February jobs report. Selected coverage included The Washington Post ("U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February; unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent") Time ("Manufacturers Say They're Already Seeing a 'Trump Bump.' But It's Not That Simple") and BBC World. She was quoted by The Minneapolis Star Tribune in the article "Trump's week in review" and by Politifact in the article “Taking a closer look at Florida Democrat's claims about the gender pay gap.”

English

David McAleavey was quoted by Washingtonian in the article “Sorry, Haters: The Golden Triangle’s Haiku Are Legit.”

Forensic Science 

Victor Weedn was quoted by Popular Science in the article “Some corpses may mysteriously heat up after death.”

Geography 


Marie Price was quoted by Voice of America in the article “Trump Wants to Admit Immigrants Based on Job Skills.”

History

Interior Architecture and Design

Mathematics 

Daniel Ullman was quoted by The San Francisco Chronicle in the article "3.14 essential reads about π for Pi Day."

Media and Public Affairs

Matthew Hindman was quoted by The New York Times in the article “How the Internet Threatens Democracy.”

Steven Livingston was quoted by The Hill in the article “News outlet rising on the right for Russia coverage.”


Nikki Usher was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “Will Cabinet follow Tillerson's lead in media access?

Political Science


Stephen Biddle spoke to KCRW-FM’s To The Point in the segment “The defeat of ISIS: Not if… but when.”

Sarah Binder authored two articles for The Washington Post (“This is why the Congressional Budget Office will likely survive Republican attacks” and “Here are 3 things we learned from Republicans’ failure to repeal Obamacare”). She was quoted by The Huffington Post (“Now Republicans Are Keeping Their Obamacare Plans A Secret”), The New Republic (“Making Sense of the Hot Mess on Capitol Hill”), The Portland Press (“Navigating political crosswinds, Sen. Collins stays true to her goals”), Vox (“Senate rules could force GOP to drop key policies in health bill” and “The Congressional Budget Office, explained”), The Los Angeles Times (“Intelligence panel leaders try to avoid partisan rifts that sank other congressional inquiries”), The Washington Post (“Republicans have a new strategy to destroy Obamacare. Here’s how Democrats can fight back”), Reuters (“Democratic Opposition to U.S. High Court Nominee Grows”), CNN (online) (“The Gorsuch filibuster debate rages in Senate”) and Politifact (“Is the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act dead?” and “Hassan says Gorsuch should be held to a 60-vote threshold for confirmation”) and Sinclair Broadcast Group (“Endgame unclear as Democrats rally for likely-doomed filibuster of Gorsuch”).



Stephen Kaplan authored the article “Why Trumponomics may complicate U.S. foreign policy” for The Washington Post. 

Marc Lynch co-authored the article “How the refugee crisis is transforming the Middle East” for The Washington Post


David Shambaugh authored the article “Can steely Xi Jinping and volatile Donald Trump find the right personal chemistry in Florida?” for the South China Morning Post. He was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Trump prepares to pass the world leadership baton to China,” by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS in a segment about China’s growing diplomatic strength and by The Economist in the article “China is spending billions to make the world love it.”


David Szakonyi spoke to Hearst Television about the Trump administration's ties to Russia and to WUSA-CBS 9 about the congressional hearing on Russian election interference. 

Caitlin Talmadge authored the article “Trump’s Military Budget Minus a Plan” for The New York Times

Psychology

Tonya Dodge was quoted by NBC Washington News 4 in the article “New Year’s Resolutions Failed Already? What Science Says You Can Do About It.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

Hal Wolman was quoted by The Toronto Star in the article “Morneau’s ‘clusters’ may not be an economic silver bullet.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Roman, German, and Slavic Languages and Literature

Sociology

University Writing

Michael Svoboda was quoted by WESA-FM, Pittsburgh about books on climate change.

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 

Cayo Gamber was quoted by Forbes in the article “LGBTQ Boomers Still Fear Lack Of Respect From Doctors.”

Bonnie Morris participated in a discussion of women in sports on Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic.

Daniel Moshenberg was quoted by Expresso (Portugal) in the article “Ivanka Trump, uma filha poderosa (e uma feminista em part-time?).”
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