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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

Eric Cline’s book Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal (“The Pleasures of Digging Deep”), and The National (“Book review: Eric Cline’s gripping Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology”).

Hugh Gusterson was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in the article “New Political Terrain for a Liberal Discipline.”

Shannon McFarlin was quoted by Smithsonian Magazine in the article “Dian Fossey’s Gorilla Skulls Are Scientific Treasures and a Symbol of Her Fight.”

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

Michael Mann was quoted by The Daily Mail in the article “New maps show the Midwest is the biggest climate change denier but the rest of America now believes in man-made climate change” and by Inside Higher Ed for the Academic Minute podcast “Local Weather and Belief in Climate Change.”

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

History

Eric Arnesen was featured in the C-SPAN3 discussion of “Cold War Summits, 1985-1991,” "Russia, China, and the Third World," and "Rise of Conservative Media and Political Influence."

Edward Berkowitz was quoted by The Kansas City Star in the article “‘This is not the American dream,’ says woman turned destitute waiting for disability.”

Hope Harrison was quoted by USA Today in the article “Putin rival Navalny jailed: 'Kleptocracy alive and well'.” She spoke to CNN about Russia.

David Silverman was quoted by The Daily Beast in the article “Native Americans Invented Our Gun Culture—and Yes, We Stole That, Too.”

Interior Architecture and Design

Catherine Anderson authored the article “From the mundane to the divine, some of the best-designed products of all time” for The Conversation and the article "5 of the Best-Designed Products Ever—and What Made Them Great" for Scientific American.

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.”

Frank Sesno was quoted by The Daily Beast (“President Trump’s War on the Media Goes Nuclear” and “There’s Nothing ‘Nice’ About President Trump’s War on the Media”), The Globe and Mail (“Ask More: Frank Sesno explores 11 types of smart questions”) and The Washington Post (“Maybe a Giant of Journalism makes more sense than a comedian for this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner”). He spoke to WOR-AM’s Saturday Morning Show, New York, about President Trump and the media and to CNN’s New Day (“White House angrily defends Trump’s wiretap claim” and about Sean Spicer’s credibility).

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

Political Science

Celeste Arrington authored the article "South Korea’s president was impeached. North Korea is increasingly threatening. Here’s what you need to know" for The Washington Post. She was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in the articles "'It feels like spring’: How a protest movement swelled to oust South Korea’s president" and “How a protest movement swelled to oust South Korea’s president.”

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”).

Nathan Brown was quoted by The Los Angeles Times in the article “Here's what Trump supporters mean when they talk about the 'deep state'” and by Vox in the article “Egypt's former dictator has been freed from jail. The 2011 revolution is officially dead.”

Henry Farrell authored several articles for The Washington Post (“The truth behind Ireland’s dead babies scandal,” “This book explains the fights over wiretapping and surveillance,” “Trump won’t allow you to use iPads or laptops on certain airlines. Here’s why” and “Republicans claim Trump may have been surveilled through ‘incidental collection.’ What’s incidental collection?”). He was quoted by the Associated Press in the article “Irish leader's White House visit has serious undertones” and spoke to CBC News (Canada) about the ban on airline electronics.

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.

Elizabeth Saunders was quoted by The New York Times in the article "What Happens When You Fight a ‘Deep State’ That Doesn’t Exist" and by The Sydney Morning Herald in the article "Shooting down 'Sheriff of Wall Street' a sign of Trump White House under siege."

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.”

John Sides authored the article “The 40-year decline in the tolerance of college students, graphed” for The Washington Post. He was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Why Objectively False Things Continue to Be Believed” and by Quartz in the article “As American universities fight over free speech, the UK is seeking a law to end “safe spaces”.”

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

Susan Dudley authored the articles “Crazy After All These Years: Extending The Reach of the Congressional Review Act,” “Trump Officials Reverse A Rogue Regulator,” “President Trump Takes On The Social Cost Of Carbon” (Forbes) and co-authored the article “President Trump’s FDA nominee could mean better drugs sooner at lower cost” (The Hill). She was quoted by The Los Angeles Times (“What's at stake as the GOP moves to slash regulations? For starters, clean air”), The Hill ("Trump weighs key pick for regulatory rollback"), USA Today (“Trump signs four bills to roll back Obama-era regulations”) and by CBS News online (“The obscure law Republicans are using to nix Obama-era regulations”).

Brian Mannix was quoted by PolitiFact in the article “Rand Paul said repealing 3 regulations saves millions of dollars, thousands of jobs.”

Roman, German, and Slavic Languages and Literature

Peter Rollberg was quoted by El Universal in the article “El poderoso embajador ruso que complica al gobierno de Trump.”

Bernd Schaefer was quoted by The Diplomat in the article “What’s Next in Cambodia-North Korea Relations?”

Abdourahman Waberi authored articles for Le Monde (“The Biya years have made Cameroonians a people who dies in silence” and “De Paris à Kigali, l’art fait le printemps”).

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored the article “Here’s How to Avoid a War With China” for The Daily Beast and the article “China Needs More Than Exhortation to Break With North Korea” for The Diplomat. He was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Sean Hannity thinks viewers can tell the difference between news and opinion. Hold on a moment.”

Daniel Martinez was quoted by Quartz in the article “The Trump tax: Human smugglers at the US-Mexico border are jacking up prices.”

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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