Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press
March 2019

Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during February were the following individuals:

 

American Studies
Elisabeth Anker spoke to Al Jazeera English about the budget agreement.
Vanessa Gamble was quoted by USA Today in the article “After decades of effort, African-American enrollment in medical school still lags."

Anthropology 
Eric Cline was cited by Live Science in the article “Biblical Archaeology: The Study of Biblical Sites & Artifacts.” 
Bernard Wood authored the article “Trail of feathers to the Neanderthal mind” for Nature.

Arts & Design
Kathy Southern spoke to WAMU-FM’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show in the segment “As The Newseum Seeks A New Home, What’s The Landscape Of D.C.’s Private Museums?”

Economics
Stephanie Cellini was cited in The Salt Lake Tribune article “Commentary: Government aid should educate the many, not enrich the few.”
Albert Keidel was quoted by China’s Xinhua News Agency in the article “China capable of maintaining sustainable growth: economist.”
Michael Moore spoke to Marketplace for a segment on the auto industry’s concerns about tariffs.
Tara Sinclair was quoted by PolitiFact in the articles “Why it feels like wages aren’t outpacing inflation, even though they are” and "In 2019, the United States will rack up about $100 million in debt every hour."

English
Lisa Page authored the article “How Dorothy Butler Gilliam overcame racism and sexism to make her mark on journalism” for The Washington Post.

Geography
Dan Malouff authored the article “Montgomery County’s first Bus Rapid Transit station is under construction” for Greater Greater Washington.

History 
Gregg Brazinsky was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “U.S. Envoy Voices Optimism Ahead of North Korea Nuclear Summit.”
Hope Harrison was quoted by The New York Times in the article “At Checkpoint Charlie, Cold War History Confronts Crass Commercialism."  
Chris Tudda was featured on C-SPAN3 with his class on U.S.-Soviet relations under President Reagan.

Media and Public Affairs
Jeffrey Blount was quoted in the ABC News article “Virginia blackface scandals a reminder of racist practice and its traumatic effect on African-Americans.”
Imani M. Cheers spoke to CGTN America about the low number of women in film production and to Al Jazeera for a segment on a peace deal between the Central African Republic and 14 armed groups.
Dante Chinni co-authored the NBC News article “Wide party divide could be opening for independent  candidate.”
David Karpf was quoted by The Washington Examiner in the article “White House petition site relaunches – and then goes dormant.”
Peter Loge was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Cory Booker was one of politics’ original social media stars. How much will it help in 2020?” He appeared on the podcast "SoccerLifeBalance" and spoke at the Yale Soccer Conference.
Ethan Porter spoke to The Washington Post for the video “How QAnon, the bizarre pro-Trump conspiracy theory, took hold in right-wing circles online.” He was quoted in the Recode article “It will take more than NewsGuard’s team of journalists to stop the spread of fake news” and his research was cited in the Nieman Lab article “Individually, people aren’t great at judging news sources. En masse, they’re almost the same as professional fact-checkers.”
Steven Roberts was interviewed by KOMO (Seattle) for the segment “Media ethics professor takes a look at Bezos/Inquirer story.” He was quoted by The Daily Beast in the article “Why Is CNN Paying John Kasich to Seemingly Trial-Balloon a 2020 Run?”
Frank Sesno was quoted by Politico in the article “‘Elephant in the room’: 2020 Dems can’t avoid Mueller forever,” by McClatchy News Service in “Abrams blasts Trump in Democratic State of the Union response” and by The New York Times in “CNN Is Criticized for Hiring Trump Administration Aide as a Political Editor.”
Janet Steele was quoted in the Time article “The Message Behind Maria Ressa’s Cyber Libel Arrest.”
Silvio Waisbord joined the NTN24 (Colombia) program Poder Latino for a conversation on the power of symbols for the State of the Union.

Physics
Gerald Feldman authored the article “Why neutrons and protons are modified inside nuclei” for Nature and was quoted by Live Science in the article “Physicists Just Solved a 35-Year-Old Mystery Hidden Inside Atomic Cores.”
Neil Johnson was featured in the Scientific American article “Artificial ‘Dumbness’ May Be a Solution for Engineering Smart Machines.”

Political Science
Sarah Binder was featured in a C-SPAN 3 discussion of the federal government and public opinion. She was quoted in The New York Times article "Death to the Filibuster?" She co-authored the articles “The Senate and intelligence community rebuked Trump on national security this week. Here’s why that matters – a lot” and “How did an annual report to Congress become the State of the Union address, a formal state occasion? We discuss” for The Washington Post. She authored the Post articles “Three takeaways from Congress’s ability to avoid a shutdown — this time around, at least” and “The Senate confirmed Eric Miller to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — despite his home state senators’ objections. That’s new.’’
Henry Farrell authored the article “Trump may be about to call Europe’s bluff on Iran. Europe isn’t bluffing”  for The Washington Post and co-authored the Post article “Iran unilateralism may undermine America’s financial hegemony.” He was featured in a C-SPAN2  discussion of the book “Bytes, Bombs and Spies with Charles Glaser.
Samuel Goldman authored the article “It’s Christian politics, not AIPAC money, that explains American support for Israel” for The Washington Post.
Danny Hayes was quoted alongside graduate student Alexandra Kurtz in the Washington Post article “The electability trap.”
Stephen Kaplan co-authored the article “China and Russia have deep financial ties to Venezuela. Here’s what’s at stake” for The Washington Post.
John Logsdon spoke with NPR on the All Things Considered segment "SpaceX Readies For Key Test Of Capsule Built To Carry Astronauts Into Space," and Scientific American in the article "SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Signals Sea Change in U.S. Spaceflight."
Yonatan Lupu was quoted by Foreign Affairs in the article “Does Technology Favor Tyranny?”
Henry Nau was quoted by War on the Rocks in the article “Assessing the Texas National Security Review’s progressive and conservative foreign policy roundtables: Is there a new consensus forming?”
David Shambaugh was featured in the South China Morning Post article “Think smarter and carry a bigger stick in Asia, China-watchers urge US President Donald Trump’s administration.”
John Sides authored the article “Poll: Only 58 percent of Americans oppose blackface” for The Washington Post and co-authored the article “The Political Magic of Us vs. Them” with Christopher Warshaw for The New York Times. He was quoted by Bloomberg in the article “Schultz’s Independent Bid in 2020 Would Help Trump, Poll Finds.”
Christopher Warshaw was quoted by The Detroit News in the article “Expert: Michigan maps show ‘historically extreme partisan bias’ for GOP” and by MLive in “Michigan legislative maps ‘one of the largest partisan outliers in history.’”

Public Policy and Public Administration 
Andrew Reamer was quoted by Bloomberg in the article “California’s $115 Billion Question: Is This Person a Citizen?”
Janice Shack-Marquez was quoted by CNN in the article “How to prove you have management potential even if you’re not in charge.”

Regulatory Studies Center
The Regulatory Studies Center was featured by Bloomberg in the article “Try Your Government On For Size.”
Susan Dudley authored the article “Tick tock, Trump’s regulatory clock” for Forbes.

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Francys Subiaul was quoted by WPSD-NBC6 (Paducah, Ky.) in the article “Tablets can help toddlers remember things in order” and by WVUE-Fox 8 (New Orleans) about his research into how children learn spatial sequencing.

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 
Kavita Daiya was quoted by WCIA-CBS3 (Champaign, Ill.) about Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and gender bias.
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