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Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Getting Press

September 2017

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

American Studies

Vanessa Northington Gamble was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “In dispute over statues, where do you draw the line?”

Anthropology

Andrew Barr was quoted by International Business Times in the article “Scientist Says Human Evolution Was Random Chance, Not Climate Change” and by The Hindu in the article “14isbs human evolution.”

Sarah Wagner was featured in The Washington Post article “2017 NEH grants encourage great scholarship for nonscholars to enjoy.”

Chemistry

Michael King was quoted by Vox in the article “Explosions reported at a Houston-area chemical plant: what we know.”

Economics

Carmel Chiswick was quoted by The Washington Times in the article “India anti-conversion laws are outrageous.”

Diana Furchtgott-Roth authored the article “Workable Balanced Budget Amendment” for Investor’s Business Daily.

Tara Sinclair was quoted by PolitiFact in the article “Greg Abbott says more Texans have jobs than ever before.”

English

Jonathan Hsy was quoted by Forbes in the article “What 'Game Of Thrones' Gets Right And Wrong About Eunuchs And Masculinity.”

Geography

Katie Wells spoke to WTTG-Fox 5’s Morning News and to NPR’s Here and Now about Uber and its relationship with its drivers.

History

Tyler Anbinder spoke to Connecticut Public Radio about the Know-Nothing Party and immigration in the 1850s.

Edward Berkowitz was quoted by The Las Vegas Review-Journal in the article “How Medicaid, and its costs, grew in Nevada.”

Denver Brunsman was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Historians: No, Mr. President, Washington and Jefferson are not the same as Confederate generals.”

James Hershberg was quoted by Mic in the article “Are Trump’s North Korea tweets in violation of Twitter’s terms of service? Experts say no.”

Media and Public Affairs

P.J. Crowley authored the op-ed “Nation-building is the only way out of Afghanistan” in The Washington Post.

Robert Griffin was quoted by The Hill in the article “How the Midwest slipped away from Dems.”

David Karpf spoke to Scripps Broadcasting about President Trump’s retweets.

Steven Livingston spoke to KJZZ-FM, Phoenix, for the segment “What Is Trump Administration's Media-Relations Strategy?” He was quoted in The Hill article “Trump, media escalate feud’’ and in the Newsmax article “Trump Keeps Attacking Press as Feud With Media Intensifies.”

Patricia Phalen was quoted by Sinclair Broadcast Group in the article “Expert: ESPN's Robert Lee troubles point to deeper cultural issues.”

Ethan Porter was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “No lie, says Sanders: Trump got praise from Mexico, Scouts.”

Nina Seavey was interviewed by TheRealNewsNetwork.com for the video “The Fight over the FBI's Ugly History of Surveilling and Infiltrating Dissent.”

Frank Sesno spoke to BBC World News America about how the White House can get back on message. He appeared on CNN in the New Day segment “Does Trump Need a Communications Director?” and the Smerconish segment “News Not Lost In The Storm.” He was quoted by The Baltimore Sun in the article “Andrew D. 'Andy' Dumaine, advertising executive, dies” and by The Washington Examiner in “Trump's Afghanistan plan: What's new, what's not, what's next.”

Nikki Usher was quoted by Sinclair Broadcast Group (online) in the article “Media coverage, counter-protests risk amplifying hate groups' messages.”

William Youmans spoke to WNYC-FM’s The Leonard Lopate Show in the segment “Al Jazeera's Gamble To Break Into America's Media World.”

Music

Kip Lornell was mentioned by WAMU-FM (online) in the article “3 Stories About The Godfather Of Go-Go For The 3rd Annual Chuck Brown Day.”

Organizational Sciences and Administration

Tara Behrend was quoted by Time in the article “The One Big Interviewing Mistake You Should NEVER Make.”

David Costanza was quoted by Bloomberg in the article “Stop Talking About Your Generation.” He was featured in The Charleston Gazette-Mail article “Justin Fox: Age, not generation, the reason for personality differences.”

Physics

Larry Medsker was quoted by WTOP-FM (online) in the article “GW University launches new program to train STEM teachers.”

Political Science

Celeste Arrington was quoted by Deutsche Welle in the article “Why Donald Trump was right about Barack Obama’s North Korea policy” and by Bloomberg in “What Comes Next for Korea's Top Firms After Samsung Heir Convicted.”

Stephen Biddle was quoted by Business Insider in the articles “Former top US general: It's time to shoot down a North Korean missile” and “’Time to come home!': Trump's tweets reveal a strong opinion on the Afghanistan war before he became president,” by Agence France-Presse in “Blackwater founder resurfaces selling Afghan plan,” by The Globe and Mail in “Trump shifts course, strengthening commitment to war in Afghanistan,” by PBS NewsHour (online) in “7 takeaways from Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy” and by Foreign Policy in “Can Trump close the deal in Afghanistan?” He spoke to KQED-FM’s Forum in the segment “Sixteen Years In, U.S Deepens Military Involvement in Afghanistan.”

Sarah Binder was quoted by Vox in the article “John McCain did not kill Obamacare repeal for good. It could still come back.”

Nathan J. Brown authored the article “Saudi Arabia is moving to rein in its religious police. Sort of” for The Washington Post.

Alexander Downes authored The Washington Post article “Would transgender troops harm military effectiveness? Here’s what the research says.”

Henry Farrell authored the article “North Korea just called Trump’s bluff. So what happens now?” for The Washington Post.

Evgeny Finkel coauthored the article “Property stolen during the Holocaust made some communities richer, even 70 years later” for The Washington Post.

Henry Hale was quoted by Voice of America in the article “Trump Signs Sanctions Bill, Calls It 'Significantly Flawed'.”

James Lebovic was quoted by WMAR-ABC2, Baltimore (online), in the article “The North Korean Standoff Is (And Isn't) Like The Cuban Missile Crisis.”

Harris Mylonas was quoted by The Los Angeles Times in the article “No nation-building in Afghanistan? Easier said than done, experts say.”

Elizabeth Saunders was quoted by Vox in the article “America is flying blind on North Korea.”

David Shambaugh was mentioned by The Guardian in the article “Cambridge University Press accused of 'selling its soul' over Chinese censorship.”

John Sides authored the article “How many votes could Hurricane Harvey cost Trump in Texas?” for The Washington Post. He was quoted by Financial Times in the article “Trump fails to harness the powers of the presidency” and by The Washington Post in the article “The immigrant hordes are already here! Or not.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

Lori Brainard was quoted by The Washington Times in the article “With wildlife and scenic views, Interior Department attracts large social media following.”

Leah Brooks was quoted in The Washington Times article “Gentrification pushes out ‘affordable housing’ and longtime residents in nation’s capital.”

Andrew Reamer was quoted by Federal News Radio (online) in the article “Watchdogs worry Census 2020 headed for inaccurate results, higher price tag.”

Jonathan Rothwell was quoted by Vox in the article “Steve Bannon’s “economic nationalism” is total nonsense.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored the article “Experts' Roadmap To Understanding Regulations' Impacts” for Forbes. She was quoted by E&E News in the article “Trump has no science adviser. Will that politicize climate?”

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Abdourahman Waberi authored the article “African bloggers, between the urgency of writing and fear of the blank page” for Le Monde.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored the articles “THAAD: Best a Bargaining Chip” and “China and India: A Lesson in Conflict Resolution” for The Diplomat.

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