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Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Getting Press

August 2017

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

American Studies

Elisabeth Anker spoke to Aljazeera English about Jared Kushner’s testimony on meeting with a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign.

Anthropology

Bernard Wood was quoted by The New York Times in the article “In a Lost Baby Tooth, Scientists Find Ancient Denisovan DNA” and by Daily Mail in “Human children learn to imitate far faster than bonobos: Study says our unique ability to copy could be critical to the evolution of human culture.”

Economics

Diana Furchtgott-Roth authored the article “CBO scores of ObamaCare rollback have been nothing but fantasy” for The Hill.

Tara Sinclair was quoted by BBC News (online) in the article “How climate change will transform business and the workforce,” by The Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact in “Is Donald Trump right that U.S. just 'had the best jobs report in 16 years'?” and by Mic in “Trump is still taking credit for economic growth. Here’s the truth about the so-called “Trump bump.”

English

Jeffrey J. Cohen was quoted by The Conversation in the article “George Romero’s zombies will make Americans reflect on racial violence long after his death.”

Jonathan Hsy was quoted by The Chronicle of Higher Education in the article “Medievalists, Recoiling From White Supremacy, Try to Diversify the Field.”

Alexa Alice Joubin was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard.”

Geography

Katie Wells spoke to WAMU-FM about Uber and its relationship with its drivers.

Media and Public Affairs

Robert Entman was quoted by Quartz in the article “Even with Trump as his boss, there are things the new White House spin doctor can do.’’

Matthew Hindman was quoted by Voice of America in the article “Some Cringe, Others Applaud Trump’s War on Perceived Media Enemies.”

Javier Lesaca was quoted by Forbes in the article “The Weaponization Of Social And Digital Media.”

Steven Livingston was quoted by People Magazine in the article “President Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Is a ‘Political Tool’ to Stir Fears of His Base, Experts Say.”

Albert May was quoted by The Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact in the article “Fact-check: White House's Conway uses conservative blog to claim media is hostile to Trump.’’

Ethan Porter was quoted by The Atlantic in the article “Why Fact-Checking Doesn't Faze Trump Fans,” by Vox in “Trump supporters know Trump lies. They just don’t care” and by NiemanLab in “Fake news bots are so economical, you can use them over and over.”

Nina Seavey was featured by Politico in the article “Judge balks at FBI’s 17-year timeline for FOIA request,’’ by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in “Former U. City woman's Vietnam protest film gets boost from federal court,’’ by the Mint Press News in “Judge Intervenes After FBI Stonewalls Documentary Film Maker’’ and by CounterPunch in “The Other Side of War: Fury and Repression in St. Louis.”

Frank Sesno was quoted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in the article “CNN finds renewed relevancy comes with a price.” He spoke to CNN’s Tonight With Don Lemon in the segment “Trump Aides Admit To Russia Meetings After Denials” and to CNN’s New Day in the segment “Does Trump Need a Communications Director?”

Nikki Usher and graduate student Scott Nover co-authored the article “Why Haven’t Reporters Mass-Adopted Secure Tools for Communicating With Sources?” for Slate. Usher was quoted by Sinclair Broadcast Group (online) in the article “Journalist accuses AP of 'censoring conservative words' in Stylebook,” by MediaShift in “Demystifying Media: Five Lessons in Trust and the Media,” by USA Today in “Hillary Clinton lost the presidential Twitter war, study shows,” by The Washington Post in “Trump Jr.’s emails should have killed the president’s ‘fake news’ rants. Here’s why they won’t,” by Quartz in “Even with Trump as his boss, there are things the new White House spin doctor can do” and by The Columbus Dispatch in “Ohio State Fair tragedy broadcast to the world on social media.” She spoke to NewsChannel8 about Sean Spicer’s resignation.

Music

Kip Lornell was featured in the Bisnow article “HumanitiesDC!”

Political Science

Stephen Biddle was quoted by The Washington Examiner in the articles “Time to shoot down a North Korean missile, former top US general says” and “Winning a war against North Korea would come at 'great cost': Here's what it might look like.” He spoke to KCRW-FM’s To The Point in the segment “Does it take two parties to govern?”

Sarah Binder was quoted by Dayton Daily News in the article “Frustration builds over slow-moving Congress,” by NBC News (online) in “What’s Next: Health Care ‘Vote-a-Rama’ and the End Game” and by The Washington Post in “Will the Trump administration ever be held accountable for its abuses? Here’s one way it might.” She was featured in The New York Times articles “Byrd Bath: Seven Provisions That Could Disappear From the Senate Health Bill” and “G.O.P. Support for Trump Is Starting to Crack.”

Alexander Downes co-authored the article “The Trump administration wants regime change in Iran. But regime change usually doesn’t work” for The New York Times. He was mentioned by The Washington Examiner in the article “Regime change in Iran? It might not mean what you think.”

Henry Farrell authored the articles “Trump’s plan to work with Putin on cybersecurity makes no sense. Here’s why” and “Most of what you think you know about human reasoning is wrong. Here’s why” for The Washington Post and co-authored the article “Even the intellectual left is drawn to conspiracy theories about the right. Resist them” for Vox. He was quoted by The Chronicle of Higher Education in the articles “A New History of the Right Has Become an Intellectual Flashpoint” and “Nancy MacLean Responds to Her Critics.”

Henry Hale co-authored the article “How Trump Should Handle his First Meeting with Putin” for Newsweek. He spoke to CTV News Channel, Canada National, about President Trump’s meeting with Putin.

Marc Lynch authored the article “Three big lessons of the Qatar crisis” for The Washington Post. He was cited by The Gulf Times in the article “Washington Post highlights success of Qatar’s strong stance,” by The Washington Post in “The blockade of Qatar is failing” and by Forbes in “Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates Pay High Price For Botched Attack On Qatar.”

Elizabeth Saunders was quoted by Vox in the article “People around the world don't like or trust Trump. Here's why that matters.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by the South China Morning Post in the article “Guess who’s not invited to China’s key Communist Party congress.”

John Sides was quoted by The Nation in the article “New Studies Cast Doubt on Cherished Conventional Wisdom From 2016.”

David Szakonyi spoke to WTTG-Fox 5 about President Trump’s meeting with Putin and was interviewed by Al Jazeera in the segment “US: Russia’s Sputnik news agency gets local DC radio.”

Cailtin Talmadge was mentioned by The New York Times in the article “North Korea’s Nuclear Arms Sustain Drive for ‘Final Victory.’”

Psychology

David Costanza was quoted by Bloomberg in the article “Stop Talking About Your Generation.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

David Brunori was quoted by HuffPost in the article “State Lotteries Fight ‘Jackpot Fatigue,’ Casino Competition.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored the article “There Is Hope For Bipartisan Reforms In Congress” for Forbes. She was quoted by The Hill in “Voter fraud commission may have violated law,” by The New York Times in “Neomi Rao, the Scholar Who Will Help Lead Trump’s Regulation Assault,” by The Washington Post in “Trump administration cancels hundreds of Obama-era regulations” and by Forbes in “Trump Commission's Request For Voter Info May Have Violated 'Paperwork Reduction Act.'”

Brian Mannix was quoted by E & E News in the article “Trump analysis slashes WOTUS's economic benefits.”

Sofie Miller was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “The Myth of Trump’s Do-Nothing Presidency.”

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored the article “North Korea: For Now Change Behavior, Not Regime” for The Diplomat, “Ways to Maneuver on North Korea” for The New York Times and “Etzioni’s Democratic Platform” for HuffPost. He spoke to BBC World News about pressuring China to help resolve nuclear tensions with North Korea.

Antwan Jones authored the article “How Ohio would lose under the Republican health care plan” for The Cleveland Plain Dealer (online). He spoke to WUSA-CBS 9’s Off-Script With Bruce Johnson in the segment “Remembering the 1968 DC riots.”

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Cynthia Core appeared on Globo Internacional’s Globo Notícia Américas.

University Writing

Phillip Troutman was featured in a C-SPAN3 discussion of underground railroad conductors.

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