September 2016

Hugh Gusterson spoke to WYPR-FM, Baltimore, about drone warfare.

Sean Roberts was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “Islam Karimov, President Who Dominated Uzbekistan for 25 Years, Dies at 78” and spoke to Voice of America for the article “Uighurs, Wary of China’s Response to Kyrgyzstan Attack, Trying to Stop Militancy.” 

Jeffrey Splitstoser’s research on an ancient dyed cotton fabric was mentioned in several media outlets, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, Fox News, Daily Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, International Business Times and LiveScience. 

Sarah Wagner spoke to KBJR-NBC6, Duluth, Minn., about the science of recovering and identifying people missing in action.

Bernard Wood was quoted by Vox in the article “Humans and Neanderthals had sex. But was it for love?” 

Juana Medina spoke to WRC-NBC 4’s News 4 Midday about her participation in the National Book Festival.

Christopher Cahill authored “A nuclear scientist reflects on a year at the State Department” for the American Institute of Physics website.

Tara Sinclair was featured in The Washington Post article “Job market expected to maintain momentum in August.” 

Anthony Yezer was quoted by Omaha World-Herald in the article “How much does the death penalty cost Nebraska? Economist stands by his $14.6 million-per-year figure, despite criticism.”

Jennifer Close’s novel The Hopefuls was reviewed by The Buffalo News in the article ““The Hopefuls” is a fast, fun read about young transplants in politically charged D.C.”

Ayanna Thompson was quoted by The Baltimore Sun in the article “Chesapeake Shakespeare Co. to stage its first 'Othello’" and by The New York Times in “Translating Shakespeare? 36 Playwrights Taketh the Big Risk.” 

Lisa Benton-Short authored “After 9/11, Public Spaces No Longer Represent Freedom” in Time.

Scott Sklar was quoted by American Public Media’s Marketplace in the article “Melting smartphones shed light on lithium-ion batteries.”

Allida Black was quoted by The Daily Beast in the article “Will Bill Clinton Become Hillary's Eleanor Roosevelt?”

Jozef H. Przytycki was featured by New Post (Greece) in "Διεθνές Συνέδριο Μαθηματικών στην Αρχαία Ολυμπία" (International Congress of Mathematics in Ancient Olympia).

Imani Cheers spoke to CCTV America about diversity in Hollywood.

Matthew Hindman was quoted by The Economist in the article “Yes, I’d lie to you.’’

David Karpf was quoted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune for the article “From party pics to politics: The perils and possibilities of social media for candidates,” and in Popular Science for “Six Charts Show Why No One Is Talking About Climate Change.”

Javier Lesaca was quoted by The Huffington Post in “Islamic State Leader Abu Muhammad al-Adnani Killed In Airstrike, Pentagon Confirms” and by the Latin American Herald Tribune in “Internet, Poor Neighborhoods: The Battleground against Millennial Jihadism.” He co-authored the article “Scientific evidence for defeating ISIS” in The Huffington Post.

Frank Sesno was quoted by several media outlets, including The Washington Post (“It’s time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump” and “Donald Trump, press-shy? The once ubiquitous candidate is moving away from the media”); The Daily Beast (“What in the World Got Into Matt Lauer at the Commander-in-Chief Forum?); Politico (“Why Donald Trump gets a pass); and the Associated Press (“North Carolina governor campaign planted questions at event”). He spoke to CBS News Radio about Roger Ailes and discussed the presidential debate on CNN’s Reliable Sources. He also guest-hosted WAMU-FM’s The Diane Rehm Show. 

Tara Sonenshine authored the article “SpaceX explosion is one that dashed hopes and broke hearts” in The Hill.

Nikki Usher was quoted by The Washington Post in “Social media campaigns attract millions of followers, but can they get them to the polls?”

Silvio Waisbord was quoted by La Nacion (Argentina) in the article “Being a real Underwood, the karma of several leaders.”

David DeGrazia authored the article “Self-defense is a questionable argument for owning a gun” in The Baltimore Sun.

Tadeusz Zawidzki’s Hirshhorn Museum discussion on chance and impermanence in art and life is featured in The Washington Post article “In the galleries: A sweeping riff on the circle at the Hirshhorn.”

Michael Barnett spoke to WTOP-FM about attacks in Syria.

Stephen Biddle spoke to BBC’s Newsday about the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Sarah Binder was quoted by Reuters in the article “Paul Ryan's challenges will not start until after Nov. 8 election,” by the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact in “Patrick Murphy attacks Marco Rubio for voting against gun ban for people on no-fly list” and by the Financial Times in “Donald Trump’s salvos add to pressure on Federal Reserve.”

Samuel Goldman was quoted by Vox in the articles “A conservative intellectual explains why the GOP has fallen to Donald Trump” and “Donald Trump lost Monday’s debate. So did Trumpism.” He was also quoted by The Huffington Post in “The Vice Presidential Debate May Not Move The Dial, But It Is Worth Your Time.”

Danny Hayes’ book Women on the Run: Gender, Media, and Political Campaigns in a Polarized Era was cited in the Vanity Fair article “Is The Media Coverage Of Hillary’s Health Scare Sexist?” His research was also featured in The New York Times article “Can Hillary Clinton Keep You Safe?”

John Logsdon was quoted by Popular Science in “China’s Race to Space Domination.” He also commented on Elon Musk’s plan to colonize Mars for Agence France Presse, National Geographic, BuzzFeed, BBC World Service and Mashable.

Corrine McConnaughy was quoted by The Washington Post in the articles “Hundreds of tech companies are letting employees skip work on Election Day” and “A hedge fund seeks its fortune on an old frontier.”

Henry Nau was quoted by The South China Morning in the article “Foundering Trans-Pacific Partnership and Obama’s inability to flex military muscle hinders ‘pivot’ with Asia.”

Elizabeth Saunders was quoted on the ABC News website in “Syria's Absence From US Campaign Trail No Surprise to Experts.”

David Shambaugh spoke to NPR’s Morning Edition about the G-20 summit in China, and was mentioned in The South China Morning Post article “How China has gone from panda diplomacy to New Silk Road smart power.”

John Sides authored several articles in The Washington Post: “After the debate, Trump is still dominating news coverage. But Clinton is getting the good press”; “Presidential candidates are ideologically extreme. And they pretty much get away with it.”; “Is the media biased toward Clinton or Trump? Here is some actual hard data.”; “Donald Trump’s campaign is still on track to raise amazingly little money”; “Here are 5 keys to watching Monday night’s debate between Clinton and Trump”; and “In North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory’s reelection prospects are fading fast.” He authored The New York Times article “The Pundit Industrial Complex Strikes Back.” He was also quoted by U.S. News & World Report, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Christian Science Monitor, The Detroit News, Bloomberg, Mic.com and in the Voice of America articles “Trump: Americans Have 'Big Hearts' But Cannot Risk a Flow of Refugees” and  “Analysts Give Clinton Edge in 1st Debate with Trump.” 

David Szakonyi authored “Here’s what a study of Russian business leaders in politics can tell us about Donald Trump" in The Washington Post.

Leah Brooks was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “The little misfit buildings that make cities wonderful — and hold them back.”

Susan Dudley authored the article “Milking Bogus Claims of Regulatory Cost Savings” in Forbes. She was also featured in the Bloomberg article “Former Agency Officials Bring Benefits to Regulatory Debate,” the CNN (online) article “Could a President Trump reverse Obama's regulations on 'Day One'?” and The Hill article “White House considers changes to presidential records rule.”

Scott Pace was quoted by New Scientist in the article “China is launching a space station and wants an even bigger one,” by The New York Times in “Elon Musk’s Plan: Get Humans to Mars, and Beyond” and by The Washington Post in “Elon Musk on mariachi bands, zero-G games, and why his Mars plan is like ‘Battlestar Galactica.”

Robert Sheets was quoted by The Chronicle of Higher Education in the article “2 Projects That Promote Alternative Credentials Reach Key Milestones.”  

Abdourahman A. Waberi authored two articles in Le Monde Afrique: “La Françafrique ressuscitée d’Hollande l’Africain” and “Alain Mabanckou: Les dictateurs croient avoir le temps, mais la montre est au peuple En savoir plus sur.”

Amitai Etzioni authored “Making a US-Sino War ‘Thinkable’?” in The Diplomat and "How the US can deal with North Korea" in Business Insider.

Frederic Lemieux authored an article in The Conversation titled “What is terrorism, and is it getting worse?”

Adrienne Hancock’s research was referenced by Harvard Business Review in “Why Hillary Clinton Gets Interrupted More than Donald Trump.”