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January 2017

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

Anthropology

Bernard Wood was quoted by Science News in the article “The story of humans’ origins got a revision in 2017.”

Arts & Design

Sanjit Sethi was quoted by The Washington Diplomat in the article “Panelists Examine the Impact of Syrian Protest Art Collected by the British Museum.”

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

Christopher Rollston was quoted by International Business Times in the article “Museum of the Bible: Washington DC's controversial new Evangelical monument.”

English

Maria Frawley authored “A Short, Dire Stint as the President’s Wife” for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Lisa Page spoke to WNYC-FM’s The Brian Lehrer Show in the segment “Passing in America.”

Forensic Sciences

Victor Weedn was quoted by True Jersey in the article “Death and Dysfunction: How N.J. fails the dead, betrays the living and is a national disgrace.”

Geography

Marie Price was featured on BBC radio in a discussion about Trump's first year in office and his impact on immigration.

History

Leo Ribuffo was quoted by Politico Magazine in the article “Was 2017 the Craziest Year in U.S. Political History?”

Richard Stott was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “As colleges investigate slavery ties, George Washington University joins in.”

Media and Public Affairs

Debbie Cenziper and graduate student Scott Nover co-authored The Washington Post article “Former guard at Nazi camp is the last remaining war collaborator ordered out of the United States. Authorities want him gone before he dies.’’

Imani M. Cheers spoke to CTV News Channel (Canada) about Time’s “Person of the Year” and was quoted by Washingtonian in “The Newseum Says It’s Addressing the #MeToo Era. So Why’s It Still Selling Al Franken’s Book?”

Dante Chinni authored the Dow Jones Newswires article “Trump Counties Give Economy Strongest Marks.”

P.J. Crowley discussed President Trump’s decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem with Aljazeera English.

Javier Lesaca’s research was featured in the BuzzFeed article “As Nationalists Win, Separatism Gets A Boost.”

Peter Loge authored the article “Democrats should bring us together and revive our faith in civil religion” in The Hill.

Steven Livingston was quoted by The Hill in the article “War between Trump, media set to intensify” and appeared on the Media and Mass Atrocity podcast to discuss the role of new media in covering mass atrocities.

Steven Roberts was featured in The New York Times article “Cokie and Steven Roberts: A Half-Century of Changing Together.”

Frank Sesno was quoted by The New York Times in “What Do You Think of President Trump’s Use of Twitter?” and by The Washington Post in “How do you use an anonymous source? The mysteries of journalism everyone should know.”

Janet Steele joined Smile Jamaica for a segment on National Journalism Week and was quoted in The Western Mirror (Jamaica) article "Question your biases."

Cheryl W. Thompson was featured by News24 in “#GIJC: The ABCs of hard-hitting journalism.”

Nikki Usher authored the NiemanLab article “The Year of The Washington Post.” She was quoted by The Washington Post in “Why Weinstein? How a powerful but obscure figure touched off a social movement,” by NBC News in “The Washington Post still plays catch-up, but is gaining on The Times,” by Variety in “With Anchors Ousted, TV’s Morning Shows Gear Up for New A.M. Battle,” by Poynter in “Should we stop saying ‘fake news’?” and by Sinclair Broadcast Group in “Media 'shooting itself in the foot' with errors in Trump stories.” She spoke to RTP Noticias about the challenges social media poses to journalists.

Silvio Waisbord was interviewed by Voice of America (Spanish edition) to review the year in news and journalism.

Organizational Sciences and Communication

Katrina L Pariera was quoted by Washington City Paper in the article “In the Era of #MeToo, Conversations About Sex Are More Important Than Ever.”

Political Science

Steven Balla authored the article “Fake comments flooded in when the FCC repealed net neutrality. They may count less than you think” for The Washington Post.

Sarah Binder authored “5 lessons from a Republican year of governing dangerously” for The Washington Post. She was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “The Daily 202: In pursuit of a tax bill, Trump’s GOP keeps violating more governing norms,” by Dow Jones Newswire in “Analysis: Recent Reserve Bank Picks Boost Consensus at the Fed,” by Bloomberg in “Trump's Hyper-Partisan 2017” and by The Independent (UK) in “Trump may look like he's failing, but he's getting powerful right-wing judges installed at an unprecedented rate.”

Henry Farrell authored the articles “The Irish border has crashed Brexit negotiations. Here’s what you need to know,” “These are the conservative legal groups behind the Masterpiece Cakeshop case” and “Here’s how Google is helping, not hurting, democracy” for The Washington Post. He was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education article “How Facebook Stymies Social Science.”

Marc Lynch authored the article “Three things to know about Trump’s Jerusalem gambit” for The Washington Post. He was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Holocaust Museum Tries Again on Contentious Syria Study” and was cited in The New York Times article “The Jerusalem Issue, Explained.”

Cynthia McClintock was quoted by The Los Angeles Times in the article “Peru's president survives impeachment vote on corruption charges” and by The New York Times in “Peru in Uproar After Fujimori, a Rights Violator, Gets Medical Pardon.”

Harris Mylonas co-authored “The Microfoundations of Diaspora Politics: Unpacking the State and Disaggregating the Diaspora” and “Foreign Policy Priorities and Ethnic Return Migration Policies: Group-Level Variation in Greece and Serbia” for The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Elizabeth Saunders was quoted by Vox in the article “Trump didn’t complete his foreign policy to-do list in 2017. That’s a good thing.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by Financial Times in the article “West grows wary of China’s influence game” and by The South China Morning Post in “2017’s best books: big-name writers returned to spotlight, and Liu Xiaobo’s untimely death casts a shadow.”

John Sides authored the articles “Congress just averted a government shutdown — but maybe not for long” and “How Democrats are dominating special elections — in one graph” for The Washington Post. He was featured in the U.S. News & World Report article “Rethinking Coverage of Clinton.”

Christopher Warshaw was quoted by USA Today in the article “Poll: Most Americans doubt GOP bill will cut their taxes or boost the economy” and by The New York Times in “The G.O.P.’s Legislative Lemons.” He was cited on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” and by U.S. News & World Report in “Ignoring the Will of the People.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

David Brunori was quoted by Washington Business Journal in the article “District sees soaring revenue from speed cameras: Here they are mapped.”

Joe Cordes was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Last-minute real estate perk in tax plan prompts blowback for Corker.”

Andrew Reamer was mentioned by the Lexington Herald-Leader in the article “Tell Congress to adequately fund census count — our federal spending guide.”

Psychology

Sarah Calabrese was quoted by HIV Equal in the article “Study: How Prejudice in Medical Care Can Hinder PrEP Uptake.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley authored the articles “One-Hundred-And-One Lawyers To Recommend Changes To Regulatory Practice” and “Downsizing Regulation” for Forbes and “Trump’s deregulatory promises are coming true and saving $570 million” for The Hill. She was quoted by NBC News (online) in the article “Trump cuts red tape at White House event touting deregulation” and by Bloomberg in “This year was easy; next year deregulating gets tough.”

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Abdourahman Waberi authored the article “Who was afraid of Fred Hampton?” for Le Monde Afrique.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored the articles “You Do Not Need To Buy This” and “DOD Continues To Enable Mass Pedophilia In Afghanistan” for HuffPost. He spoke to WUSA-CBS 9’s Off Script With Bruce Johnson about the threat posed by North Korea.

Kenneth Leon was quoted by PolitiFact in the article “Violent crime is up some, but still well off historical highs.”

Gregory Squires authored the article “Watchdog or lapdog: The future of the CFPB is in doubt” for The Hill. He spoke to WCNY’s Capitol Pressroom about the Fair Housing Act.

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Cynthia Deitch was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Abusive men are falling; women are replacing them. But will this ‘reckoning’ spark real change?”

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