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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press
August 2022

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

American Studies
Elisabeth Anker spoke to Aljazeera about President Biden's latest climate action. 

Biology
Sandy Kawano was quoted by Defector in the article “New Fossil Fish Flirted With The Idea Of Legs But Kept On Swimming.”
R. Alexander Pyron was quoted by Newsweek in the article “Have Burmese Pythons Expanded Their Range in Florida?” His research was featured by Science Daily in the article “Three new species of black-bellied salamander found in southern Appalachian Mountains.” 

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Christopher Rollston was quoted by Israel’s Haaretz in the article “Controversy Rages Over ‘Jerusalem Curse’ Inscription.”

Data, Democracy, and Politics
David Broniatowski was quoted by France 24 in the article “Covid-19 misinformation bolsters anti-vaccine movement” and OI Canadian in the article “Phenomenon. Misinformation about Covid instills doubt about all vaccines.”

Economics
Diana Furchtgott-Roth authored the article “Keep Europe’s War Against Cars Out Of America” for Forbes.
Tara Sinclair was quoted by Nexstar Media Group in the article “US sees strong jobs report for June, 372,000 jobs added”; by Vox in the article “How will we know if we’re in a recession?”; by The New York Times in the article “Is Recession Staring Us Down? Already Upon Us? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Say”; and by PolitiFact in the article “What exactly is a recession? Sorting out a confusing topic.” She was quoted by The Washington Post in the articles “The Biden administration’s preemptive pushback on ‘recession’” and “U.S. economy shrinks again in second quarter, reviving recession fears.” She was quoted by the Washington Examiner in the articles “Pandemic’s reshaping of economy complicates recession predictions” and “White House challenges common definition of 'recession' — here's what to know.” She spoke to Marketplace about the prospects of a recession. 
Joann Weiner was quoted by Newsweek in the article “Is Inflation Coming Down? What Falling Gas Prices Mean for Economy” and Nexstar Media Group in the article “US leaders work to stabilize struggling economy.”

Geography
Lisa Benton-Short was quoted by Newsweek in the article “The World's Most Eco-Friendly Countries (and What They're Doing Right).”
Photographs taken by Dan Malouff were featured by Greater Greater Washington in the article “Photo Friday: View from above.”

History
Edward Berkowitz was featured by C-SPAN in the segment “Edward Berkowitz and Sanford Schram on the 1996 Welfare Reform Law.”
Gregg Brazinsky was quoted by the South China Morning Post in the article “Jose Eduardo dos Santos: the Angolan leader who looked to China to fund reconstruction.”
Denver Brunsman authored the letter “George Washington University’s Name Is ‘Off Limits’ for Renaming” to the editor of The Wall Street Journal.

Mathematics
Robert Won appeared on the July 8th and July 11th airings of Jeopardy! on WJLA-TV ABC.

Media and Public Affairs
Imani M. Cheers was featured by C-SPAN for speaking at the National Cannabis Policy Summit. Her “Framing Fatherhood’’ exhibit was featured by The Washington Post in the article “In the galleries: Women view environmental issues via imagery” and WTOP-FM in the article “George Washington University exhibit celebrates Black fatherhood.”
Jesse Holland appeared as a guest host on the “Doris Meissner on the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986” segment on C-SPAN. He spoke to WYPR-FM, Baltimore about the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. (1, 2). He also spoke to KDLG in the segment “Jan. 6 committee holds its last hearing into Capitol riot.” He authored the article “On 'Star Trek,' Nichelle Nichols boldly went where no Black woman had gone before” for MSNBC.
Peter Loge was quoted by Politico Pro about the use of Jan. 6 images in political advertising.
Steven Roberts authored the articles “The stain on the wall” for The Morning Sun;  “Steven Roberts: Can abortion save Democrats' election chances?” and “Steven Roberts: Will Republicans choose to keep cleaning up Trump's ketchup stains?” for the Reflector; “COLUMN: Who and what comes after Biden?” for Tahlequa Daily Press; “GUEST COMMENTARY: It's not to early to stop the Start the Steal movement” for Columbia Missourian; “Take the blinders off” for Lompoc Record; and “ROBERTS: Can Trump be trusted?” for the Ottumwa Courier. He authored the book review “A collection that captures baseball’s heroes, and their human stories” for The Washington Post.
Janet Steele authored the article “Ahmad Lutfi Othman – the journalist I knew” for MalaysiaKini.
Megan K. Stack authored the article “Let’s Not Pretend We’re Keeping Our Promises on Asylum” for The New York Times.
Rebekah Tromble was quoted by Bloomberg in the article “One of TikTok’s Biggest Stars Roasts Dudes for Their Misogyny, Racism, and Fatphobia.’’

Political Science
Sarah Binder spoke to Bloomberg Radio about congressional priorities. She was quoted by Reuters in the article “Analysis - Biden, Democrats Need Moderate Republican Powell To Fight Inflation.”
Bruce Dickson was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “Frozen bank accounts and unfinished homes: China’s ‘desperate situation.’”
John Logsdon was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024”; by The Guardian in the article “Is Russia killing off the International Space Station?”; and by Space.com in the article “How seriously should we take Russia's latest threat to leave the ISS?” He was quoted by Business Insider in the articles “Debris from a giant Chinese rocket booster is set to plummet uncontrollably to Earth, raining parts across unknown locations this weekend” and “Russia and NASA have been on edge for years. Threats to leave the International Space Station are no surprise.’’ He spoke to KCBS-AM, San Francisco about Russia’s decision to withdraw from the International Space Station.
Cynthia McClintock was quoted by Aljazeera in the article “One year on, Peru’s president fights for political survival.”
Henry Nau authored the article “Why Reagan Matters” for National Review.
David Shambaugh was quoted by Reuters in the article “U.S. Treasury Diplomat Nominee Aims To Curb China's Lending Influence.”
Christopher Warshaw was quoted by The Associated Press in the article “Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures.”

Public Policy and Public Administration
Leah Brooks had her research featured by The Atlantic in the article “Why Your House Was So Expensive.”
Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by CNN in the article “A recipe for a lot of suffering': How abortion bans may strain the red states”; by Cox Media Group in the articke “US government tells doctors, hospitals they must provide abortion services in cases of emergency”; by The Wall Street Journal in the article “Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Abortion Medical-Emergency Guidelines”; by Bloomberg Law in the article “OB-GYN Board Moves Exam Online to Avoid Texas Travel (1)”; and by Reuters in the article “Federal guidance on life-saving abortions puts doctors in a bind.”
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