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September 2018

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

 

American Studies 

Elisabeth Anker spoke to Aljazeera in the segment “Catch & Kill: Could Trump's media allies hasten his downfall?

Melani McAlister authored the article “Why Putin is an ally for American evangelicals” for The Conversation

Gayle Wald was featured in The New Yorker article “Shout, Sister, Shout!,” a Biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.”

Anthropology 

Art Therapy

Tally Tripp was quoted by The New York Times in the article “How to Get the Most Out of Art (Even When You’re Not Sure You Get It).”

Arts & Design 

Biology 

James Clark was featured by China’s Xinhua News Agency and by CGTN for his research as part of an international team that discovered two new dinosaur species. 

Mollie Manier was quoted by Smithsonian in the article “For Men, Gains in the Gym May Come at a Cost to Sperm.”

Economics 

Forensic Sciences 

Victor Weedn spoke to WTTG-Fox 5’s Morning News about identifying Korean War casualties recently returned to the United States. He was quoted by Time in the article “The Presumed Remains of Korean War Casualties Are Back in the U.S.—But They Could Take Months to Identify.”

History

Media and Public Affairs

David Karpf spoke to Iowa Public Radio’s River to River in the segment “The Ever Changing Role of Digital Media in Our Political System” and to Sirius XM Business Radio’s Knowledge @ Wharton about social media companies removing content from InfoWars founder Alex Jones. He was quoted by PolitiFact in the article “Why Infowars’ Alex Jones was banned from Apple, Facebook, Youtube and Spotify.”

Steven Livingston was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “As midterm elections approach, a growing concern that the nation is not protected from Russian interference.”

Peter Loge spoke to Sinclair Broadcast Group about campaign advertising. He discussed his book Soccer Thinking for Management Success with Sirius XM FC’s United States of Soccer and The GegenPress US podcast. He was quoted by Cronkite News in “As elections near, interest in schools fades for some campaigns” and by the website Reclaim Connecticut in “New Book Could Offer Lessons to CT Pols: Treat Challenges Like Soccer, Not Football.”

Ethan Porter spoke to Al Jazeera English in the segments “Facebook suspends more fake accounts ahead of US midterms” and “Trump accuses Google, Facebook and Twitter of bias.” He was quoted by Spectrum News in the article “Trump accuses Twitter of bias, CEO fires back.”

Steven Roberts was quoted by The Daily Beast in the article “Fox News, CNN Hired Ex-Trump Aides Bound by NDAs. That’s ‘Journalistic Malpractice,’ Experts Say.”

Frank Sesno appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss John McCain’s relationship with the press and McCain’s abiding respect for the free press. He moderated a C-SPAN3 discussion of presidents and the press. He spoke to Across America with Carol Costello about the charges against Rep. Chris Collins and the special election. He was also quoted by The Washington Post (1), (2), The Boston Globe, Voice of America, Politico and CGTN.

Janet Steele authored the Foreign Policy article “‘The Best Form of Jihad Is to Tell a Word of Truth.’”

Cheryl W. Thompson was interviewed by Alabama Media Group about her investigative reporting on former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson. She was quoted by the Detroit Free Press in the article “Black journalists came, saw a whole new Detroit in successful NABJ convention’’ and Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany) in “USA: Entschlossenes Engagement.”

Nikki Usher authored the article “How Republicans trick Facebook and Twitter with claims of bias” for The Washington Post. She was quoted by The Baltimore Sun in the article “Farewell Calvert Street: The Baltimore Sun says goodbye to its longtime building,” by The Atlantic in “The Sunday Shows Set the Agenda in Trump’s Washington” and by Politico in its Morning Media roundup.  She was featured in the Nieman Journalism Lab article “Echoing the network: The most interesting new digital and social media research.”

Political Science

Public Policy and Public Administration

Stephanie Riegg Cellini spoke to WAMU-FM’s With Good Reason Radio about the troubling rise of for-profit colleges. 
Joseph Cordes and Susan Dudley were featured in the Government Executive article "EPA’s Bid for ‘Consistent and Transparent’ Rulemaking Draws Fire." Cordes was quoted by CNN in the article “Growing Catholic insurgency threatens top cardinal in Washington.”

Michael Wiseman was quoted by Politifact in the article “West Virginia GOP largely accurate about food stamp decline.”

Regulatory Studies Center

Bridget Dooling spoke to Federal News Radio in the segment “70-percent drop in significant regulations in Trump admin.’s first 18 months.” She authored the article “Trump hit the regulatory brakes, but hasn’t found reverse gear” for The Hill. She was quoted by Bloomberg Government in the article “Trump Seen Hitting Red Tape Goal Again—By Tilting The Field.”

Susan Dudley authored the article “Documenting Deregulation” for Forbes. She was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Has the Trump administration repealed 22 regulations for each new one?” and by E&E News in “Ex-staffer: Trump team steamrolled EPA on auto proposal.”

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures 

Abdourahman Waberi authored the article “Kader Attia: the suburbs, the wheat and the world” for Le Monde

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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