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

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

American Studies
Melani McAlister authored the article “War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals’ support for Putin as a leader of conservative values’’ for The Conversation.

Arts & Design
Dana Tai Soon Burgess was quoted by The New York Times in the article “How a Smithsonian Museum Stopped Being About the ‘Wealthy, Pale and Male.’”
The Corcoran School of Arts & Design’s NEXT student exhibition was featured by DCist in the article “GW’s Corcoran School Hosts Its First In-Person Student Exhibit In Two Years.”

Biology
R. Alexander Pyron was quoted by The New York Times in the article “From King Cobras to Geckos, 20 Percent of Reptiles Risk Extinction.”

Economics
Paul Carrillo spoke to CNN en Español about a possible real estate bubble. 
Diana Furchtgott-Roth was quoted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in the article “Special mission: Disabled vet leads Pitt program developing autonomous vehicle for others with disabilities” and by The Hill in two articles: “Democrats face pressure from left, center on student loans” and “China COVID lockdowns threaten higher prices in U.S.”
Steven Hamilton authored the article “We need a strong public service –– but consultants have their place,” for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Albert Keidel spoke to CGTN about China’s economy.
Annamaria Lusardi’s research was featured by MarketWatch in the article “Financial literacy is low across all generations — the school of hard knocks is failing.”
Tara Sinclair was quoted by The New York Times in the article “The U.S. Economy Is Booming. So Why Are Economists Worrying About a Recession?’’; by The Washington Post in the article “Markets tank over new questions about where the economy is heading”; and by Business Inside in the article “Why you feel like the economy is crappy even though it's not.”
Joann Weiner spoke to Hearst TV about the March unemployment report. She was quoted by Nexstar Media Group in the article “Could the U.S. be facing another recession?”

Media & Public Affairs
Thomas Edsall authored The New York Times article “Trump Poses a Test Democracy Is Failing.” The article quoted Matthew Graham, a postdoctoral researcher with the GW Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics. 
Jesse Holland spoke to Black News Channel about the lessons from “Black Panther” for a new civil rights era. He authored the article “Harvard's promise to address slavery's evil is more than just talk” for MSNBC.
Peter Loge was quoted by USA Today in the article “Jan. 6 committee aims for June hearings on Capitol attack. Will they affect the 2022 elections?”
Ethan Porter was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Twitter lags behind its rivals. Here’s why Elon Musk bought it anyway.”
Nina Seavey spoke to Cheddar News about how streaming has changed documentaries.
Frank Sesno was featured by CNN on the announcement of the Ted Turner Endowment to support a professorship in environmental media, and was quoted in the NewsNation article “What happened to CNN+? Service dropped shortly after debut.”
Thom Shanker was interviewed in a USA Today video that ran in the article “A port city, a steel cage, a palace: The steps that made Putin 'the richest man in the world.'”
Rebekah Tromble’s research was featured by Poynter in the article “Poynter seeks newsrooms to participate in pilot project fighting online harassment.”

Political Science
Sarah Binder was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Biden White House Keeps Student Loan Payments at Bay Amid Inflation”; by Roll Call in the article “When amendments ruled the Senate”; and by Politico in the article “The Biden boom turns into a GDP bust.”
Nathan Brown was quoted by Agence France-Presse in the article “Executions, detentions hang over Saudi legal reforms.”
Richard Chasdi spoke to CGTN about the shooting on the New York subway.
Adam Dean’s research was featured by Consumer Affairs in the article “Coronavirus update: CDC urges Americans to continue masking up”; by McKnight's Long-Term Care News in “Unionized nursing homes have better COVID-19 outcomes among residents, staff: study”; by Skilled Nursing News in  “Industry-Wide Unionization Could Have Led to 8,000 Fewer Nursing Home Resident Deaths"; by MarketWatch in “Don’t ignore these 2 things when you’re choosing a nursing home”; by Quartz in “Covid death rates were 11% lower in unionized US nursing homes”; and by WTOP in a health affairs segment on COVID-19 infections and deaths in unionized nursing homes.
Alexander Downes was quoted by Al Jazeera in the article “Ukraine war: Can Russia’s promise of fewer attacks be trusted?’’
Harvey Feigenbaum was quoted by Yello.Substack.com in the article “What Political Design Looks Like in France.”
John Logsdon was quoted by TIME in the article “The Age of the Private Space Station is Upon Us” and by CNN in the article “What to know about Axiom Space, the company behind the first all-private mission to the ISS.”
Marc Lynch co-authored the article “Ukraine war has side effects on Middle East geopolitics” for The Washington Post.
David Shambaugh was quoted by Times Higher Education in the article “Biden team questions Congress’ fear of Confucius Institutes.”
David Szakonyi was featured in the New York magazine article “How Russia’s Oligarchs Laundered Their Reputations in the West” and by Hyperallergic in  “US Institutions Received Millions From Russian Oligarchs.” He was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “A month into the war, these companies still wrestle with exiting Russia.”
Christopher Warshaw was quoted by KCUR-NPR in the article “The Kansas gerrymandering trial in Wyandotte County is almost over. Here are the takeaways” and by Kansas News Service in the article “A Kansas judge rejected a GOP-drawn congressional map for violating Black voters' rights.”

Public Policy and Public Administration
Leah Brooks was quoted by USA Today in the article “Biden reverses Trump to restore environmental law on highways, bridges, other projects”; by Marketplace in the article “The bump in the road for improvements to infrastructure” and by The Atlantic in the article “Community Input Is Bad, Actually.”
Stephanie Riegg Cellini had her research featured in The Washington Post in the article “Many certificate programs don’t pay off, but colleges want to keep them.”
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in the article “When Presidential Searches Fail.”
Robert Weiner was quoted by The Hill in the article “US oil production grows, but Russia’s war keeps gas prices high.”

Regulatory Studies Center
The Regulatory Studies Center was featured in The New Republic article “The Long Road to Methadone Access in Rural America.”
Bridget Dooling’s research was featured on Federal News Network’s “Federal Drive With Tom Temin’’ in the segment “A new look at how agencies use contractors in the act of rulemaking.”

Religion
Robert Tuttle was quoted by USA Today in the article “Supreme Court to hear case of praying coach who his lost job after kneeling on the field” and by The Washington Times in the article “Supreme Court appears split ideologically over school-prayer dispute after coach was fired.”

Sociology
Michelle Kelso was quoted by Voice of America in the article “What's Behind American Support for Ukraine?” 
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