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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press

April 2020

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

American Studies

Elisabeth Anker spoke to Aljazeera and France 24 about the Super Tuesday primaries. The Hill quoted her in the article “Controversial satire 'The Hunt' tackles partisan divide.”

Anthropology

Jeffrey Blomster and doctoral student Víctor Salazar Chávez's discovery of a ballgame court in Mexico dating back 3,400 years was covered in Science Magazine, Gizmodo, Discover Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Archaeology and UPI.

Eric Cline was featured by International Business Times in the article “Welcome to Armageddon': Archaeologists still tantalized by the secrets of ancient Israel cities.” An excerpt of his new book DIGGING UP ARMAGEDDON: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon appeared in the Time article “Archaeologists Have Spent More Than a Century Hunting for Answers About Biblical Armageddon. Finding Them Is Complicated.”

Hugh Gusterson was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in the article “Pentagon Proposes Cuts to Social Science Research.”

Bernard Wood was quoted by Science News in the article “The ancient hominid species that includes ‘Nutcracker Man’ may have made tools” and by Newsweek in “Homo Erectus Used a Variety of Stone Tools for Hundreds of Thousands of Years, Study Finds.”

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Christopher Rollston was quoted by Christianity Today in the article “Faked Dead Sea Scrolls Displayed at the Museum of the Bible,” by National Geographic in “Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of the Bible are all Forgeries” and by Morgenbladet (Norway) in “Er dette forfalskeren? Bibelmuseets falske fragmenter er laget av en erfaren forsker, mener ekspert.”

Economics

Steven Hamilton shared expert commentary on COVID-19 with The New York Times (1, 2), The Washington Times, The Bulwark, Bloomberg and Slate.

Jay Shambaugh authored the articles “Opinion: Five things fiscal policy could do to fight a COVID-19 outbreak” for MarketWatch and “Coronavirus response must include bold fiscal policy” for The Hill. WBUR-FM’s On Point spoke to him in the segment “Living Paycheck To Paycheck During The Coronavirus Crisis.”

Tara Sinclair gave extensive commentary on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the economy to The New York Times, Marketplace (1, 2), Bloomberg, PolitiFact, Zeit (Germany) and USA Today.

English

Alexa Alice Joubin was quoted by Penta in “China’s Love Affair with Shakespeare.”

Jung Yun authored the book review “‘A Good Neighborhood’ delves into the thorny territory of race, class and prejudice” for The Washington Post.

Geography

Dan Malouff authored the articles “See how much bigger Baltimore could have been if it went by this 1912 plan” and "'Masked George Washington' is a Photoshop job for our time" for Greater Greater Washington.

History

Edward Berkowitz was quoted by Politico in “For Obamacare’s next act, look to the history books.”

Nemata Blyden authored the article “A question of identity: African Americans and Africa through the centuries” for Daily Maverick and appeared on SABC’s Daily Theta. She was featured by Vassar Stories in “Speaking Across the Centuries That Connect African Americans to Africa” and by The Miscellany News in “Speaker grapples with African, African-American identities.” She was quoted by The Conversation in the article “Africa’s wish list of what might change under a Biden presidency.”

Media and Public Affairs

Dante Chinni authored the article “Data show how to win Super Tuesday without winning a state” for NBC News, and was quoted by NBC News in “Meet the Press Blog: Latest news, analysis and data driving the political discussion.”

Trevor Davis was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in “Members of Sanders’s Online Army Ready to Fight On.”

Trevor Davis and Frank Sesno were quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “Twitter isn’t real life. But for Sanders fans, it’s a powerful tool.”

Sarah Isgur contributed to the CNN article “Biden Sounds Like A President.”

Peter Loge was quoted by Sinclair Broadcast Group in the article “Confusing Oval Office address failed to calm public's virus fears, experts say.” He authored “The ethics of running for office in a pandemic” for The Hill.

Frank Sesno was quoted by HuffPost in “The Deadly Consequences Of Trump’s Attacks On The Media In A Pandemic.”

Rebekah Tromble was quoted by Bloomberg in the article “Google Pulls Down Political Ads as Candidates Keep Pushing Limits” and by The Wall Street Journal in “Jack Dorsey’s Push to Clean Up Twitter Stalls, Researchers Say.” She was cited in the Columbia Journalism Review article “Twitter plans misinfo labels, but are they a good idea?”

Physics

Neil Johnson was quoted by the Boston Globe in the article “Donald Trump’s coronavirus advice just might kill us.”

Political Science

Steven Balla spoke to Federal News Network’s “Federal Drive” for the segment “EPA sees a potential solution to public comment challenge of e-rulemaking.”

Sarah Binder was quoted by WUSA-CBS9 in the article “VERIFY: No, members of Congress who are self-quarantined for coronavirus cannot vote remotely” and by the Associated Press in “Virus Poses a Test: Can Fractured Washington Still 'Go Big'?”

Henry Farrell authored the article “Ireland and Britain aren’t part of Trump’s coronavirus travel ban. This is why” for The Washington Post. He co-authored “Will the Coronavirus End Globalization as We Know It?” for Foreign Affairs and “Will Governments Restrict Foreign Access to Pandemic Supplies?” for Harvard Business Review.

Harvey B. Feigenbaum appeared on Radio Televion Suisse for the segment “Michael Bloomberg jette l’éponge et rejoint Joe Biden aux primaires démocrates (vidéo).” He authored “The party of discontent” for Social Europe.

Danny Hayes was cited by The Atlantic in the article “Sexism Probably Wasn’t What Doomed Warren’s Campaign.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by Canada’s CBC News in the article “Former ambassador John McCallum a no-show at China committee.”

David Szakonyi was quoted by Vox in the article “Russia’s Vladimir Putin just got one step closer to being president for life.”

Christopher Warshaw co-authored the article “A coronavirus recession would hurt all kinds of Republican candidates — not just Trump” for The Washington Post.

Psychology

Cynthia Rohrbeck was quoted by Vox in the article “‘I’ll do what I want’: Why the people ignoring social distancing orders just won’t listen.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

Leah Brooks was cited by Forbes in the article “Why Is It So Expensive To Build Things In America?”

Steve Redburn spoke to Federal News Network’s “Federal Drive With Tom Temin” in the segment “Private investment could play a role in government modernization.”

Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by Kaiser Health News in “VCU Health halts 30-year campaign that seized patients’ wages, put liens against homes” and by Roll Call in “Ten years into Obamacare, cost and access issues abound.” She shared expert commentary on COVID-19 with Newsday, Vox, Vice, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald and The Daily Beast.

Regulatory Studies Center

Susan Dudley was quoted by The Washington Times in “White House bolsters nominee for consumer post as battle looms.” She authored “Learning From COVID-19” for Forbes.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored the article “Congress needs to prod the IRS to capture carbon” for The Hill.

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