GW Arts & Sciences
April 2014
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Among the Columbian College faculty getting recent press are the following individuals, listed by department:

Anthropology

Pamela Cressey was quoted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch article, "Shockoe advocates vow vigilance over dig".

Roy Richard Grinker was quoted by NPR in their blog post, "Jump In Autism Cases May Not Mean It’s More Prevalent".

Sean Roberts was quoted by CNN in "Q&A: China's restive far west", and by The Associated Press in "Separatists blamed for China knife attacked; 33 dead" and "Experts skeptical of Kunming link to global terror".

Sarah Wagner authored the commentary "'Tender mercies' of MIA accounting" in The Baltimore Sun.

Biological Sciences

James Clark was quoted in the Smithsonian Magazine article, "Scientists Discover a Large and Feathered Dinosaur that Once Roamed North America".

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Eric Cline wrote "The Collapse of Civilizations: It's Complicated" for The Huffington Post, and his book, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, was reviewed in "Of Hippos and Kings" (The New Yorker).

Economics

Paul Carrillo was quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, "Can Listings Be Used to Predict Home Prices?"

Tara Sinclair was quoted by PolitiFact in "Barack Obama says fewer black, Latino young men participate in the labor force than young white men", by FactCheck.org in "Corbett’s not so ‘remarkable’ job boast", and by The Miami Herald in "Scott’s ad claim on lost jobs under Obamacare doesn’t add up".

Joann Weiner wrote several posts for The Washington Post blog, She The People, including "Maybe raising the minimum wage isn’t such a good idea after all" and "Labor Department delivers dismal job market news for women".

English

Thomas Mallon wrote the book review "What’s It Like Reading ‘Peyton Place’ Today?" for The New York Times.

Forensic Sciences

Victor Weedn was quoted in "Did medical examiner’s office withhold murder evidence?" (Charlotte News & Observer) and interviewed by WUSA9 for their piece, "Cutting-Edge Forensics Lab Debuts at GW".

History

Christopher Klemek was interviewed (video) on Al Jazeera America on the topic of "Suburban Sprawl: Consequences of America's Built Environment".

Media and Public Affairs

P.J. Crowley was interviewed about the situation in Ukraine on MSNBC (video: 1, 2), "The Rachel Maddow Show" (video), Fox News (video), Public Radio International (audio), and "Shepard Smith Reporting" (video). He also spoke with BBC World Service about police brutality in Egypt (audio: 1, 2), and was quoted in The New York Times article, "Privacy in the War Without End".

Major Garrett wrote the article "Obama Tries to Put Putin in His Place—Again" for National Journal.

Jason Osder's film "Let the Fire Burn" was highlighted in "DVDs in the spotlight" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

Steven Roberts was interviewed (audio: 1, 2) about various political topics on KGO-AM in San Francisco.

Frank Sesno was featured in a Planet Forward segment (video) on Bloomberg West, interviewed (video) about the coverage of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 on CNN, and quoted in "‘Is It Really News?': Cable Journos Squirm Over Flight 370 Overload" (The Daily Beast). He also guest hosted "The Diane Rehm Show" (1, 2, 3, 4).

Tara Sonenshine wrote the articles "Humanitarian aid is the best, and only, solution for Syria" (Christian Science Monitor), "Food and Foreign Policy: A Diplomatic Cuisine" (The Globalist), and "Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 and the Case for Multilateralism" (Defense One). She was also interviewed (audio) on Radio America's "For Your Ears Only."

Nikki Usher was quoted in The New York Times piece, "Risks Abound as Reporters Play in Traffic".

Silvio Waisbord was interviewed in Spanish (video, 21:04 mark) about the situation in Ukraine on "Perspectiva Nacional."

Museum Studies

Martha Morris was interviewed by The Washington Post regarding "Which museums show real promise?"

Political Science

Sarah Binder wrote a blog post about her entry into The Washington Post's Annual Peeps Contest, "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Peep" for The Monkey Cage blog. Her entry received coverage in The Star Ledger and on News 12 New Jersey (video).

Nathan Brown was interviewed (audio) about trials in Egypt on NPR, wrote "Why do Egyptian courts say the darndest things?" for The Monkey Cage blog, and was quoted in "Egyptian policeman's wife casts doubt on death sentences handed out to 529" (The Guardian) and two New York Times articles, "Bright Passages" and "Hundreds of Egyptians Sentenced to Death in Killing of a Police Officer".

Henry Farrell wrote several posts for The Monkey Cage blog, such as "The euro is a democratic disaster" and "Five key questions — and answers — about the OSCE mission in Ukraine", and was quoted in "Global Effects of CIA-Senate Dispute Uncertain" (Voice of America).

Yonatan Lupu cowrote the article "How Putin needs to play nice with markets" (The Washington Post).

Marc Lynch was welcomed to The Monkey Cage in "New contributors are coming aboard!".

Henry Nau spoke (audio: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) on the topic of "Conservative Internationalism: What Is It and Why Do We Need It," which was broadcast on KLIV-AM in San Jose.

Elizabeth Rigby authored two pieces for The Boston Globe, "Not all election reforms promote equality" and "Do Voter Reforms Work?".

David Shambaugh was referenced in "The brains of the party" (The Economist).

John Sides wrote "Why most conservatives are secretly liberals", "Democrats have a young people problem, too", and several other posts for The Monkey Cage blog. He was also referenced in two Christan Science Monitor articles, "President Obama on 'Funny or Die': Funny or dud?" and "Young voters more Democratic? That’s not the whole story".

Public Policy and Public Administration

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted in "Taxpayers foot bill for 132 $100K + salaries" (Amarillo.com).

Religion

Robert Tuttle was quoted in "What Hobby Lobby’s case could have in store for religious freedom and ACA" (Deseret News) and "Health Care is Still on the Hot Seat" (U.S. News & World Report).

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni wrote "Near East and Far East: Not So Distant" for The Diplomat, "The Great Disruption" and "Obama Should Get Real" for The Huffington Post, and "Enough Room for Two Peoples in Holy Land" for Jewish Daily Forward. He was also quoted by NPR in "Of Me I Sing: Americans Construct An Opt-Out Policy".

Women's Studies

Bonnie Morris was quoted in The Arizone Republic article, "Senate Bill 1062 debate a political milestone".