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

American Studies

Jamie Cohen-Cole’s book, The Open Mind, was reviewed in "How Tolerant Should We Be of Intolerance?" (The Nation).

Biological Sciences

The discovery of the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid by the international team including James Clark was featured in an episode of "NSF Science Now."

Catherine Forster was quoted by Reuters in "Fossils withdrawn from auction donated to new Kansas museum."

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Eric Cline wrote "Climate Change Doomed the Ancients" for The New York Times and was interviewed (audio) about it on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" on KPAM-AM.

Economics

Tara Sinclair was quoted in The Washington Post, PolitiFact, The Washington Times, Bloomberg and on WGDJ-AM (audio) regarding jobs and unemployment in the U.S. She was also quoted in "Janet Yellen And 17 Other New Faces On The 2014 Power Women List" (Forbes) and "Social media meme says 75 have joined food stamp rolls for every job created under Barack Obama" (PolitiFact).

Joann Weiner wrote several posts for The Washington Post blog, She The People, including "Women are making smart decisions about paying for their college education" and "Shades of McCarthyism: Actions by lawmakers against gay-themed activities threaten American values."

English

Thomas Mallon’s review-essay, "Born to Do It," focusing on three new books about Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Adams, appeared in The New Yorker.

Lisa Page remembered Maya Angelou on "NewsOne Now" on WOLB-AM (audio).

Fine Arts and Art History

Alexander Dumbadze’s book, Bas Jan Ader: Death Is Elsewhere, was reviewed in "Vanishing Artist" (Art in America).

Dean Kessman's latest exhibition, "A Layered History: From Semitransparent to Opaque," was reviewed by The Washington Post.

Barbara von Barghahn was quoted in "Even Trees Can Be Political" (Jewish Daily Forward).

LGBT Health Policy and Practice

Stephen Forssell was quoted in the BuzzFeed article, "HHS Expected To Lift Blanket Medicare Ban On Sex-Reassignment Surgery Soon."

Media and Public Affairs

P.J. Crowley was interviewed (video) by MSNBC about the crisis in Ukraine and quoted in "Inside the right’s 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton" (MSNBC). He also commented on President Obama's remarks at West Point for Aljazeera America (video) and BBC World Service (audio).

Major Garrett wrote "Think Globally, Act Locally," "Torpor Before Temper: A Viewer’s Guide to 2014 and Early 2015" and "‘This Is How Wars End in the 21st Century’" for National Journal.

Kerric Harvey edited the Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, which was reviewed in The Washington Post.

Jason Osder was interviewed about his film Let the Fire Burn, which recently debuted on PBS's "Independent Lens."

Steven Roberts guest hosted "The Diane Rehm Show" (audio: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), was featured in "Steve and Cokie Roberts: Set the bar high, believe" (Stillwater News Press), was interviewed (audio) about politics on KGO-AM and took part in a panel discussion (video) on Jewish immigrants in American on CSPAN-3.

Frank Sesno was featured (video) in a Planet Forward segment on Bloomberg West and quoted in the Politico article "Anchor with attitude: Jorge Ramos fights for immigration reform."

Tara Sonenshine wrote "Do Women Need to Lean In to Be Experts on Network TV?" for The Daily Beast and "Obama Draws a Roadmap for Foreign Engagement" for Defense One.

A paper by Emily Thorson was cited in "Americans believe two things about Obamacare enrollment that can’t both be true" (Vox).

Nikki Usher was quoted in "Woman at the top of the masthead" (Slate) and "What Facebook Stands to Gain With Its 'Ask' Button" (ABC News). She also wrote The Washington Post article "It’s not just Jill Abramson: Women everywhere are getting pushed out of journalism."

Political Science

Stephen Biddle was quoted in "Obama's half-full, half-empty Afghanistan plan" (The Christian Science Monitor), "U.S. to reduce troop level in Afghanistan to 9,800 by year's end" (The Los Angeles Times) and "US to keep only 9,800 troops in Afghanistan by year’s end" (The Sacramento Bee).

Sarah Binder wrote two posts for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage, "How we count Senate filibusters and why it matters" and "Geithner’s unicorn: Could Congress have done more to relieve the mortgage crisis?"

Nathan Brown was quoted in several outlets regarding Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, including Reuters (article: 1, 2), TIMEThe Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times.

Christopher Deering was quoted in "For House lawmakers seeking promotions to Senate, a quandary" (The Hill).

Henry Farrell wrote several posts for The Monkey Cage blog, such as "Five key questions – and answers – about the arrest of Gerry Adams" and "China inflates its GDP statistics." He also wrote "Forget Me Not" for Foreign Affairs.

Danny Hayes wrote "Is vengefulness driving American foreign policy attitudes?" for The Monkey Cage blog.

David Shambaugh was quoted in "Competing Stakes Hamper Development of South China Sea" (The Wall Street Journal) and "Spying Fuels U.S.-Sino Friction Year After Obama-Xi Talks" (Bloomberg).

John Sides authored many posts for The Monkey Cage blog, including "Introducing Election Lab: The Washington Post’s 2014 midterm forecast," "Why weird congressional districts can be good congressional districts" and "The Obama administration’s deportations could alienate Latinos." Additionally, his research was cited in The Economist article, "Older, whiter, righter."

Public Policy and Public Administration

Bill Adams was quoted in "No lacking for backing: Tight 1st District race racks up endorsements" (Verde Independent).

Nancy Augustine was quoted in The Washington Post Express article, "Niche political and policy tracks instill a mission into grad students."

Burt Barnow was quoted in "Is continuing education worth the investment?" (The Chicago Tribune).

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Peter Rollberg was interviewed in Russian (video) by the Voice of America on the recent wave of nostalgia for the Soviet past.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni was interviewed on "White House Chronicle" (video: 1, 2, 3), and wrote "Strategic Reassurance: An Important Agenda" (The Diplomat), "Gary Becker -- A Giant" (The Huffington Post), "Freedom of the Press in the Post-Snowden World" (The Huffington Post) and "The Census Bureau’s Racial Straitjacket" (The Wall Street Journal).

Daniel Martinez co-authored a report, "Migrant Border Crossing Study," which was referenced in articles in The New York Times, The Nation, NBC News, NPR and USA Today. He was also quoted in "STUDY: Border Patrol Agents Disciplined For Less Than 3 Percent Of Abuse Allegations" (ThinkProgress), "Border Patrol rarely punishes agents accused of abuse" (McClatchy) and "Border Patrol agents rarely disciplined in abuse cases" (The Los Angeles Times).

Gregory Squires was mentioned in "What Housing Recovery?" (The New York Times), "What is Mel Watt Waiting For?" (The Huffington Post) and "Underwater America: Will President Obama, Mel Watt and Wall Street Finally Do the Right Thing for Troubled Homeowners?" (The Huffington Post).