GW Arts & Sciences
May 2015
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Among the Columbian College faculty getting recent press are the following individuals, listed by department:

American Studies

Richard Longstreth was quoted in "A Lot to Lose: Can a Parking Lot Be an Historic Landmark?" (Washington City Paper).

Art and the Book

Georgia Deal and Corcoran School Art and the Book students and alumni were featured by Hand Papermaking magazine in "The Oriole Migration Navigator!"

Biological Studies

Keith Crandall authored the CNN article "What we still don't know about Gulf oil spill."

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Eric Cline was featured in "Bronze Age civilisation was destroyed by a 'perfect storm': Ancient Egypt and other societies collapsed due to climate change, war and earthquakes" in Daily Mail.

Economics

Maggie Chen was quoted by Foreign Policy in "U.S. and Japan Improve Security Ties. On Trade? Not So Much."

Carmel Chiswick appeared on Research on Religion for "Carmel Chiswick on the Economics of Being Jewish in America" to discuss her new book, Judaism in Transition (Stanford University Press, 2014).

Tara Sinclair was quoted in "Martin O'Malley says U.S. has seen falling wages for 12 straight years" (PolitiFact), "Potential Democratic presidential candidate has point on wage claim" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) and "Flagging US economy finally overtakes job market; employers add only 126,000 workers in March" (The Associated Press).

Joann Weiner authored "Five ways to reduce your tax bill before April 15" and "What to do if you can't pay your taxes by April 15" for The Washington Post.

Anthony Yezer spoke with Hearst TV (video) about the housing market.

English

Alexa Huang wrote "Thou art translated! How Shakespeare went viral" for The Conversation.

Thomas Mallon authored a piece for The New York Times in response to the question, "Are Grand Historical Events Better Fodder for Fiction Than Everyday Life?"

Lisa Page wrote The Washington Post article "Tavis Smiley reflects on his friendship with Maya Angelou."

Forensic Sciences

Daniele Podini was quoted in the article "How to find your doppelganger on Facebook" (The Washington Post).

Geography

Timothy Heleniak appeared on C-SPAN3 (video) as a panelist to discuss the Arctic's health and well-being.

History

Eric Arnesen authored the Chicago Tribune book review, "'Woodrow Wilson: A Biography' By John Milton Cooper, Jr." He was also featured in the Spring 2015 Teamsters Magazine article "University Unveils First Hoffa Teamster Professor."

Allida Black was mentioned in "As Clinton begins, her super PAC plans to fold" by The Associated Press.

Gregg Brazinsky was quoted by Voice of America in "Abe's US Visit to Focus on Controversial Statements."

Hope Harrison was quoted in "Armenia and Politics of the Word 'Genocide'" (Voice of America).

Human Services and Social Justice

Peter Konwerski was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in "Mental-Health Crunch on Campus."

Media and Public Affairs

P.J. Crowley spoke with BBC News (video) about Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy and authored the BBC News article "Viewpoint: Will US Congress scupper Iran deal?"

Matthew Hindman co-authored "Gaining ground, or just treading water?" for Columbia Journalism Review.

David Karpf was quoted by Al Jazeera America in "Big controversy can mean big business for crowdfunding platforms" and by Tampa Bay Times in "Gyrocopter flight raises profile on campaign finance reform, but for how long?"

Steven Roberts wrote "The history of the knuckleball, baseball's most difficult pitch" (The Washington Post).

Frank Sesno was mentioned by Fortune in "Hillary 2.0: Without an Obama-like challenger, will media fill the void?"

Tara Sonenshine authored "A window onto Iran" and "Keep Nepal's women and girls in mind" for The Hill.

Emily Thorson's study was referenced in "New research on politics fact-checking shows growth and influence" (PolitiFact) and "Nope, Jon Stewart, $1 trillion wasn't spent on Afghanistan schools at the expense of Baltimore" (The Washington Post).

Nikki Usher co-authored "Gaining ground, or just treading water?" and wrote "Is the Times' coverage of the super-rich alienating millennials?" for Columbia Journalism Review.

Music

Tzvetan Konstantinov participated in a series of interviews with Bulgarian National Radio (audio) in Bulgarian on various topics, such as the role GW plays in the arts and the advantages the university offers prospective international students.

Organizational Sciences and Communication

Ted Hayes co-authored "The First Law Of Strengths, Or Strengths Remaining At Rest Will Be Missing In Action" (Forbes).

Photography

Muriel Hasbun and her laberinto project were featured in Salvadoran and Spanish press including "'La galería El Laberinto creció y floreció durante la guerra, que es la paradoja más grande que existe'" (El Faro) and "[Galería El Laberinto] Un oásis de expresión artística en medio de la guerra en El Salvador" (La Radio Tomada).

Political Science

Stephen Biddle was quoted by USA Today in "Pentagon: Islamic State pushed out of 25% of its territory."

Sarah Binder was quoted in several articles: "Congress congratulates itself for the 'doc fix' deal, but can it happen again?" (The Washington Post), "In Republican Attacks on the Fed, Experts See a Shift" (The New York Times), "In Congress, Dissecting Deals for Clues to a Formula" (The Wall Street Journal), "Karl Rove and Juan Williams argue over Loretta Lynch confirmation" (PolitiFact) and "Is Loretta Lynch nomination delayed longer than 7 other attorneys general combined?" (PolitiFact).

Nathan Brown was quoted in the Bloomberg article, "Iran's Shadow Over Yemen Unites Sunni States Behind Bombing."

Christopher Deering was cited by The Washington Post in "Lawmakers want Library of Congress reforms but not librarian's resignation."

Henry Farrell authored "Why it's so hard to create norms in cyberspace," "What's behind the Gazprom crisis?" and "The new German spying scandal is a big deal" for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage.

Evgeny Finkel published "The Phoenix Effect of State Repression: Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust" in the American Political Science Review.

Marc Lynch authored "A bold new Arab vision...for 2009" for The Monkey Cage.

Michael Miller wrote The Washington Post article "The surprising benefits of autocratic elections."

Henry Nau was referenced in "Selling the Iran Deal" by U.S. News and World Report.

John Sides was quoted in "First Read: Obama's Next Test on Iran Is Keeping His Party on Board" (NBC News' Meet the Press) and "Scandal & science in Chicago: A political science conference is (mostly) a feast for the brain" (The New York Daily News). Sides also authored "Democrats are divided on 'culture war' issues, too" and "Could Obama's liberalism hurt Hillary Clinton in 2016?" for The Monkey Cage.

Public Policy and Administration

Susan Dudley wrote "Will US-EU trade talks devolve into game of chicken over regulatory ruffles?" for The Conversation, and was quoted by The Washington Post in "Carly Fiorina's claim that not 'a single regulation' has ever been repealed."

Stephanie Cellini co-authored a paper that was referenced in "For-profit Colleges: Here to Stay" (The Atlantic).

Religion

Kelly Pemberton spoke with Voice of America (video) about why Muslim youth in Europe are drawn to extremist groups.

Robert Tuttle was cited by The Associated Press in "Religious freedom laws like Indiana's not used against gays in past."

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni was mentioned by U.S. News & World Report in "Majority of Americans Worried About the Economy" and by The Washington Post in "Intermission: Jokers and Hulks." He also authored "Economics Insecurity: A Major Concern" (The Huffington Post) and "Majority of Americans Exhibit 'Economic Insecurity'" (Roll Call). Etzioni appeared on C-SPAN2 (video) as a participant in a discussion of privacy rights held at the 2015 Annapolis Book Festival.

Antwan Jones wrote "Weighing In: Toward a New Era of Obesity Reform" in a blog published by Equal Measure.

Daniel Martinez co-authored "Effectiveness of DHS' 'Consequences Delivery System' Questioned" for the American Immigration Council's Immigration Impact blog.

Ronald Weitzer was quoted in several articles, including: "More whites than blacks, Latinos approve police striking men" (The Associated Press), "Whites approve of cops hitting people more than blacks, Hispanics: survey" (The Associated Press), "Inside the $1 billion business of erotic massage parlors" (The New York Post), "How important is racial diversity in community policing?" (San Luis Obispo Tribune), "Why you should be wary of statistics on 'modern slavery' and 'trafficking'" (The Washington Post) and NPR reported (audio) his comments about a survey that found whites less disturbed by police violence.

University Writing

Caroline Smith published "As the 60s Moves Forward for Women, Mad Men Leaves Its Women Behind" in PopMatters.

Women's Studies

Bonnie Morris appeared on C-SPAN3 (video) to recite the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" as part of a ceremony honoring President Abraham Lincoln's final ride.