GW Arts & Sciences
June 2016
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Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during the month of May are the following individuals, listed by department:

American Studies

Emily Dufton spoke to NPR’s BackStory about the parent movement in the war on drugs.

Chad Heap was quoted in an article that appeared online in Atlas Obscura.

Richard Longstreth was quoted in the Mashable article “The Watergate Hotel’s $125-million renovation means a new legacy for an old story.”

Anthropology

Hugh Gusterson was quoted in the Agence France Presse article “Obama wrestles history on symbolic Vietnam, Japan trip’’ and The Sydney Morning Herald article “Preparing for war isn't a suitable economic boost.”

Biology

Hartmut Doebel was featured in The Washington Post with students Gabby Discafani and Michelle Han in “On a D.C. rooftop, a scientist and his students look to solve bee mystery” and quoted in “A common pesticide may be a menace to pollinators. Know how to protect them."

Economics

Michael Moore was quoted by Bloomberg in “Trump and Sanders Shift Mood in Congress Against Trade Deals.”

Tara Sinclair was quoted by Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact in the articles “Bernie Sanders says minimum wage hike to $15 would reduce federal assistance by $7.6 billion a year,’’ “Are after-tax incomes up 14% since 2009?” and “Fact-checking a $15 minimum wage.”

English

Thomas Mallon co-authored “What’s the Best Book Written About Siblings?” in The New York Times.

Geography

Michael Mann was quoted by The Daily Californian in “Researchers discover wildfires correlate with human activity, climate change” and by KPBS (online), San Diego, in “Study: Human Activity To Blame For 90% Of Wildfires In California.’’

Marie Price was interviewed by Prensa Libre on migration from Guatemala to the United States.

Media and Public Affairs

Kerric Harvey was a guest on the NPR program It’s All Politics and was interviewed by Quartz about whether millennials are more susceptible than other generations to political persuasion and commercial advertising that uses social media.

Matt Hindman was quoted in the Communications Daily article "FCC finds Hispanic-owned stations may show more local news, may aid ownership review."

David Karpf spoke to the Los Angeles Times for the article “Be nice to Hillary Clinton online — or risk a confrontation with her super PAC.”

Javier Lesaca’s research was cited in The Toronto Star article “How can we end terrorism without feeding it?’’

Steven V. Roberts authored “Was this Olympic star as saintly as he appeared?” in The Washington Post.

Nina Seavey was quoted by The Washington Post in "Weighing the pros and cons of getting an MFA" and was profiled in a Prime Focus interview by In Her Words.org.

Frank Sesno was quoted by the Associated Press in “Will Trump Continue to Dominate Media in 1-on-1 Match?’’ and by Deutsche Welle in “Clinton campaign dogged by 'drip, drip' email scandal.’’

Cheryl W. Thompson authored "Former Pr. George’s executive asks for corruption conviction to be set aside" for The Washington Post.

Nikki Usher spoke to Al Jazeera for the articles “New York: Primaries, politics and the press" and “New York: Clinton and the narrative of inevitability.”

William Youmans authored “Emojis: The signs of our times” for Gulf News.

Physics

Ali Eskandarian was quoted in the Northern Virginia Magazine article “Back to school to retool.’’

Chryssa Kouveliotou was mentioned in The Washington Post article “Skywatch for May, by Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.’’

Political Science

Michael Barnett was quoted by the New Republic in “Want to Save the World? Try Using Cold Hard Cash.”

Stephen Biddle was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in the article “In Syria, a test of Obama's 'good enough' military doctrine” and by USA Today in “Iraqi cleric behind weekend protests re-emerges as anti-corruption force” and “U.S. military: Baghdad's bloodiest day this year reflects ISIL desperation.” Biddle also spoke to AP Radio News about the dangers of being a military adviser during wartime.

Sarah Binder was quoted by Newsweek in “Has Trump Set Up A Supreme Court Election?” and by The Huffington Post in “How Donald Trump Gained Power Over Senate Republicans With His Supreme Court List.”

Nathan Brown was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in the article “Truth for Giulio.”

Henry Farrell authored the articles “The Chinese government fakes nearly 450 million social media comments a year. This is why,” “This is how the new Captain America movie gets global politics wrong” and “If you want to know why Americans are angry about inequality, try flying coach” in The Washington Post.

Danny Hayes co-authored the article “There’s much less gender bias in politics than you think. Here’s why” in The Washington Post. A forthcoming book by Hayes was mentioned by Voice of America in the article “Expanding the Political Pipeline for Women Candidates” and during a C-SPAN interview about women in politics.

Marc Lynch co-authored “The changing face of women’s political participation in the Middle East” in The Washington Post.

David Shambaugh discussed his new book China’s Future with The New York Times and The Diplomat. The book was also reviewed by the Financial Times.

John Sides was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, The Hill, The Indianapolis Star and the Casper Star Tribune. Sides also talked to The Atlantic for the articles “Making the Case Against Donald Trump” and “America’s Conservative Political Crisis” and to The New York Times for the article “The Great Trump Reshuffle.”

Sides also published the following articles in The Washington Post: “How did the dramatic election of 1968 change U.S. politics? This new book explains”; “2016 should be winnable for Republicans. But can they win with Trump? ”; “Obama thinks he hasn’t gotten credit for a growing economy. He’s right”; “Can Trump re-draw the electoral map? There’s one big problem”;  “This handy tool tells you where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on the issues”; and “Democrats are gay, Republicans are rich: Our stereotypes of political parties are amazingly wrong.”

Caitlin Talmadge co-authored “Why Victory in Mosul Won’t Solve America’s Iraq Conundrum” for Lawfare.

Adam Ziegfeld was quoted in the Bloomberg article "From Jumping on Cars to Hunger Strikes, Maverick Politician Shakes Up India's Status Quo."

Public Policy and Public Administration

Stephanie Cellini was quoted by The Daily Beast in the article “How the ‘School for Gods’ Seduced America” and had research featured in the Inside Higher Ed article “Not So Gainfully Employed.

Susan Dudley co-authored “Competitive Markets Need A Neutral Referee, Not A Cheerleader” and “From Eisenhower To Obama, This Is How Much Regulatory Spending Has Changed” in Forbes. Research co-authored by Dudley was highlighted in The Hill, The Washington Times and Bloomberg BNA.

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Margaret Gonglewski was quoted in The Washington Post article “Uber drivers unite. But is that enough to wring change from ride-sharing giant in NYC?”

Abdourahman A. Waberi authored “Haïti retourne dans le giron de l’Afrique” and “Cinquante nuances de pudibonderie” in Le Monde Afrique.

Sociology

Antwan Jones authored “The role of gentrification in reducing teen births” in The Baltimore Sun and “Amazon Prime and the Economics of Race” in The Huffington Post.

Gregory D. Squires co-authored the article “Why Does Louisville Have One of the Shortest Lifespans in the Nation? Junk Science and Negative Impacts of Pollution” in The Huffington Post.

Ronald Weitzer was quoted by the Associated Press in “Students Seeking Sugar Daddies for Tuition, Rent.”

Shanlon Wu was quoted in The Huffington Post article “Professors Are Being Forced To Reveal Sexual Assault Confidences, Like It Or Not.”

Speech and Hearing Sciences

Dana Tai Soon Burgess was quoted in The Washington Post article “Weighing the pros and cons of getting an MFA.”

Leslie Jacobson was mentioned in The Georgetowner article “Theater Leader Says Plays, Musicals Are Good for Business.”

University Writing Program

Nicole Idar Lee authored the article “Why I give each of my college students a gift to mark the end of the semester” in The Washington Post.