GW Arts & Sciences
August 2015
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Among the Columbian College faculty getting press in June and July are the following individuals, listed by department:

American Studies

Thomas Guglielmo was quoted by USA Today in "Can MTV help millennials shed racial bias?"

Gayle Wald was quoted in "Digital Underground" (WNYC-FM), "The World Needs Female Rock Critics" (The New Yorker) and "The problem with trying to label Rachel Dolezal" (PBS NewsHour).

Calvin Warren spoke to WTOP-FM (audio) about the Rachel Dolezal controversy.

Anthropology

Sergio Almécija was quoted in "Give 'em a hand; chimps' hands have evolved more than ours, Stony Brook researchers find" (Newsday) and "Chimps are more advanced than us in one specific way" (Newser).

Roy Richard Grinker published "Notes on a puzzle piece" in the journal Autism. He was also cited and interviewed in the Science article "Autism rates are up, but is it really on the rise?"

Hugh Gusterson was quoted in "In first, a woman will run U.S. nuclear weapons laboratory" (Science) and "Embedded Conflicts" (Inside Higher Ed). He also authored "How the next US nuclear accident could happen" for The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Stephen Lubkemann was referenced in The Christian Science Monitor article "Wreck of slave ship: Why the São José fascinates" and the Associated Press article "Slaves Who Died in 1794 Cape Town Shipwreck are Remembered."

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Eric Cline was quoted in "Uncle Sam wants YOU to read ‘popular’ scholarly books" (The Washington Post). He was also featured in "Canaanite Rulers Liked Their Wine Jars: Vast Collection Found at Tel Kabri" (Haaretz) and "Rooms Full of Jars Discovered at Israel’s Tel Kabri" (Archaeology Magazine).

Economics

Tara Sinclair was quoted in several articles, including: "The Companies With The Most STEM Job Openings Right Now" (Forbes), "Donald Trump says 'real' unemployment rate is 18 to 20 percent" (PolitiFact), "U.S. economy adds 223,000 jobs in June; unemployment rate falls to 5.3%" (Los Angeles Times), "Why no one can reliably predict a tech bubble" (San Francisco Chronicle) and "Bernie Sanders says 'real unemployment' rate for African American youth is 51 percent" (PolitiFact). She also authored "Greece’s Next Deficit: Skilled Labor" for ERE.net.

English

Patricia Chu was a guest on The Diane Rehm Show (audio) as a part of a review of the novel Everything I Never Told You.

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen was referenced by The Atlantic in "The Selfie and the Self" and by The Washington Post in "Intermission: Runaways." Additionally, his book Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman was reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Alexa Huang was interviewed by the Folger Library for the Shakespeare Unlimited episode, "Shakespeare in Hong Kong."

Thomas Mallon authored a piece on "Is Self-Loathing a Requirement for Writers?" in The New York Times.

Daniel Moshenberg published a letter to the editor in The Washington Post regarding the name of the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia.

Lisa Page wrote "Author of ‘The Paris Wife’ reimagines the world of aviator Beryl Markham" for The Washington Post.

Gayle Wald was quoted in "Digital Underground" (WNYC-FM), "The World Needs Female Rock Critics" (The New Yorker) and "The problem with trying to label Rachel Dolezal" (PBS NewsHour).

Exhibition Design

Cory Bernat was a guest on The Kojo Nnamdi Show for "Eat With Your Eyes: The Intersection Of Food & Art."

Fine Art

Jeff Huntington was featured in "The man behind the mural: 'I just really want to kick the door down' (The Baltimore Sun).

Fine Art Photography

Muriel Hasbun was featured in the article "Does That Come with a Hyphen? A Space? The Question of Central American-Americans in Latino Art and Pedagogy" in Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies.

Forensic Sciences

Victor Weedn was quoted by NJ.com in "One of N.J.'s largest medical examiner offices failed accreditation, but does it matter?" and "Ex-N.J. medical examiner: Sheridan deaths look like murder-suicide." He was also mentioned in "Belford’s death shown on video" (The News Journal) and "In Sheridan case, questioning the system" (Philly.com).

History

Eric Arnesen was quoted in "Is Bernie Sanders really a socialist? Or just redefining socialism for America?" (The Guardian).

Edward Berkowitz was quoted by Marketplace in "One number to rule them all."

Allida Black was quoted in "Four Freedoms Park offers visual complement to Hillary Clinton’s first rally" (The New York Daily News) and also appeared on KCRW-FM's To The Point (audio) about presidential politics and family history.

Gregg Brazinsky was quoted by Voice of America in "S. Korean FM's Visit to Japan Raises Hopes of Thaw in Bilateral Ties," "US, South Korea Reaffirm Alliance After Summit Cancellation" and "US Senators Introduce Bill to Expand Sanctions on North Korea."

James Hershberg was quoted in "The man who feared, rationally, that he’d just destroyed the world" (The Washington Post).

Richard Thornton authored "US Must Challenge China in South China Sea" for The Diplomat.

Daqing Yang was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in "Why Asia is still fighting over World War II."

LGBT Health Policy and Practice

Stephen Forssell spoke with WJLA-ABC7 News at 4 (video) about the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage equality and was quoted by Stars and Stripes in "Transgender decision raises question of combat jobs."

Media and Public Affairs

P.J. Crowley authored "Taking the long view on Russia" and "In the battle against IS, who is shooting at whom?" for BBC News. He was also quoted by The Washington Times in "Ashton Carter’s candor on national security matters creates headaches for Obama."

David Karpf was referenced by U.S. News & World Report in "White House Petition Site Called 'Propaganda Tool' Amid Long Waits, Favoritism" and "Beyond the Boogeyman." Additionally, he was quoted in "What Happened To The Progressive Netroots Movement?" (ThinkProgress).

Steven Roberts guest hosted several episodes of The Diane Rehm Show (audio: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Frank Sesno was mentioned in "New ‘Reliable’ host on CNN is winner; Local puppy rescue makes ‘Today’" (The Buffalo News) and quoted in "#WhiteHouseTour photos flood social media as 40-year ban is lifted" (The Guardian). He also appeared on CNN's Smerconish and Reliable Sources (video: 1, 2) and guest hosted The Diane Rehm Show (audio: 1, 2, 3, 4).

Tara Sonenshine authored "Michelle Obama shines a spotlight on mental illness" and "Imagine, a good news story on Pakistan" for The Hill.

Nikki Usher wrote the Columbia Journalism Review article "Who’s afraid of a big bad algorithm?"

Silvio Waisbord authored "My Vision for the Journal of Communication" for Journal of Communication.

Museum Studies

Martha Morris was quoted by the Associated Press in "Bill Cosby's art collection to remain on view at Smithsonian."

Physics

Oleg Kargaltsev was quoted in "This Pulsar Is Shotgunning Part Of Its Neighbor Out Into Space" (Forbes).

Political Science

Steven Balla co-authored the Administrative Fix blog post "Stakeholder Participation and Regulatory Policymaking in the United States."

Stephen Biddle spoke with the Associated Press Radio (audio) about sending U.S. troops to Iraq.

Sarah Binder authored "Can a trade bargain be put back together again?" for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage, and was quoted by PolitiFact in "Did Hillary Clinton have her name on only three laws in eight years as Jeb Bush says?" and "Alan Grayson says he passed more bills and amendments than any other current member." She was also interviewed by The Hill for "Primer: Will the GOP attempt to repeal ObamaCare via reconciliation?" and paraphrased by The New York Times in "Janet Yellen Warns Congress Against Adding to Fed’s Oversight."

Nathan Brown was quoted in "Egyptian Court Confirms Death Sentence for Ousted President Morsi" (The New York Times).

Christopher Deering spoke with Marketplace (audio) about the search for the new head of the Library of Congress.

Henry Farrell authored several posts for The Monkey Cage, including "Irish people are really, really angry with the New York Times today. This is why," "Other Europeans say they can’t trust Greece. The problem goes both ways" and "The euro zone was supposed to strengthen European democracy. Instead, it’s undermining it." He was also paraphrased in the Vox article "The case for a United States of Europe."

Eric Grynaviski published "Hierarchy and Judicial Institutions: Arbitration and Ideology in the Hellenistic World" in the journal International Organization.

Marc Lynch wrote several pieces for The Monkey Cage, including "How leaked Saudi documents might really matter," "The dilemmas of working with Iraqi militias," "Can the Iran deal be a new Camp David?" and "Contesting the Caliphate." He was also quoted in "Obama Narrows His Ambitions for Nuclear Deal" (Foreign Policy) and paraphrased in "Iran nuclear agreement: A done deal?" (The Sydney Morning Herald).

Harris Mylonas was interviewed by Voice of America’s Africa 54 (video) about Greece's "no" vote and authored "The Agreekment That Could Break Europe" for Foreign Affairs.

Henry Nau spoke with Westwood One’s Jim Bohannon Show (audio) about his book Conservative Internationalism: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman and Reagan. He was also quoted by The Washington Times in "Greek debt crisis could give Russia opening to expand influence in region."

Bernard Reich was referenced by Newsweek in "Misleading Myths About the Israel-U.S. Relationship."

Elizabeth Saunders was a guest on NPR's Morning Edition (audio) to discuss Jeb Bush's foreign policy balancing act.

Susan Sell was quoted by Agence France Presse in "Ambitious trade talks head to Hawaii for final stage."

David Shambaugh was mentioned in "Euphoria has China’s stock market in its dangerous grip" (The Financial Times), "Should Washington Fear the AIIB?" (Foreign Affairs), "How Zhou Yongkang verdict aids President Xi’s ‘Chinese dream'" (The Christian Science Monitor) and "Leadership in China Confronts Tougher Tasks Than in Boom" (Bloomberg).

John Sides wrote multiple posts for The Monkey Cage, including "Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers are falling. Among Democrats," "Why is Trump surging? Blame the media," "Early polls don’t mean much. It’s still possible to report on them" and "Here’s one important way Bernie Sanders is like Sarah Palin." He also co-authored "Gerrymandering Isn’t Evil" for Politico Magazine and was quoted by The Washington Times in "Bernie’s surge." Additionally, The New York Times referenced Sides in "Likable Enough? Clinton’s Exaggerated Favorability Problem" and "2016 Endorsements: How and Why They Matter."

Public Policy and Administration

Leah Brooks contributed to "As L.A. Gentrifies, Who Gets Left Behind?" for Thinking L.A., a partnership of UCLA and Zócalo Public Square.

Stephanie Cellini spoke with KCBS Radio (audio) about for-profit colleges. In addition, her research was referenced in The Washington Examiner article "Fed research: Student aid mostly raises the price of college tuition."

Susan Dudley co-authored the Administrative Fix blog post "Stakeholder Participation and Regulatory Policymaking in the United States." She also wrote "Bill would close loophole on figuring regulations' impacts" and "Supreme Court’s EPA mercury ruling is a victory for common sense regulation" for The Conversation. Furthermore, Dudley was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in "Obama Administration Readies Big Push on Climate Change."

Scott Pace was quoted in "How Pluto won over NASA’s critics" (Politico) and paraphrased by The Washington Post in "Americans’ complicated relationship with space travel."

Amit Ronen spoke with Public Radio International’s The Takeaway (audio) about utility companies and solar power.

Religion

Robert Tuttle was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in "Same-sex marriage: Will conservative religious colleges lose tax-exempt status?"

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored "The Public-Private Fusion" and "The Ultimate Encryption Debate" for The Huffington Post. He also participated in a panel discussion on privacy rights (video) that aired on C-SPAN2. Additionally, Etzioni spoke with Security Matters (video) about his latest book Privacy in a Cyber Age.

Ivy Ken was quoted in the Washington City Paper article "Hunger Games."

Daniel Martinez was quoted in "Report: Immigrants commit fewer crimes than native born" (The San Jose Mercury News).

Gregory Squires wrote the Rooflines blog post "Place, Poverty, and Politics: A Growing Divide" and was quoted in "Housing Market 2015: Despite Real Estate Rebound, Millions Of Minority Homeowners Are Still Underwater" (International Business Times).

Ronald Weitzer's study was mentioned by Tulsa World in "Anthony L. Scott: Perception, protest and perspective."

Speech and Hearing Sciences

Geralyn Schulz was quoted in the Everyday Health article "Building a Parkinson’s Disease Care Team."