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

American Studies

Bernard Mergen authored the article “Where are the questions revealing candidate personalities?” in the Charleston Gazette-Mail.

Anthropology

Bernard Wood was quoted in The Washington Post article “Human brawn may be an evolutionary fluke — courtesy of our big brains.”

Chemistry

Stuart Licht spoke to WNET-TV’s SciTech Now about his carbon capture research.

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Christopher Rollston authored “Gender-Based Violence in the Bible, Part I: Jacob’s Daughter Dinah” for The Huffington Post and provided comments for The Daily Beast and Gizmodo on new biblical handwriting analysis.

Corcoran School of the Arts and Design

Clare Brown was quoted in the KPCC-FM Online article “LA's Natural History Museum launches center focused on urban wildlife.”

Muriel Hasbun's photograph, "¿Sólo una sombra?/Only a Shadow (Ester IV)?" was featured in Poetry magazine.

Economics

Tara Sinclair commented for the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact articles “PolitiFact: Lawmaker cherry-picks CBO remarks on the economic outlook” and “Does CBO report suggest U.S. economy faces a decade of 'protracted economic malaise'?” She was also quoted by The Washington Post.

Joann Weiner published the article “Tax tips for people working in the gig economy” in The Washington Post.

English

Kavita Daiya published the article “Why Partition survivors in the US believe it's vital to keep talking about the trauma of 1947" in Scroll.

Lisa Page led a discussion with writer Salman Rushdie featured in The Chicago Tribune article “Salman Rushdie has an issue with 'safe spaces' sheltered from Donald Trump.”

Ayanna Thompson spoke to NPR’s On Point With Tom Ashbrook  about a new look at race and gender in Othello.

Geography

Elizabeth Chacko spoke to WAMU-FM for the article “Why Is There Such A Large Ethiopian Population In The Washington Region?”

Michael Mann was quoted in the UPI article "Study: Human activities are a major driver of California wildfires."

History

Eric Arnesen delivered introductory remarks at a C-SPAN 2 discussion of the book John Birch: A Life.

Denver Brunsman and GW alumna Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon were featured in a C-SPAN 3 discussion on the debate over George Washington’s title when he was elected.

Hope Harrison spoke to CNN International and CCTV America about the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

Jenna Weissman Joselit was quoted in The New York Times article “Celebrating Passover, With All the Comforts of a Resort.”

Interior Architecture and Design

Nancy Evans spoke to The Baltimore Sun about a student interior design project at the historic Carroll Mansion.

Media and Public Affairs

Patricia Phalen authored “The Melania Trump Ad Is a New Low in the 2016 Presidential Race” in Fortune.

Steven V. Roberts authored “Why the best baseball managers are often mediocre players” in The Washington Post.

Nina Seavey was profiled in an interview by In Her Words one of the nation’s leading organizations promoting women in the media.

Frank Sesno was a guest on The Diane Rehm Show for the segment “All Trump All The Time" and on CNN’s Reliable Sources. Sesno was also quoted by PRI,  AFPRoll Call and Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Janet Steele taped a 30-second spot for Indonesia's Tempo magazine's 45th anniversary.

Cheryl W. Thompson authored "Former Pr. George’s executive asks for corruption conviction to be set aside" in 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.” She also was quoted in the Fast Company article “Inside Bernie Sanders's Social Media Machine.”

Political Science

Michael Barnett was quoted in The Daily Beast article “U.N. Peacekeepers Accused of Child Abuse, Bestiality, and Cowardice.”

Stephen Biddle was mentioned in the USA Today article “U.S.-led coalition blows up $500 million in Islamic State cash” and by CNN Indonesia in the article “Serangan AS Hancurkan Tumpukan Uang ISIS Senilai Rp6 Triliun.” Biddle also appeared on the NPR program On Point with Tom Ashbrook.

Sarah Binder was a guest on the NPR program All Things Considered to discuss the lack of productivity in Congress. Binder was also quoted in the CNN Money article "Will the Fed raise rates before the election?"

Michael Brown was quoted by Channel News Asia in "Which US presidential hopefuls should Asia worry about."

Nathan Brown was quoted in The New York Times article “Egypt Gives Saudi Arabia 2 Islands in a Show of Gratitude.”

Henry Farrell spoke to Al Jazeera English about off-shore tax havens, and published several articles in The Washington Post: "Conservative professors live a closeted life. Here’s why;” “A massive leak just revealed how the super-rich hide their money. Here’s what you need to know;” and “This new book explains why so many Islamist extremists have studied engineering.”

Evgeny Finkel was quoted in The Atlantic article “Why Soviet Refugees Aren't Buying Sanders's Socialism.”

Danny Hayes spoke to AP Radio and WBZ-TV News about the Republican Presidential Race and Hillary Clinton’s chance of clinching the democratic nomination for president.

Marc Lynch was quoted by The Washington Post in “Islamist radicals are a threat. But do you need to attack their religion?” and Asia News Network in the article “US-Saudi ties unlikely to improve soon, say analysts.” He also authored the article “What’s really wrong with the U.S.-Saudi relationship,” for The Washington Post and appeared on NPR’s To the PointThe Chronicle of Higher Education also mentioned a fellowship that he was awarded.

Cynthia McClintock was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in “Peruvians Voting for a New President and Congress” and “Peruvian Presidential Election Heads for Runoff.” McClintock also commented on the Peruvian election for KCET-FM and The New York Times and talked to USA Today about the raid of Panamanian law firm Mossak Fonseca.

John Sides was quoted by several sources, including CNBC, WNYC-FM, The Christian Science Monitor, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post and Voice of America. He also authored three articles in The Washington Post: “Voter anger is mostly about party, not social class;” “Time magazine’s national debt cover story isn’t just misleading. It’s most likely ineffective too;” and “The most underappreciated fact of the election: Americans feel good about the economy.”

Public Policy and Public Administration

David Brunori was quoted by Forbes in “Neighboring States Pass Income Tax Cuts In The Same Week.”

Susan Dudley published “Transatlantic Regulatory Trade Needs Both Cooperation And Competition” in Forbes.

Stevens Redburn was featured in WalletHub’s recent article about 2016's most and least federally dependent states.

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Abdourahman A. Waberi authored the articles “La poésie pour oublier les « Panamas papers »” and “L’homme qui a sauvé les trésors de Tombouctou” in Le Monde Afrique. He was also interviewed by ToukiMontreal and France 24.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni authored The Huffington Post  column "The Court May Curb Legalized Bribery."

Gregory Squires co-authored “How Environmental Toxins Reduce Life Expectancy in Many American Neighborhoods” for the Scholars Strategy Network at Harvard University.

Speech and Hearing Sciences

Adrienne B. Hancock and Linda Siegfriedt, were quoted in a PBS Newshour story on the GW Speech and Hearing Center's transgender voice clinic.