Among the Columbian College faculty getting recent press are the following individuals, listed by department:

Elisabeth Anker was interviewed on Al Jazeera's Listening Post for "James Foley: Journalism or Propaganda?"

James Deutsch wrote "The Blockbuster World War I Film that Brought Home the Traumatic Impact of War" for Smithsonian Magazine.

Melani McAlister was a guest on "Andrew Bacevich: America’s War for the Greater Middle East" (Radio Open Source).

Alison Brooks was quoted by National Geographic in "The Evolution of Diet."

James Clark was quoted in "New Flying Reptile Found in 'Unprecedented' Pterosaur Boneyard" (National Geographic).

Stuart Licht and GW graduate students and researchers Baochen Cui, Baohui Wang, Fang-Fang Li, Jason Lau and Shuzhi Liu published "Ammonia synthesis by N₂ and steam electrolysis in molten hydroxide suspensions of nanoscale Fe₂O₃" in the journal, Science. Their research was also covered in Nature, Ars Technica and the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemistry World, among other publications.

Eric Cline was mentioned by The Washington Post in "National Book Festival lures huge crowds of readers" and NPR discussed his book 1177 B.C.:The Year Civilization Collapsed in "Lessons From The Last Time Civilization Collapsed."

Tara Sinclair spoke with NPR's Here and Now (audio) and Associated Press Radio (audio) about the unemployment report for July.

Joann Weiner wrote "Does Rwanda’s economic prosperity justify president Kagame’s political repression?" and "Do the benefits of a college education outweigh the cost?" for The Washington Post blog, She The People.

Jennifer Chang spoke with NPR (audio) about her summer poem, "Again A Solstice."

Thomas Mallon wrote a piece on "Does Where You Live Make a Difference in How and What You Write?" for The New York Times and his book was featured in Roll Call, "Roll Call After Dark Book of the Week: ‘Watergate’ by Thomas Mallon."

Victor Weedn was interviewed by SelectScience for "Advances in Forensic Science: Could Mass Spec Have its Day in Court?"

P.J. Crowley wrote "Iraq Conflict: US ‘war on terror’ is now a local fight" and "Foley video not intended for US audience" for BBC News, and was interviewed by Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith Reporting (video) about possible U.S. military involvement in Syria and by Al Jazeera America (video) about ISIS.

Kerric Harvey's book, Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, was quoted by The Las Vegas Sun in "Social media has had an impact on politics."

David Karpf was quoted in "No filter: Social media show raw view of #Ferguson" (USA Today).

Steven Roberts wrote "A funny thing happened on the way to the ballot box" for The Washington Post and was interviewed on KGO-AM (audio) in San Francisco about various political topics.

Frank Sesno spoke with WTTG FOX 5 (video) about the arrests of journalists in Ferguson, Missouri and with CNN's Reliable Sources (video) about the changes at Meet the Press.

Mike Shanahan was quoted in "How a new Washington stifles a new political press" (Columbia Journalism Review) and "McConnell no longer Sunday TV show regular" (The Louisville Courier-Journal).

Tara Sonenshine authored multiple articles for The Hill including "Looking for bright spots in Africa" and "Calling for a cease-fire at home." She also wrote "The Trouble With Cease-Fire Agreements in War" and "Water Wars in Iraq and Around the World" for Defense One.

Nikki Usher discussed clickbait journalism on NPR's Here and Now (audio) and wrote "Third party apps are winning the traffic battle" (Columbia Journalism Review). She was also quoted in two Politico articles, "#Ferguson: Social media more spark than solution" and "Vox not living up to the hype, explained."

William Youmans was quoted by The New York Daily News in "Hashtag headache: Madonna and Javier Bardem among celebs weighing in on Israel-Gaza conflict."

Stephen Biddle was quoted in multiple articles, including "Obama administration shows little urgency for stemming Islamic State violence" (The Washington Post), "Limits of Airstrikes Hinder U.S. Policy in Iraq" (The Wall Street Journal) and "As Iraq Mission Expands, White House Struggles to Define Its Goal and Objectives" (Foreign Policy). He was also interviewed on Bloomberg Radio (audio), The Diane Rehm Show (audio) and American Public Media's Marketplace (audio) about various topics.

Sarah Binder was quoted in the following articles: "Congress Off for the Exits, but Few Cheer" (The New York Times), "Why It's So Hard to Move Up From Majority Leader to Speaker" (National Journal), "Least-Productive Congress Piles on the Workload" (Stephens Media Group) and "Meet the ordinary people who are mobilizing around monetary policy" (The Washington Post).

Evgeny Finkel co-authored "(In)discriminate language on Gaza" for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage.

Danny Hayes's research was mentioned in The New York Times article "Breaking Out of the Party Box."

Eric Lawrence and John Sides published "The consequences of political innumeracy" in Research & Politics.

Marc Lynch wrote "Would arming Syria’s rebels have stopped the Islamic State?" (The Washington Post) and was interviewed for "Washington is talking tough on ISIS, but its plans for intervention don't seem to measure up" (Public Radio International’s The World). He was also quoted on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS (video) and in articles for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Vox, The Washington Post and The Atlantic.

Forrest Maltzman and political science graduate student Alyx Mark published "Stepping on Congress: Courts, Congress, and Interinstitutional Politics" in The Journal of Law and Courts.

Harris Mylonas co-authored The Monkey Cage blog post "The political limits of Grecovery."

David Shambaugh was interviewed on Public Radio International's The World (audio) about a Chinese fighter aircraft that came near an American surveillance plane in the South China Sea.

John Sides wrote "Marco Rubio is balding. Will it cost him the presidency?!?" (The Monkey Cage) and was quoted in "All of the election models are starting to converge. And they are all pointing to a Republican Senate" (The Washington Post).

Burt Barnow was quoted in "Arizona nets lowest rate of improper jobless payouts" (AZ Central).

David Brunori was interviewed on American Public Media's Marketplace (audio) about hiding taxes on wireless phone bills.

Michael Worth was quoted in The Boston Globe article "Donors boost Mass. Public colleges."

Michelle Kelso was quoted by The Associated Press in "Comatose boy, Roma evictions up pressure in France."

Ronald Weitzer was quoted in "More bang for your buck" (The Economist), "Police Mistrust Still Prevalent Years Later" (The Associated Press), "In Ferguson's wake, outcries arise about police shootings in other cities" (The Christian Science Monitor) and "Like Ferguson, area police departments lack racial diversity" (The Kansas City Star). His book was quoted in The Nation article "Should Buying Sex Be Illegal?"

Laurel Gray's dance company, Silk Road Dance Company, was featured in The Washington Post's "Going Out Guide."