GW Arts & Sciences
December 2015
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Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during the month of November are the following individuals, listed by department:

American Studies

Richard Longstreth was quoted by Washingtonian magazine in the article "Quit Kidding Yourself, DC: An English Basement Is Just a Basement."

Suleiman Osman’s book The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn: Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York (Oxford University Press, 2011) was mentioned in TheNation.com’s article "The 5 Books You Need to Read to Understand Gentrification."

Calvin Warren was quoted by The Chronicle of Higher Education in the article "When Pursuing Diversity, Victory is Hard to Define."

Anthropology

Ilana Feldman was quoted by Inside Higher Education in the article "Big Night for Boycott Movement."

Aida Gomez-Robles was mentioned in the article "Humans Have More ‘Plastic,’ Adaptable Brains Than Chimpanzees" by IFLScience.

Chet Sherwood was quoted by Nature (online) in the article "'Digital chimp' trove preserves brains of retired apes."

Creative Writing

Louis Bayard spoke with WAMU-FM’s The Diane Rehm Show for the "Reader’s Review of My Brilliant Friend."

Economics

Tara Sinclair was quoted by the Tampa Bay Times (1, 2), Fortune and Business Insider. She also spoke with Forbes in "The Talent Driven Economy" episode of its Future of Work.

English

Jennifer Chang was published in both the American Poetry Review and Poetry literary journals. Her Poetry poem was cited in the magazine's October podcast.

Thomas Mallon's novel Finale was chosen as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2015 by The New York Times and a Notable Fiction Book of 2015 by The Washington Post.

Daniel Moshenberg was featured in an episode of The Secret Ingredient.

History

Raymond Batvinis was quoted in the Miami Herald article "1939 ‘Voyage of the Damned’ raises questions about treatment of Syrian refugees."

Allida Black was mentioned in The Hill article "Women lawmakers stand tall for Clinton."

Nemata Blyden responded to (video) CSPAN3 airing a discussion of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration and Nationality Act (video).

Theo Christov published Before Anarchy: Hobbes and His Critics in Modern International (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

Leo Ribuffo was referenced in The Chronicle of Higher Education article "The Latest Intellectuals."

Andrew Zimmerman was mentioned by The Washington Post in the article "Montgomery County news in brief."

Media and Public Affairs

Robert Entman was cited in The Washington Post article "President Obama warned the media to not help ISIS recruit in the way they covered Paris. Is that fair?"

Kerric Harvey was quoted in the NPR (online) articles: "#MemeOfTheWeek: The Internet Vs. Jeb Bush" and "Instagram: The New Political War Room?"

Lee Huebner participated in a CSPAN discussion with presidential speechwriters (video).

Javier Lesaca was quoted in the article "Paris Attacks and Other Assaults Show ISIS Evolution to ‘External’ Targets, Officials Say" by The New York Times.

Steven Roberts was mentioned in The Washington Post article "DC Community Calendar, Nov. 26-Dec. 3, 2015." 

Frank Sesno spoke with CNN’s "Smerconish" (about the Republican presidential debate on CNBC) and "Reliable Sources" (about news coverage of terrorist attacks).

Nikki Usher was quoted in the HLN (online) article "The 'Patti Pie' effect: How a viral video hit a sweet spot for Walmart," in the Fortune article "What Should the Media Do When Donald Trump Blatantly Lies?," and The Wall Street Journal article "Bully for Whom?: Serge Kovaleski and the Trump paradox."

Political Science

Brandon Bartels' paper "The Nature of Legal Change on the U.S. Supreme Court: Jurisprudential Regimes Theory and Its Alternatives" was published in the October issue of the American Journal of Political Science.

Stephen Biddle was quoted numerous times regarding foreign policy, especially in regard to ISIS and the November 13th Paris attacks. Sources include: Sinclair Broadcast Group (online), the Associated Press and The Christian Science Monitor (1, 2). He also spoke with Bloomberg Radio about the deployment of U.S. Special Operations forces to Syria (audio).

Sarah Binder was referenced in The Wall Street Journal article "Fed Draws on Academia, Goldman for Recent Appointees" and in the Roll Call article "Obama in 2016: Shaping Message, Raising Cash." U.S. News & World Report also quoted her in the article "Public Service Nominees Become Pawns in Political Squabbles."

Henry Farrell authored The Washington Post article "Bernie Sanders says Denmark is socialist. Forbes Magazine says it’s the most business-friendly country. Who’s right?"

Samuel Goldman was quoted in the Reuters article "White House hopeful embraces a dirty word in U.S. politics – ‘socialist’," and in the Marketplace (online) article "Explaining ‘democratic socialism." USA Today also quoted him in the article "Sen. Bernie Sanders to explain his democratic socialist views."

John Logsdon was referenced in the article "Back To The Moon? Commercial Innovation Could Pave Way For A Return To Lunar Surface" by International Business Times.

Marc Lynch spoke with NPR’s On the Media about comments on Islam and refugees in the aftermath of the Paris attacks (audio).

Mike Mochizuki was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor article "In Japan’s Okinawa, impasse over US air base fuels deepening tension" and in the Reuters article "Japan's government sues Okinawa governor in feud over U.S. base."

Henry Nau was cited in the article "Trans-Pacific Partnership could bring trade stability" by The Des Moines Register.

Elizabeth Saunders was quoted in the Yahoo! Politics article "ISIS, the 2016 election and the creep of chaos."

David Shambaugh spoke with PBS NewsHour in the podcast "How the Chinese government gets its messages on America’s airwaves." He was also quoted by the Associated Press in the article "Militant attacks abroad a diplomatic quandary for China's Xi," and Reuters in the article "Will China change its ways to counter ISIS?"

John Sides was quoted by many sources, including NBC News (1, 2, 3), U.S. News & World Report (1, 2), Vice, The Boston Globe and New Republic. He also authored several articles for The Washington Post (1, 2, 3), including "New research shows that French Muslims experience extraordinary discrimination in the job market."

Adam Ziegfeld wrote The Washington Post article "India’s ruling party just lost an important election. So what?"

Public Policy and Public Administration

Kathleen Merrigan was mentioned in the article "Young, idealistic farmers help keep land in production" by the Associated Press.

Amit Ronen's article "Community solar, hype or hope?" was featured in PVTech News, and was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal article "Will Solar Energy Plummet if the Investment Tax Credit Fades Away?"

Sara Rosenbaum was referenced in The Huffington Post article "GOP Win In Kentucky ‘Heartbreaking’ For Obamacare Advocates" and in The Washington Post article "Why even GOP-led states are keeping a key part of Affordable Care Act."

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted by Inside Higher Education in the article "President at the Party" and in the article "Four tough things universities should do to rein in costs" by The Washington Post.

Religion

Seyyed Hossein Nasr was quoted in the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education article "Islamic Scholars Produce New Translation of Quran’’ and in the article “Could this Quran curb extremism?" by CNN.

Romance, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Sergio Waisman's translation of Ricardo Piglia's Target in the Night was reviewed by NPR (online) in the article "'Target In The Night' Scores A Solid Hit."

Sociology

Fran Buntman was quoted in the article "For Detained Immigrants on Hunger Strikes, Results Aren't Guaranteed" by The Texas Tribune.

Amitai Etzioni authored the article "Inheritance Tax: Missing in the Progressive Agenda" in The Huffington Post.

Gregory Squires' Letter to the Editor "On Donald Trump’s ‘politics of denigration' " was published in The Washington Post.

University Writing

Katherine Larsen was quoted in the Discovery News article "Is New Star Wars Movie (or Anything Else) So New?"