GW Arts & Sciences
August 2014
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American Studies

Jamie Cohen-Cole was a guest (audio) on BackStory for an episode on the history of mental illness in America.

Richard Longstreth was quoted in "Pre-Civil War shotgun house in the hands of D.C. preservation board" (The Washington Post).

Melani McAlister made comments (video) at a forum about President George H.W. Bush and the end of the Cold War that aired on C-SPAN3.

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

Economics

Tara Sinclair was interviewed (video: 1, 2, 3) by Al Jazeera America about the June jobs report, and was quoted by Forbes in "Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Added 288K Jobs In June, Unemployment Dropped To 6.1%."

English

Thomas Mallon co-authored "Highbrow, Lowbrow, Middlebrow — Do These Kinds of Cultural Categories Mean Anything Anymore?" for The New York Times.

Dan Moshenberg was mentioned in the article "A working parent’s stress-busters" (The Washington Post).

Geography

Marie Price was quoted by ABC News in "How Failure to Reform Immigration Affects a Young Girl — Again."

History

Erin Chapman was quoted in "A modest America? That's great, really" (Minneapolis Star Tribune).

Robert Cottrol was quoted in The Washington Times article "Obama talks tough about gun control, but prosecutions plummet on his watch."

James Hershberg asked a question (video: 1, 2) at a forum on George H.W. Bush and the end of the Cold War that aired on C-SPAN3.

LGBT Health Policy & Practice

Stephen Forssell was quoted by The Washington Blade in "GWU hosts LGBT Health Forum."

Media & Public Affairs

P.J. Crowley was interviewed about hashtag diplomacy on The Kojo Nnamdi Show (audio) and about Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on PBS NewsHour (video).

Nathan Kalmoe co-authored a study that was featured by The Washington Post in "New study reveals the powerful and bizarre effects of using violent rhetoric at work."

David Karpf was mentioned in "What the modern life of a White House staffer means for the e-petition you just signed" (The Washington Post) and quoted in "Progressives Love Warren, But They're Ready to Settle for Hillary" (NBC News).

Steven Roberts was interviewed about President Obama and Congress (audio) and immigration (audio) on KGO-AM in San Francisco. He was also on KSL-AM in Salt Lake City to talk about immigration (audio).

Frank Sesno was on CNN Newsroom to discuss media coverage of the Mideast conflict (video).

Tara Sonenshine wrote several articles for The Hill, including "Getting to second base in American foreign policy" and "Bordering on surreal — live images of war." She also authored "Why 55 is the perfect age" (Newsday) and "Weather and War: A Perfect Storm" (Defense One).

Nikki Usher was quoted by Voice of America in "Despite Controversy, Facebook Still Rules."

Silvio Waisbord published the article "Health system reform and political participation on the Chinese Internet" in The Journal of Latin American Communication Research.

William Youmans was quoted in "In Gaza, Epithets Are Fired and Euphemisms Give Shelter" (The New York Times) and "Celebrities stir passions with Gaza views" (Agence France-Presse). He also co-authored "Jon Stewart was mostly right on Bush’s shifting case for Iraq War" (Medium), wrote "Israel’s mixed message on the threat of Hamas’ rockets" (Al Jazeera America) and was interviewed on AirTalk and HLN Now.

Music

Douglas Boyce was featured in a "Wednesday's Child" segment (video) on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C.

Joe Connell gave drum lessons to a foster child with a passion for music in a "Wednesday's Child" segment (video) on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C.

Neil Weston was mentioned in "Classical Concert Series Begins July 20 In Hillsboro" (Leesburg Today).

Political Science

Steven J. Balla authored the article "United and fragmented: Communication and media studies in Latin America" in China Information.

Michael Barnett was quoted by CNN in "J Street challenges the Israel lobby from within."

Stephen Bidlle was quoted in "B-2 stealth bomber, at age 25, to get major upgrades from Air Force" (The Kansas City Star) and mentioned in "Why Obama should send several thousand U.S. troops back to Iraq" (The Washington Post). He also co-authored "Why the Ukraine separatists screwed up: Badly organized insurgents can’t master complex weapons systems" for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage, and was interviewed on The Takeaway with John Hockenberry about dangerous skies.

Sarah Binder was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in "Partisan Divide Over Fed on Display as Congressional Panel Considers Bill."

Nathan Brown was interviewed (audio) about the increase in violence in the Middle East on PRI's The World, quoted in "You Can't Kill Hamas, You Can Only Make It Stronger" (Foreign Policy) and wrote the article "Five myths about Hamas" (The Washington Post).

Christopher Deering was quoted by The Orange County Register in "SoCal has D.C.'s 'workhorse,' 'showhorse' for GOP."

Steven Kaplan was interviewed (audio) on American Public Media's Marketplace about Argentina's prospects for default.

Marc Lynch wrote "Can there be an ethical Middle East political science?" for The Monkey Cage blog and was quoted in "Palestinians Find Show of Support Lacking From Arab Leaders Amid Offensive" (The New York Times).

Henry Nau was quoted by The Washington Post in "America needs a conservative internationalist as president."

John Sides was quoted in "President Obama has a major message challenge on the economy" (The Washington Post) and "The approval rating of Congress hits a new low - yet nearly all incumbents are surviving primary challenges this year" (The New York Daily News). His work was also cited in "What Really Matters in Midterm Elections?" (National Journal) and "Our election model says Republicans have an 86 percent chance of winning the Senate. Here’s why that might be wrong" (The Washington Post).

Caitlin Talmadge wrote The New York Times article "Today’s Military Should Be Smaller and Cheaper."

Public Policy & Public Administration

William Adams's research was cited in "298 Deaths Won't End Ukraine's Conflict" (BloombergView).

Sociology

Fran Buntman was quoted by the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire in "Hundreds of Brazilian students travel to U.S. for cultural exchange program."

Amitai Etzioni authored the article "The Cantonization of Iraq" for The Huffington Post.

Daniel Martinez spoke about ways America is changing on PBS's This is America and the World (video: 1, 2).

Gregory D. Squires wrote "Appraisals: A Missing Link in Fair Housing/Fair Lending Debates" (The Huffington Post).

Ronald Weitzer was quoted by The Washington Post in "When Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution, rape decreased sharply."

Speech & Hearing Sciences

Adrienne Hancock and her research were featured in "NIH study examines voice and perception of gender" (The Washington Blade).