GW Arts & Sciences
October 2014
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Anthropology

Alison Brooks was mentioned by the PBS Newshour website in "Where’s the beef? Uncovering the ancient Paleolithic diet in modern cultures."

Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Eric Cline was interviewed on The Costa Report about his research and quoted in "George Washington U. Snags a Decipherer of Ancient Texts" (The Chronicle of Higher Education).

Christopher Rollston was profiled in The Chronicle of Higher Education article "George Washington U. Snags a Decipherer of Ancient Texts."

Economics

Tara Sinclair was interviewed about the August unemployment report by AP Radio (audio) and was quoted in "Half Of America's 'Missing Workers' Are Prime Working Age" (International Business Times).

Joann Weiner wrote "Why Sally can’t get a good job with her college degree" for The Washington Post blog She The People, and was interviewed (video) by WCMH-NBC4 about the benefits of a college education.

Tony Yezer was mentioned in "Upcoming program at the Cato Institute on 'Consumer Credit and the American Economy'" (The Washington Post).

English

Kavita Daiya's research on the 1947 Partition of India was mentioned in "A tumultuous history" (The Hindu).

History

Allida Black was quoted by The Daily Beast in "Channeling Eleanor."

Kenneth Bowling spoke at a symposium commemorating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, which aired on C-SPAN3 (video).

Media and Public Affairs

P.J. Crowley wrote the BBC articles "IS threat: Still time to build a strategy" and "Viewpoint: IS won't be destroyed without Syria change," and was quoted in "Syria strikes complicate Obama's U.N. diplomacy" (Politico). He also spoke with CHSJ-TV (video), Voice of America (audio), Fox News Channel (video), CNN's This Hour with Berman and Michaela (video) and BBC World (video) regarding ISIS.

David Karpf was quoted in "Inside the collapse of the FCC’s digital infrastructure — and the rush to save it" (The Washington Post) and "Online Voter Registration Still Not Happening in Most States" (U.S. News & World Report).

Steven Roberts guest hosted several episodes of The Diane Rehm Show (audio: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and spoke with KGO-AM (audio) about the return of Congress and the Scottish independence vote.

Frank Sesno was quoted in "Todd beginning new era at 'Meet the Press'" (Associated Press) and guest hosted episodes of The Diane Rehm Show (audio: 1, 2).

Michael Shanahan was interviewed by WJLA-ABC 7 News (video) about the new publisher of The Washington Post.

Tara Sonenshine authored "Calling 911," "Space race — America orbits around its troubles" and "Will terrorists listen to US?" for The Hill. She also wroteThe Huffington Post article "A Fulbright Is Not a Political Football" and was quoted in "Fact-checking ‘Madam Secretary’ with a State Department vet" (The Washington Post).

Nikki Usher was quoted by Forbes in "Why The Des Moines Register's Awesome Oculus Experiment Flopped."

Music

Eugene Montague was quoted in the DCist article "Out of Step: How A GWU Professor Is Schooling Students In D.C. Punk History."

Political Science

Stephen Biddle was quoted in "Blackwater Trial Goes to Jury: What's at Stake" (NBC News), "Striking ISIS In Syria May Require Coordination With Assad Regime" (The Huffington Post), "How big a threat does Islamic State pose to the US homeland?" (Christian Science Monitor), "Obama's 'core coalition' won't defeat ISIS 'monster' without Mideast nations" (CNN) and "Iraq stymied probe into military contractor kickbacks" (The Washington Post). He also spoke with NPR (audio), Bloomberg Radio (audio: 1, 2) and Sinclair Broadcast Group (video).

Sarah Binder was quoted in "Next up in Congress: Posturing, preening and little else, observers say" (The Cleveland Plain-Dealer).

Nathan Brown wrote "Avoiding old mistakes in the new game of Islamic politics" for The Washington Post blog The Monkey Cage, and was quoted in "From jubilation in Tahrir, Egypt returns to Mubarak-era politics" (Reuters) and "Arab-Studies E-Zine Hopes to Counter Mainstream Narrative" (The Chronicle of Higher Education).

Henry Farrell authored "When The Economist blamed Irish peasants for starving to death" and "Why Reddit sucks: some scientific evidence" for The Monkey Cage.

Harvey Feigenbaum was interviewed in French (audio) on Swiss Public Radio about U.S. policy in Iraq and Syria, Scottish independence, the midterm elections in the U.S. and contemporary Japanese cinema.

Daniel Hayes's research was mentioned on Townhall.com's "Weekend Journal" (audio).

Marc Lynch spoke with NPR's Here and Now (audio) and Public Radio International's The World (audio). He was also quoted in "Barack Obama to authorise US air strikes against Isil in Syria" (The Telegraph) and his research was referenced in "The Unbearable Emptiness of a New York Times Op-Ed" (The Atlantic).

Harris Mylonas was quoted in "Scottish Police on Standby for Referendum Day Tension" (Bloomberg), "Scotland Votes as U.K.’s Future Hangs in the Balance" (Bloomberg Businessweek) and "Scotland Rejects Independence as U.K. Vows to Give It More Power" (Bloomberg).

Henry Nau was quoted by The Columbus Dispatch in "Obama criticized as overwhelmed by foreign crises" and his book, Conservative Internationalism, was reviewed by The Washington Times.

John Sides was quoted in "HUFFPOLLSTER: New Survey Gives McConnell An Edge In Kentucky" (The Huffington Post), "Our Senate model is moving in Democrats’ direction all of a sudden. Why?" (The Washington Post), "Biggest Midterm Issue? The Obamaphant in the Living Room" (The Daily Beast), "The Do-Nothing Congress" (U.S. News & World Report) and "Experts: Obama could drag Hillary Clinton to defeat in 2016" (The Washington Examiner). His work was also cited by The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Public Policy and Public Administration

William Adams was quoted in The Baltimore Sun article "Trust in federal workers bounced back after shutdown," his work with Donna Lind Infeld was referenced in "Public has at least ‘some’ confidence in feds after 2013 government shutdown" (The Washingon Post) and "Poll: Public confidence in federal workforce rebounds after shutdown" (Federal News Radio), and his research was mentioned in The Atlantic.

David Brunori was quoted by the Associated Press in "US wealth gap putting the squeeze on state revenue."

Susan Dudley was referenced in "High cost of regulation should be election issue" (The Hill).

Donna Lind Infeld's work with William Adams was referenced in "Public has at least ‘some’ confidence in feds after 2013 government shutdown" (The Washingon Post) and "Poll: Public confidence in federal workforce rebounds after shutdown" (Federal News Radio).

Religion

Seyyed Hossein Nasr spoke about pursuing happiness (audio) on American Public Media's On Being.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni co-authored "To End One-Dollar, One-Vote" for The Huffington Post.

Daniel Martinez's essay, "A Humane Border," was among the resources listed in "'Who Is Dayani Cristal?': Offering Resources for the Movement" (The Huffington Post).

Ronald Weitzer was quoted by The New York Times in "The Race Gap in America’s Police Departments."