GW Arts & Sciences
March 2014
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Among the Columbian College faculty getting recent press are the following individuals, listed by department:

American Studies

Melani McAlister wrote an op-ed for The Baltimore Sun, "Maryland bills would stifle academic freedom," and was quoted in "Criticism of Israel Has Merit," also in The Baltimore Sun.

Economics

Tara Sinclair was quoted in three PolitiFact articles (1, 2, 3) regarding the Affordable Care Act and its potential effect on the job market.

Joann Weiner wrote several posts for the Washington Post blog, She The People, including "Women losing retail, government jobs as men get back to work in construction" and "Experts disagree about job losses and the moral status of Obamacare".

English

Thomas Mallon wrote a book review, "Scenes From a Marriage: 'Pat and Dick,' by Will Swift," for The New York Times.

Lisa Page reviewed the book, The Visionist by Rachel Urquhart, for The Washington Post.

Fine Arts & Art History

William Woodward was mentioned in "Of Note: What’s Going On?" regarding a juried art show in Middleburg, Virginia.

History

Eric Arnesen provided introductory remarks in the C-SPAN3 video, "Vagrancy Laws and the 1960s".

Edward Berkowitz was quoted in the PolitiFact article, "George Will says Social Security was created in the 1930s 'as a way of getting people to quit working'".

Richard Thornton wrote a letter to the editor, "The U.S. Is the Weak Link in Asia," in The Wall Street Journal.

Jenna Weissman Joselit authored the Jewish Daily Forward article, "How Jews Gave Real Estate a Good Name".

Media and Public Affairs

Myron Belkind delivered introductory remarks (video) at an event on the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

P.J. Crowley wrote "Victoria Nuland gaffe shows diplomats can trash-talk too" for BBC News and was interviewed about Libya by Aljazeera America (video: 1, 2) and on the ethics of whistleblowing by PBS (video).

Major Garrett wrote two National Journal articles, "Papa John Delivers" and "Rahm on Trade: You Want to Sell Cars or Tanks?".

David Karpf was quoted in "What the Mainstream Media Doesn't Understand About the Road to a Society without Mass Surveillance" (The Huffington Post).

Steven Roberts was interviewed (audio: 1, 2) about various political topics on KGO-AM in San Francisco.

Frank Sesno was referenced in "No, it’s not time yet to move on from Columbia mall coverage" in The Baltimore Sun, and was featured in a Planet Forward segment (video) on Bloomberg West.

Tara Sonenshine wrote "After running the rat race, some women are slowing down their pace" for The Washington Post, and co-authored "Taking Disability Seriously" for Foreign Affairs.

Political Science

Sarah Binder wrote two posts for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage, "Why it matters what the public thinks about Janet Yellen" and "Political takeaways from the Federal Reserve transcripts".

Nathan Brown was quoted in the following articles: "Political Scientists Are Targets in Egypt’s Crackdown on Islamists" (The Chronicle of Higher Education), "Arab Judiciaries Show Little Reform After Arab Spring" (Voice of America), and "Egypt's cabinet resigns, ducking growing anger over economic hardship" (Christian Science Monitor).

Henry Farrell authored multiple posts for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage, including, "Why a Bitcoin vulnerability has undermined the Silk Road" and "Snowden-type leaks will force the U.S. to be more transparent".

Cynthia McClintock was quoted in the China Daily USA article, "ICBC begins operating in Peru".

Harris Mylonas coauthored "Interstate Relations, Perceptions, And Power Balance: Explaining China’s Policies Toward Ethnic Groups, 1949-1965" in the latest issue of Security Studies.

Henry Nau was interviewed (audio) about trans-Pacific relations on The John Batchelor Show, and quoted in "U.S. urges pragmatic rapprochement" (The Japan Times).

Elizabeth Saunders coauthored "The new defense budget may change less than you think" for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage.

John Sides published several posts for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage, including, "Politico mocks and then agrees with our Senate forecast".

Public Policy & Public Administration

David Brunori was quoted in "Report: IBM paid 5.2% tax rate in the U.S." (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle).

Religion

Robert Tuttle was quoted in The Washington Times article, "Pentagon rules under scrutiny by religious rights proponents".

Sociology

Robert Cottrol was quoted in "Gun debate: Is price of an armed America a more dangerous America?" (Christian Science Monitor).

Ronald Weitzer contributed three essays (1, 2, 3) on the commercial sex industry to Cato Unbound, the Cato Institute's online journal.

Michael Wenger wrote "Pete Seeger: His Public Face Was His Private Face" for The Huffington Post, and was interviewed (video: 1, 2, 3) about race and his book, My Black Family, My White Privilege.

Theatre & Dance

Dana Tai Soon Burgess' show, "Four by Burgess," was reviewed in The Washington Post ("Dana Tai Soon Burgess’s dance pieces at Kennedy Center revel in the still moments").

University Writing

Joseph Fruscione wrote the article "Not Newly Minted Enough?" for Inside Higher Ed.

Katherine Larsen was profiled and interviewed in the Inside Higher Ed piece, "Not Newly Minted Enough?".

Women's Studies

Heidi Hartmann was interviewed (audio: 1, 2, 3, 4) on The Michael Medved Show on the topic, "Debate: Do Women Earn Less than Men?".

Bonnie Morris was interviewed (video) by C-SPAN2 BookTV for their "In Depth" series.