Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during the month of July are the following individuals, listed by department:

Richard Longstreth was quoted by Bloomberg in “The Extreme-Weather Defense Nobody Wants.”

Calvin Warren spoke to ARD German about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Brenda Bradley was quoted by the New Scientist in “Gorillas may have evolved a way to beat a cheating berry plant.”

Hugh Gusterson authored the article “Veterans and Mass Shootings” in The New York Times.

Kevin Hatala was quoted in the Daily Mail articles “A new ancestor found: Traces of DNA in Andamanese tribe reveal previously unknown hominin species bred with early humans” and "Homo Erectus walked and worked together as we do.”

Stephen Lubkemann’s work on the Slave Wrecks Project was featured in The Washington Post articles “Haunting relics from a slave ship headed for African American museum” and “The very personal mission of the founder of the first diving club for African Americans,” and in the Smithsonian Magazine article “Few Artifacts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Still Exist. These Iron Blocks Help Tell That Gut-Wrenching Story.’’

Bernard Wood spoke to ABC Radio, Australia, about the history of human evolution.

James Clark spoke to USA Today for the article “Scientists find new two-fingered dinosaur — and a curse.”

Eric Cline was quoted in the National Geographic article “Discovery of Philistine Cemetery May Solve Biblical Mystery” and The Daily Beast article “In Defense of the Philistines.”

Holly Bass spoke to WAMU about D.C.'s cultural plan.

Mel Chin was profiled by the The New York Times and Los Angeles Times in “‘Current: L.A.’ Brings New Art Projects to the City” and “Why Mel Chin is giving away the land art design of his subversively charming Current: LA native garden.” An art collective led by Chin was mentioned in the ARTnews article “Remembering When ‘Melrose Place’ Became a Conceptual Art Project: Mel Chin's GALA Committee Returns This Fall.”

Jay Shambaugh participated in a C-SPAN discussion on U.S.-Mexico relations.

Tara Sinclair was quoted in the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact articles “Mike Pence offers misleading statistic on employment peak in Indiana,’’ “Donald Trump Jr. says unemployment rates are manipulated for political purposes,” “Mike Pence says there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before” and “Donald Trump has floated big tariffs. What could the impact be?’’ and The Washington Post article “U.S. employment rebounds strongly in June, calming fears of economic slowdown.”

Stephen Smith was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor in “Will Bill Gates's 100,000 chickens help Africans cross the road to prosperity?”

Jennifer Close was featured by The Toronto Star in the article “Jennifer Close on her entertaining look at life in Washington.”

Thomas Mallon co-authored the article “Which Book Deserves a Sequel?” in The New York Times.

Constance Costigan was profiled by WHYY, Philadelphia.

Andrew Wiseman was quoted in The Washington Post article “Volunteers work together to map neighborhoods and tell their stories.”

Imani Cheers talked to CCTV America about the role of higher education in society and spoke to CTV News, Canada National, about coverage of the presidential campaign.

Steven Livingston authored "Satellite imagery augments power and responsibility of human rights groups" on the Brookings TechTank blog.

Frank Sesno guest hosted several episodes of WAMU-FM’s The Diane Rehm Show: July 18 (1), July 18 (2), July 18 (3), July 22 (1), July 22 (2). Sesno was quoted in the following articles: “Reaction to Roger Ailes’ Exit as Fox News Channel Chief” (Associated Press), “The Future of Roger Ailes and Fox News at Critical Turning Point” (ABC News), “'I don’t know another': Fox News faces tough task replacing longtime boss Roger Ailes” (Los Angeles Times) and “Gretchen Carlson faces challenges fighting Fox News over sexual harassment” (The Atlanta Journal Constitution). He spoke to CBS News Radio about Roger Ailes.

Tara Sonenshine authored the article “Confronting Racial Tensions At Home” in The Huffington Post.

Cheryl Thompson authored The Washington Post article “Who was Chandra Levy?”

Nikki Usher was quoted by Agence France-Presse in the article “Media firms lose control of news as tech platforms rise” and by the Washington Times in “Trump uses Twitter to bypass media, say whatever he wants.” She also spoke to NPR’s All Things Considered about the public’s perception of crime and KCRW’s To the Point about the presidential campaign.

Silvio Waisbord was quoted by La Nacion (Argentina) in the article "¿Pokemon o dinero K? Lo divertido vs. lo importante en los medios del siglo XXI."

Kip Lornell spoke to CCTV America about music and politics.

Tara S. Behrend’s research was featured in the Time magazine article “Find Out What Job Best Matches Your Personality.” Behrend was also mentioned in the Business News Daily article “Despite Technology, Face-to-Face Job Interviews Still Make the Best Impression” with PhD students Nikki Blacksmith and Jon Willford.

David De Grazia was quoted in the New Scientist article “When is an animal a person? Neuroscience tries to set the rules.”

Tadeusz Zawidzki was featured in The Washington Post article “11 things to do in the D.C. area the week of July 18-22.’’

Stephen Biddle was quoted in the articles “Obama slows Afghanistan pullout, 8,400 troops to stay” (Agence France-Presse), “Obama Slows Withdrawal From a War He Pledged to End” (Foreign Policy), “Trump’s false claim that Saddam Hussein was ‘so good’ at ‘killing terrorists’” (The Washington Post) and “US officers see unexpected slip in Taliban violence’’ (Associated Press).

Sarah Binder was quoted in The New York Times article “Paul Ryan’s Worst Ally” and the U.S. News and World Report article “What's Next for the Fed?”

Nathan Brown co-authored the Al Jazeera article “Deja vu: Moving on from the French peace initiative.”

Henry Farrell authored several articles in The Washington Post, including "Forget ‘House of Cards.’ Watch ‘The Thick of It’ if you want to understand Britain’s omnishambles," “Why you should read Max Gladstone’s fantasy novels if you’re interested in politics ” and “Can’t register for Pokémon Go? Game theory helps explain why.”

Danny Hayes authored the article “Here are 3 ways that Hillary Clinton’s nomination changes things for women in politics” in The Washington Post. He also spoke to Associated Press Radio about Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech and was quoted by Poynter in the article “How short will the media’s attention span be after the latest atrocities?”

Marc Lynch spoke to WYPR-FM’s Midday about politics in the Middle East. His comments were also featured in the Foreign Policy article “Not All Islamists Are Out to Kill Us.”

Elizabeth Saunders authored the article “Mitch McConnell thinks you don’t need experience to be president. Here’s why he’s wrong” in The Washington Post and was quoted by The Topeka Capital-Journal in the article “Matt Johnson: Democrats should embrace Clinton's record of interventionism.”

David Shambaugh was quoted by Reuters in the article “Documents from purged Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang to be published in Hong Kong,” by the Financial Times in the article “Xi’s China: The rise of party politics” and by the Straits Times (Singapore) in “US, China 'need to cool off' in S. China Sea dispute.” The Irish Times quoted from a book written by Shambaugh in the article “The Cultural Revolution and China’s Future review: A red dragon’s rise – and fall?’’

John Sides authored two articles for The Washington Post: “Everything you need to know about how political conventions affect the horse race” and “There’s essentially no chance that Donald Trump’s campaign will raise $1 billion.” The Christian Science Monitor quoted from his book, The Gamble, in “Will unconventional GOP convention work for Trump?”

Sarah Friedman was quoted by The Columbus Dispatch in the article “Preschoolers late for bed may end up obese teens."

Lori Brainard commented for the Philly.com article “Ready for DNC? Philly PD's social-media guru is.”

Avi Dor was quoted by The Boston Globe in “Medical marijuana changing prescription practices, study finds.”

Susan Dudley authored the Forbes article “What Trump And Clinton Won't Be Talking About At The National Conventions.”

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted by The Chronicle of Higher Education in “Why Do So Many College Presidents Call Their Campuses a ‘Family’?”

Robert Tuttle was featured in the Time magazine article “Republican Platform Calls for Repeal of Ban on Political Organizing by Churches.”

Gregory Squires was quoted by Talk Media News in the article “DC homelessness: Unemployment and unaffordable housing collide.”

Ronald Weitzer was quoted by The Tennessean in “Predominantly white, Nashville police aim to diversify force.”

Rick Foucheux spoke to WAMU’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show about his career on D.C. area stages.