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

Biological Sciences

Robert Alexander Pyron's research was mentioned in the ScienceBlog.com post, "Living on Islands Makes Animals Tamer".

Chemistry

Akos Vertes was featured in two articles, “GW Receives Massive Funding From DARPA to Explore Biological and Chemical Threats” (InTheCapital) and “Lasers make biological assays easier” (Physics Today).

East Asian Languages and Literatures

Jonathan Chaves was interviewed for the "Chinafile" project about his recent book, Every Rock a Universe.

Economics

Michael Moore was quoted in the Bloomberg Businessweek article, "Obama Fast-Track Trade Agenda Risk Comes From Democrat".

Tara Sinclair was quoted in the Polifact piece, "There are 3 unemployed people for every job opening, Obama adviser says" and in the Tampa Bay Times article, "Three times more people looking than jobs open".

Joann Weiner wrote several posts for the blog, She The People, including "At Davos, Sheryl Sandberg’s silence on politics and quotas says it all" and "Four reasons why Obama can’t do much about income inequality".

English

Thomas Mallon contributed to the New York Times piece, "Which Authors or Books Have Worked on You as ‘Negative Influences’?".

Margaret Soltan was quoted in the Bloomberg article, "Madoff Haunts Yeshiva as University Slides to Junk: Muni Credit".

Forensic Sciences

Victor Weedn was referenced in The Charlotte Observer article, "Why did Jeffrey Williams die?".

History

Gregg Andrew Brazinsky wrote the CNN article, "U.S. should speak truth to Japan".

Media and Public Affairs

Myron Belkind was celebrated as the 107th president of the National Press Club in The Huffington Post, "National Press Club Reaches the World".

P.J. Crowley wrote "On Iran, Obama needs to call out skeptics" for MSNBC, and was quoted in the China Daily USA article, "Japan should learn from Germany: US expert".

Major Garrett published multiple articles for National Journal.

Steven Roberts was interviewed about various political topics on KGO-AM, San Francisco (audio: 1, 2, 3), and wrote a book review on "Ping-pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World" for The Washington Post.

Jim Lo Scalzo wrote the blog post "Welcome to Watchington" for The New York Times.

Frank Sesno was featured in a Planet Forward segment (video) on Bloomberg West.

Mike Shanahan was quoted in The Washington Times article, "Journalists flock to jobs in Obama administration".

Tara Sonenshine wrote "The world is a ball of geographic confusion" for The Washington Times.

Music

Kip Lornell was quoted in the Voice of America article, "Songs Against Slavery Used as Tool for Abolition".

Organizational Sciences and Communication

David Costanza was quoted in "For psychologists who tend to federal employees, there’s a lot to work through" in The Washington Post.

Political Science

Stephen Biddle was quoted in the USA Today article, "Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq seize Fallujah".

Sarah Binder wrote several posts for The Monkey Cage blog including, "How political polarization creates stalemate and undermines lawmaking".

Nathan Brown was quoted in Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TIME, Reuters, and The Associated Press. He was also interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" (audio).

Henry Farrell authored multiple posts for The Monkey Cage blog including, "How Christie Hurt Political Science".

Daniel Hayes was quoted in the U.S. News & World Report story, "Wendy Davis May Be Able to Leverage Backlash in Her Favor".

Michael Miller's recent study on the history of authoritarian elections was referenced in "The Case for Holding Bogus Elections" in Slate.

John Sides contributed many posts to The Monkey Cage blog and was quoted in CNN, The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, and Inside Higher Ed.

Public Policy and Public Administration

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted in two Inside Higher Ed articles (links: 1, 2), and his book, “Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It," was reviewed in The Washington Post.

Sociology

Amitai Etzioni wrote The Huffington Post article "For a Fair Society," and was quoted in "Is World War Three about to start…by accident?" (The Nation) and "Japan should learn from Germany: US expert" (China Daily USA).

University Writing

Katherine Larsen was quoted in the Wired article, "Sherlock Isn’t the Fan-Friendly Show You Think It Is".

Women's Studies

Bonnie Morris was interviewed about her book, Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor, on CSPAN2 (video: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).