FACULTY IN THE NEWS

2008-09

LYNN GARAFOLA / DANCE
New York Times, 08/21/09
Diaghilev’s legacies echo throughout exhibit by dance professor Lynn Garafola

JONATHAN RIEDER / SOCIOLOGY
The Huffington Post, 08/18/09
Rieder considers beer summits and the death of the postracial dream

JOHN GLENDINNING / NEUROSCIENCE
NOVA ScienceNow, 07/21/09
Demonstrates bitter taste blockers - how your dislike of brocoli may be explained by your DNA

STEPHANIE PFIRMAN / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Physorg.com, 07/15/09
USA Today Blogs, 07/15/09
Pfirman is chair of National Research Committee which authored The NRC report, "Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products," a collaboration between scientists and intelligence agency veterans, calling for release of images from six Arctic locales most relevant to retreating sea ice.

PERRY MEHRLING / ECONOMICS
The Atlantic, 07/13/09
Is interviewed on the shadow banking system
The Economist, 07/16/09
Offers insight on economists as "materialists"

ALEXANDER COOLEY / POLITICAL SCIENCE
New York Times, 07/02/2009
Reads between the lines in Russia and comments on strategic moves by Kyrgyzstan

LYNN GARAFOLA / DANCE
Broadway World, 06/22/09
Diaghilev exhibition by Garafola opens at New York Public Library

KRISTINA MILNOR / CLASSICS
Inside Higher Ed, 06/11/09
On debate about censorship and scholarship

RANDALL BALMER / RELIGION
The Washington Post, 06/10/09
Discusses separation of church and state for marriage

STEPHANIE PFIRMAN / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Slate, 06/05/09
Weighs in on creating gender equity in the sciences

CAROLINE WEBER / FRENCH
The New York Times, 05/30/09
Reviews Eiffel's Tower by Jill Jonnes '74

KATIE GLASNER / DANCE
The Herald Sun, 04/09
Discusses choreographer Twyla Tharp’s ‘63 Eight Jelly Rolls

ALAN DYE / ECONOMICS
WABC-TV, 04/19/09
Discusses impact of lifting Cuban travel restrictions

WILLIAM SHARPE / ENGLISH
Princeton Univ. Press Blog, 04/1509
Blogs about dimming city lights for “Earth Hour” and the history of lighting New York City

SEVERINE AUTESSERRE / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Worldstreams, 04/08/09
Discusses the complex politics surrounding the Democratic Republic of Congo

KIMBERLEY MARTEN / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Worldfocus, 04/03/09
Discusses NATO’s 60th anniversary and the war in Afghanistan

JANET JAKOBSEN / WOMEN'S STUDIES
Against the Grain, 03/23/09
Discusses secularism, religion and U.S. politics

RANDALL BALMER / RELIGION
LA Times, 03/16/09
Discusses the decline of religious affiliation among New Englanders

RANDALL BALMER / RELIGION
The Washington Post, 03/10/09
comments on a new approach to religion in the White House

JANNA LEVIN / PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
SimplyCharly - Culture Insight, 03/07/09
Podcast - discusses life and work of logician Kurt Gödel

JANET JAKOBSEN / WOMEN'S STUDIES
Diverse, 03/03/09
on women’s studies programs

MARY GORDON / ENGLISH
The Jerusalem Post, 02/26/09
New York State Author and Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of Writing profiled by the Jerusalem Post

ALEXANDER COOLEY / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Associated Press, 02/09
Discusses Kyrgyz regime’s alignment with Russia

KAIAMA GLOVER / FRENCH
The New York Times, 02/26/09
Reviews The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

TOVAH KLEIN / PSYCHOLOGY & TODDLER CENTER DIRECTOR
The New York Times, 02/15/09
In Letter to the Editor weighs in on evaluating Head Start programs

CAROLINE WEBER / FRENCH
The New York Times, 02/12/09
Reviews Report on Myself by Grégoire Bouillier

JAMES BASKER / ENGLISH
Reuters, 02/06/09
Compares oratory skills of President Obama and Lincoln

SANJAY REDDY / ECONOMICS
Inter Press Service, 02/02/09
Weighs in on the gap between rich and poor in the current economic climate

ANN SENGHAS / PSYCHOLOGY
U.S. News & World Report, 01/27/09
comments on study showing ability of newborns to detect beat in rock music

MARY CREGAN / ENGLISH
NPR, 01/25/09
Weighs in on Virginia Woolf’s only play, ‘Freshwater’

DEBORA SPAR / PRESIDENT
The Open Mind, 01/12/09
President Spar discusses single-sex education

DEBORAH COEN / HISTORY
MSNBC, 12/15/08
Comments on early scientific thought about earthquakes

GAIL ARCHER / MUSIC
National Catholic Register, 12/07/08
On French composer and organist Olivier Messiaen

ALAN SEGAL / RELIGION
Newsweek, 12/06/08
Discusses interpretations of marriage in the Bible

SEVERINE AUTESSERRE / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Charlie Rose, 12/04/08
On the Congo conflict

ALEXANDER COOLEY / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Wall Street Journal, 11/17/08
Op-ed on Russo-Georgian conflict

PERRY MEHRLING / ECONOMICS
FT Blog, 11/18/08
Financial Times, 11/17/08
Comments on latest steps taken by U.S. Treasury

LORRAINE MINNITE / POLITICAL SCIENCE
The New York Times, 11/07/08
NYT City Room, 11/06/08
Examines the demographics of voter turnout

KIMBERLEY MARTEN / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Bloomberg.com, 11/06/08
on Russia’s first test for President-elect Obama

CAROLINE WEBER / FRENCH
The Financial Times, 11/01/08
The Chronicle of Higher Ed, 10/26/08
Offers insight on Sarah Palin's fashion choices

RANDALL BALMER / RELIGION
The Take Away, 10/16/08
on the historic segregation and political divide of the evangelical church

LORRAINE MINNITE / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Slate, 10/10/08
explains ACORN’s voter registration controversy

CAROLINE WEBER / FRENCH
New York Times, 09/21/08
critiques Glamour by Stephen Gundle, and confesses to going platinum

PERRY MEHRLING / ECONOMICS
Washington Post, 10/09/08
op-ed on the financial world’s next phase
» more from Perry Mehrling on the financial crisis

ROBERT McCAUGHEY / HISTORY
Brian Lehrer Show - WNYC, 09/12/08
discusses the history of ROTC on college campuses

Sanjay Reddy / economics
UN, 08/29/08
In an interactive panel on "The Human Right to Food and the Global Food Crisis: Root Causes and Responses" | watch video

Xiaobo Lu / political science
The Guardian, 08/09/08
On China’s international image

ALAN SEGAL / RELIGION
Grand Rapids Press, 08/09/08
On American perceptions of the afterlife

Sanjay Reddy / economics
Slate, 08/06/08
Offers insight on rising food costs and the global economy

LORRAINE MINNITE / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Huffington Post, 08/06/08
Voter fraud study cited in analysis of Justice Department Civil Rights probe

BROWN BAG LUNCH DISCUSSIONS

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The Financial Crisis
10/10/08
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