News organizations speak with Hamilton faculty members about important national and world events. Faculty members also write opinion pieces, letters and comments that either the media relations office or the faculty member places in national newspapers and publication. Some of our favorites in 2007 included:
The Washington Post – "Welfare State Growing Despite Overhauls" - 2/26/07
NPR's News and Notes – "Has Welfare Reform Worked?" – 3/05/07
The Seattle Times – "Education key to getting past welfare" – 3/13/07
"If the goal of welfare reform was to get people off the welfare rolls, bravo. If the goal was to reduce poverty and give people economic and job stability, it was not a success," said women's studies professor Vivyan Adair in an interview on the growth of the welfare state. Adair's remarks appeared in hundreds of newspapers and Web sites including The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, The Seattle Times, Fox News and CBS News. Adair also wrote an opinion piece on the topic for The Seattle Times. On NPR's News and Notes, Adair was interviewed on welfare reform.
The Chronicle of Higher Education –"Rhetoric's Spokesman" - 7/16/07
Associated Press – "Closing Arguments on the Campaign Trail" – 11/10/07
Communications professor John Adams defended the importance of rhetoric in a Chronicle of Higher Education article focused on his rhetoric campaign that includes t-shirts in support of the cause. "Rhetoric has always had a role to play in democratic societies," claimed Adams. Adams has been interviewed numerous times on the topic of political rhetoric especially in the presidential campaign, notably in The Los Angeles Times and by the Associated Press.
The Christian Science Monitor – "Scientific Debate Over Global Warming Is Over" - 10/11/07
In a letter to the editor, government professor Peter Cannavo wrote, "The real scientific debate is over; if skeptics still want to debate the issue, they can acknowledge the science and then engage in the more legitimate moral and political debate over the degree to which society ought to address this problem."
InsiderHigherEd.com - "The Flawed Metaphor of the Spellings Summit"- 4/05/07
In an opinion piece, sociology professor Dan Chambliss examined the Spellings Commission's belief that education is essentially like manufacturing and disputed their assumptions. He questioned viewing students as "raw material" and the search for "more productive delivery models," economies of scale and "process redesign strategies" and suggested that the rigid and monolithic approach to "managing" higher education might be flawed.
Discoveries: The National Science Foundation's online publication - "Demise of Antarctic Ice Shelf Reveals New Life" – 7/26/07
This article highlighted discoveries made during three Antarctic expeditions in 2004, 2005 and 2006 led by geosciences professor Eugene Domack. His research was also cited in the recently released IPCC Climate Report, The Physical Science Basis, (Chapter 6 Palaeoclimate). The IPCC is the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that issues state of the earth's climate reports based upon the recent scientific findings, greenhouse gas emissions and predictions for the future of the earth's climate.
InsideHigherEd.com - "Best Practices in Undergrad Research" - 2/22/07
As co-editor of the recently published Developing & Sustaining a Research-Supportive Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful Practices, chemistry professor Tim Elgren was included in this article about the book and the press conference at which it was presented by the Council on Undergraduate Research. The book analyzes strategies to support the role of research within the undergraduate curriculum and offers case studies, including several at Hamilton, detailing innovative research strategies that are gaining momentum in fostering undergraduate research.
The New York Times – "Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Game at Church" - 10/14/07
Sociology professor Stephen Ellingson, author of the recently published The
Megachurch and the Mainline, responded to a Times article with a question, "Why does a religion that has been countercultural from its inception so desperately seek to be culturally relevant?"
The Christian Science Monitor - "US support for gun control rises" - 4/20/07
In an article sparked by the Virginia Tech shootings, sociology professor Dennis Gilbert was interviewed about the increased call for gun control. Gilbert spoke about the Hamilton College Youth poll conducted in 2006, which found that 88 percent of high school students polled supported a five-day waiting period for a hand-gun purchase.
American Heritage Magazine – "Highest Adventure" – February/March issue
The Chronicle of Higher Education – "How Old is the New SDS?" – 3/02/07
The New York Times – "Communist Party USA Gives Its History to N.Y.U." – 3/20/07
Associated Press – "Summer of Love – 40 Years Later" – 6/24/07
The Christian Science Monitor – "Himalayan Summitry: a Lesser Peak, Not a Lesser Lesson" – 7/03/07
Newsday – "Love and struggle; The flowering of hippies in white America; took root in black Americans' fight to be free" – 8/12/07
TIME – "The Return of SDS" – 8/22/07
Minnesota Public Radio – "Summer of Love" - 9/20/07
The Chronicle of Higher Education – "The Flower in the Gun Barrel" – 10/19/07
PBS' Bill Moyer's Journal – 11/02/07
History professor Maurice Isserman wrote two feature articles for The Chronicle of Higher Education related to movements and events in the late 60s and he penned a feature for The Christian Science Monitor on his climb to the base camp of Mt. Everest. Another article written by Isserman that told the story of the first Americans to scale Mt. Everest appeared in American Heritage Magazine. He also co-authored an opinion piece in Newsday on the Summer of Love and its roots in the Civil Rights Movement. Isserman's essay "The Flower in the Gun Barrel," in which he recounts his experience as a participant and analyzes the event's importance in the evolution of the Vietnam anti-war movement, was featured on PBS' Bill Moyer's Journal.
Isserman was also quoted extensively by the national media on a variety of topics. Reuters, in an article that appeared in The Washington Post, among other publications, interviewed Isserman on the size of the crowds protesting the Iraq War as compared to those that had protested the Vietnam War. He also was interviewed in an hour-long session by Minnesota Public Radio on the Summer of Love, the summer of 1967. The Associated Press interviewed him for an article on the Summer of Love that appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, ABCnews.com, the Chicago Tribune and the History News Network. He was quoted by Time Magazine on the return of SDS (Student for a Democratic Society) and by The New York Times about the Communist Party USA.
The Washington Times - "Is the GOP a Regional Party?" - 1/24/07
Los Angeles Times – "Giuliani's Choice" – 5/16/07
Reuters – "Did video questions make any difference at all" - 7/25/07
USA Today – "Few Dems Show for 'Prez on the Rez'" – 8/22/07
The Globe and Mail – "Is Clinton's campaign beginning to falter?" – 12/18/07
Government professor Philip Klinkner was quoted by several national media outlets throughout the year on issues primarily related to the presidential campaign. His research on regional shifts in party affiliation was referenced in a Washington Times editorial, and in a Los Angeles Times article, Klinkner discussed Giuliani's position on abortion. The latter editorial also appeared on MSNBC.com. In a Reuters article, Klinkner shared his views on the novel CNN/YouTube Democratic presidential debate, and in a USA Today article, he discussed the absence of top-tier candidates from the "Prez on the Rez" debate at an Indian reservation. In Canada's leading newspaper, The Globe and Mail, he discussed the influence the results in the early primary states have on perceptions of a candidate.
Foreign Affairs Magazine – "The Faces of Chinese Power" - January/February 2007
Associated Press/USA Today – "China to increase its military budget" - 3/03/07
Asia News – "Yang Jiechi, ex-ambassador to the U.S., is the new Foreign Minister" - 4/27/07
The Boston Globe – "China appraises next generation leaders for loyalty" - 5/10/07
China Economic Review – "A Legal Legacy and Internal Affairs — The Chinese Communist Party and the art of negotiation and compromise" - October issue
BusinessWeek – "Chinese Policymakers Turn to the Lawyers" - 10/01/07
TIME – "In China, Hu is the Man to See" - 10/07/07
BusinessWeek – "Positioning for Power at China's Communist Congress" - 10/09/07
The Charlie Rose Show (PBS) – "U.S./China relations" - 10/18/07
The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU) – "China's Three Gorges Dam" – 11/15/07
C-Span's Washington Journal – "Committee of 100 U.S./China Poll" – 12/11/07
Government professor Cheng Li, who is also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, was quoted and interviewed extensively by the national media throughout the year, primarily about the future of China's leadership. These outlets included BusinessWeek, TIME, Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France Presse, and South China Morning Post, among many others. On C-Span's Washington Journal, Li discussed a recent poll that examined U.S. and Chinese attitudes towards each other on issues ranging from the economy to product safety to the upcoming Beijing Olympics, Taiwan, the environment and climate change. Conducted by Zogby International for the Committee of 100, the survey was co-chaired by Li and was released on Monday, Dec.10. On The Diane Rehm Show, broadcast on many PBS stations nationwide, Li discussed China's Three Gorges Dam.
The New York Times – "DESIGN NOTEBOOK;While You Were Out, the Post-it Went Home" - 6/28/07
Art professor Rebecca Murtaugh's work titled "To Mark A Significant Space in the Living Room #1" was featured on the front page of the paper's House and Home section. The article also appeared in the The Seattle Post-Intelligence.
DowJones' MarketWatch – "In America's anguished debate over the Iraq war, the U.S. economic impact of the conflict is rarely discussed" - 1/24/07
The Christian Science Monitor – "Fed Expected to Cut Interest Rates Tuesday" – 9/17/07
In an interview with MarketWatch, economics professor Ann Owen, a former Federal Reserve economist, hypothesized that if we could do an experiment in which we didn't spend $100 billion in Iraq and we didn't spend it anywhere else and we didn't give it out in tax cuts, then "GDP would be going slower and the Fed would probably stop raising interest rates sooner." She also was interviewed for an article in The Christian Science Monitor in which several economists expressed their expectations concerning the Federal Reserve's anticipated reduction in the federal funds rate.
The History Channel – "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" - 5/28/07
Classics professor Carl Rubino was interviewed in this Lucasfilm documentary which premiered on the History Channel. He teaches a class at Hamilton, "Heroism Ancient and Modern," in which students examine ancient and modern views of the hero, including characters in the Star Wars series.
Religion News Service/ The Washington Post – "Diversity and a Buddhist Sect" - 2/24/07
In an article on the ground-breaking religious makeup of the new Congress, religious studies professor Richard H. Seager discussed the Buddhist sect to which one member of Congress belongs.
Bloomberg TV – "Iraq and the Administration" - 1/05/07
San Diego Union-Tribune – "Ending the uncivil war in Gaza" - 5/23/07
The Providence Journal – "Iran is irrational, but not suicidal" – 7/20/07
Bloomberg TV – "Iranian President Visits theUnited Nations" – 9/27/07
Government professor Edward Walker, former president of the Middle East Institute and former U.S. ambassador, appeared on Bloomberg TV twice this year, to discuss the administration's Iraq policy and, on the second occasion, the president of Iran's visit to the United Nations. He penned two opinion pieces, the first for the San Diego Union-Tribune (which also appeared in The Sacramento Bee) which argued for the elimination of Hamas. The second, appearing in The Providence Journal analyzed the meaning and possible consequences of the administration's bellicose posturing toward Iran.
InsideHigherEd.com – "Defining What Makes an Economist" - 1/09/07
A paper published by economics professor Stephen Wu was a key research source referenced in this article analyzing what factors might play a role in predicting success in completing the economics Ph.D., publishing and landing a tenure-track job at a top 20 program.
Vivyan Adair – Women's Studies
The Washington Post – "Welfare State Growing Despite Overhauls" - 2/26/07
NPR's News and Notes – "Has Welfare Reform Worked?" – 3/05/07
The Seattle Times – "Education key to getting past welfare" – 3/13/07
"If the goal of welfare reform was to get people off the welfare rolls, bravo. If the goal was to reduce poverty and give people economic and job stability, it was not a success," said women's studies professor Vivyan Adair in an interview on the growth of the welfare state. Adair's remarks appeared in hundreds of newspapers and Web sites including The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, The Seattle Times, Fox News and CBS News. Adair also wrote an opinion piece on the topic for The Seattle Times. On NPR's News and Notes, Adair was interviewed on welfare reform.
John Adams – Communications
The Chronicle of Higher Education –"Rhetoric's Spokesman" - 7/16/07
Associated Press – "Closing Arguments on the Campaign Trail" – 11/10/07
Communications professor John Adams defended the importance of rhetoric in a Chronicle of Higher Education article focused on his rhetoric campaign that includes t-shirts in support of the cause. "Rhetoric has always had a role to play in democratic societies," claimed Adams. Adams has been interviewed numerous times on the topic of political rhetoric especially in the presidential campaign, notably in The Los Angeles Times and by the Associated Press.
Peter Cannavo – Government
The Christian Science Monitor – "Scientific Debate Over Global Warming Is Over" - 10/11/07
In a letter to the editor, government professor Peter Cannavo wrote, "The real scientific debate is over; if skeptics still want to debate the issue, they can acknowledge the science and then engage in the more legitimate moral and political debate over the degree to which society ought to address this problem."
Daniel Chambliss – Sociology
InsiderHigherEd.com - "The Flawed Metaphor of the Spellings Summit"- 4/05/07
In an opinion piece, sociology professor Dan Chambliss examined the Spellings Commission's belief that education is essentially like manufacturing and disputed their assumptions. He questioned viewing students as "raw material" and the search for "more productive delivery models," economies of scale and "process redesign strategies" and suggested that the rigid and monolithic approach to "managing" higher education might be flawed.
Eugene Domack – Geosciences
Discoveries: The National Science Foundation's online publication - "Demise of Antarctic Ice Shelf Reveals New Life" – 7/26/07
This article highlighted discoveries made during three Antarctic expeditions in 2004, 2005 and 2006 led by geosciences professor Eugene Domack. His research was also cited in the recently released IPCC Climate Report, The Physical Science Basis, (Chapter 6 Palaeoclimate). The IPCC is the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that issues state of the earth's climate reports based upon the recent scientific findings, greenhouse gas emissions and predictions for the future of the earth's climate.
Tim Elgren – Chemistry
InsideHigherEd.com - "Best Practices in Undergrad Research" - 2/22/07
As co-editor of the recently published Developing & Sustaining a Research-Supportive Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful Practices, chemistry professor Tim Elgren was included in this article about the book and the press conference at which it was presented by the Council on Undergraduate Research. The book analyzes strategies to support the role of research within the undergraduate curriculum and offers case studies, including several at Hamilton, detailing innovative research strategies that are gaining momentum in fostering undergraduate research.
Stephen Ellingson – Sociology
The New York Times – "Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Game at Church" - 10/14/07
Sociology professor Stephen Ellingson, author of the recently published The
Megachurch and the Mainline, responded to a Times article with a question, "Why does a religion that has been countercultural from its inception so desperately seek to be culturally relevant?"
Dennis Gilbert – Sociology
The Christian Science Monitor - "US support for gun control rises" - 4/20/07
In an article sparked by the Virginia Tech shootings, sociology professor Dennis Gilbert was interviewed about the increased call for gun control. Gilbert spoke about the Hamilton College Youth poll conducted in 2006, which found that 88 percent of high school students polled supported a five-day waiting period for a hand-gun purchase.
Maurice Isserman – History
American Heritage Magazine – "Highest Adventure" – February/March issue
The Chronicle of Higher Education – "How Old is the New SDS?" – 3/02/07
The New York Times – "Communist Party USA Gives Its History to N.Y.U." – 3/20/07
Associated Press – "Summer of Love – 40 Years Later" – 6/24/07
The Christian Science Monitor – "Himalayan Summitry: a Lesser Peak, Not a Lesser Lesson" – 7/03/07
Newsday – "Love and struggle; The flowering of hippies in white America; took root in black Americans' fight to be free" – 8/12/07
TIME – "The Return of SDS" – 8/22/07
Minnesota Public Radio – "Summer of Love" - 9/20/07
The Chronicle of Higher Education – "The Flower in the Gun Barrel" – 10/19/07
PBS' Bill Moyer's Journal – 11/02/07
History professor Maurice Isserman wrote two feature articles for The Chronicle of Higher Education related to movements and events in the late 60s and he penned a feature for The Christian Science Monitor on his climb to the base camp of Mt. Everest. Another article written by Isserman that told the story of the first Americans to scale Mt. Everest appeared in American Heritage Magazine. He also co-authored an opinion piece in Newsday on the Summer of Love and its roots in the Civil Rights Movement. Isserman's essay "The Flower in the Gun Barrel," in which he recounts his experience as a participant and analyzes the event's importance in the evolution of the Vietnam anti-war movement, was featured on PBS' Bill Moyer's Journal.
Isserman was also quoted extensively by the national media on a variety of topics. Reuters, in an article that appeared in The Washington Post, among other publications, interviewed Isserman on the size of the crowds protesting the Iraq War as compared to those that had protested the Vietnam War. He also was interviewed in an hour-long session by Minnesota Public Radio on the Summer of Love, the summer of 1967. The Associated Press interviewed him for an article on the Summer of Love that appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, ABCnews.com, the Chicago Tribune and the History News Network. He was quoted by Time Magazine on the return of SDS (Student for a Democratic Society) and by The New York Times about the Communist Party USA.
Philip Klinkner – Government
The Washington Times - "Is the GOP a Regional Party?" - 1/24/07
Los Angeles Times – "Giuliani's Choice" – 5/16/07
Reuters – "Did video questions make any difference at all" - 7/25/07
USA Today – "Few Dems Show for 'Prez on the Rez'" – 8/22/07
The Globe and Mail – "Is Clinton's campaign beginning to falter?" – 12/18/07
Government professor Philip Klinkner was quoted by several national media outlets throughout the year on issues primarily related to the presidential campaign. His research on regional shifts in party affiliation was referenced in a Washington Times editorial, and in a Los Angeles Times article, Klinkner discussed Giuliani's position on abortion. The latter editorial also appeared on MSNBC.com. In a Reuters article, Klinkner shared his views on the novel CNN/YouTube Democratic presidential debate, and in a USA Today article, he discussed the absence of top-tier candidates from the "Prez on the Rez" debate at an Indian reservation. In Canada's leading newspaper, The Globe and Mail, he discussed the influence the results in the early primary states have on perceptions of a candidate.
Cheng Li – Government
Foreign Affairs Magazine – "The Faces of Chinese Power" - January/February 2007
Associated Press/USA Today – "China to increase its military budget" - 3/03/07
Asia News – "Yang Jiechi, ex-ambassador to the U.S., is the new Foreign Minister" - 4/27/07
The Boston Globe – "China appraises next generation leaders for loyalty" - 5/10/07
China Economic Review – "A Legal Legacy and Internal Affairs — The Chinese Communist Party and the art of negotiation and compromise" - October issue
BusinessWeek – "Chinese Policymakers Turn to the Lawyers" - 10/01/07
TIME – "In China, Hu is the Man to See" - 10/07/07
BusinessWeek – "Positioning for Power at China's Communist Congress" - 10/09/07
The Charlie Rose Show (PBS) – "U.S./China relations" - 10/18/07
The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU) – "China's Three Gorges Dam" – 11/15/07
C-Span's Washington Journal – "Committee of 100 U.S./China Poll" – 12/11/07
Government professor Cheng Li, who is also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, was quoted and interviewed extensively by the national media throughout the year, primarily about the future of China's leadership. These outlets included BusinessWeek, TIME, Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France Presse, and South China Morning Post, among many others. On C-Span's Washington Journal, Li discussed a recent poll that examined U.S. and Chinese attitudes towards each other on issues ranging from the economy to product safety to the upcoming Beijing Olympics, Taiwan, the environment and climate change. Conducted by Zogby International for the Committee of 100, the survey was co-chaired by Li and was released on Monday, Dec.10. On The Diane Rehm Show, broadcast on many PBS stations nationwide, Li discussed China's Three Gorges Dam.
Rebecca Murtaugh - Art
The New York Times – "DESIGN NOTEBOOK;While You Were Out, the Post-it Went Home" - 6/28/07
Art professor Rebecca Murtaugh's work titled "To Mark A Significant Space in the Living Room #1" was featured on the front page of the paper's House and Home section. The article also appeared in the The Seattle Post-Intelligence.
Ann Owen – Economics
DowJones' MarketWatch – "In America's anguished debate over the Iraq war, the U.S. economic impact of the conflict is rarely discussed" - 1/24/07
The Christian Science Monitor – "Fed Expected to Cut Interest Rates Tuesday" – 9/17/07
In an interview with MarketWatch, economics professor Ann Owen, a former Federal Reserve economist, hypothesized that if we could do an experiment in which we didn't spend $100 billion in Iraq and we didn't spend it anywhere else and we didn't give it out in tax cuts, then "GDP would be going slower and the Fed would probably stop raising interest rates sooner." She also was interviewed for an article in The Christian Science Monitor in which several economists expressed their expectations concerning the Federal Reserve's anticipated reduction in the federal funds rate.
Carl Rubino – Classics
The History Channel – "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" - 5/28/07
Classics professor Carl Rubino was interviewed in this Lucasfilm documentary which premiered on the History Channel. He teaches a class at Hamilton, "Heroism Ancient and Modern," in which students examine ancient and modern views of the hero, including characters in the Star Wars series.
Richard Seager - Religious Studies
Religion News Service/ The Washington Post – "Diversity and a Buddhist Sect" - 2/24/07
In an article on the ground-breaking religious makeup of the new Congress, religious studies professor Richard H. Seager discussed the Buddhist sect to which one member of Congress belongs.
Edward S. Walker, Jr. - Government
Bloomberg TV – "Iraq and the Administration" - 1/05/07
San Diego Union-Tribune – "Ending the uncivil war in Gaza" - 5/23/07
The Providence Journal – "Iran is irrational, but not suicidal" – 7/20/07
Bloomberg TV – "Iranian President Visits theUnited Nations" – 9/27/07
Government professor Edward Walker, former president of the Middle East Institute and former U.S. ambassador, appeared on Bloomberg TV twice this year, to discuss the administration's Iraq policy and, on the second occasion, the president of Iran's visit to the United Nations. He penned two opinion pieces, the first for the San Diego Union-Tribune (which also appeared in The Sacramento Bee) which argued for the elimination of Hamas. The second, appearing in The Providence Journal analyzed the meaning and possible consequences of the administration's bellicose posturing toward Iran.
Stephen Wu – Economics
InsideHigherEd.com – "Defining What Makes an Economist" - 1/09/07
A paper published by economics professor Stephen Wu was a key research source referenced in this article analyzing what factors might play a role in predicting success in completing the economics Ph.D., publishing and landing a tenure-track job at a top 20 program.
