FACULTY IN THE NEWS

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Many Barnard faculty members offer their expertise to local, national, and international news media. Their knowledge contributes to public discourse about key issues in our society and world.

ANNE HIGONNET / ART HISTORY
The Observer, 11/17/09
Analyzes the role of collectors in deciding when art is art

DOROTHY KO / HISTORY
The Wall Street Journal, 11/13/09
China’s aging "Lotus-Feet" ladies represent a complex custom

KAREN FAIRBANKS / ARCHITECTURE
New York Magazine, 11/13/09
Library project called ‘minor landmark’

RANDALL BALMER / RELIGION
The Colbert Report, 10/27/09
Discusses Catholic Church's invitation to Anglicans

JAMES G. BASKER / ENGLISH
The New York Times, 10/27/09
Exhibition on abolitionist John Brown opens at New York Historical Society

DEBORA SPAR / COLLEGE PRESIDENT
MSNBC, 10/22/09
Examines women in higher education on "A Woman's Nation"

JOSE MOYA / HISTORY
PBS' WorldFocus, 10/13/09
Speaks about the state of press freedom in Cuba and tolerance of government criticism

STEPHANIE PFIRMAN / ENVIRONMENTIAL SCIENCE
International Polar Year, 10/08/09
Discusses, along with co-authors, new perspectives on historic polar expeditions

RANDALL BALMER / RELIGION
CBS News, 10/04/09
Discusses the eclectic nature of Americans' faith

DEBORA SPAR / COLLEGE PRESIDENT
PBS, 10/22/09
Discusses surrogacy and regulation

ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ / PSYCHOLOGY
The New York Times, 09/08/09
Review of new book, “Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know”

KIMBERLY MARTEN / POLITICAL SCIENCE
The New York Times, 09/03/09
Op-ed urging the U.S. to redirect its efforts in Afghanistan

CAROLINE WEBER / FRENCH
The New York Times, 09/01/09
Reviews new book on Louis XIV’s morganatic wife

RAE SILVER / PSYCHOLOGY
Science Daily, 08/31/09
Reveals, in a landmark study about hunger, what your stomach tells your brain

RANDALL BALMER / RELIGION
Chicago Sun-Times, 08/28/09
on the role of Catholicism in the life of Senator Edward Kennedy

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

BROWN BAG LUNCH DISCUSSIONS

An occasional series in which Barnard's scholar-teacher faculty address an emerging issue and engage in discussion with the college community.

The Financial Crisis
10/10/08
With economists Marcellus Andrews, Mariana Colacelli, Perry Mehrling and David Weiman.
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