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.

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

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.
More info and video