Academics (page 19)
In the Media: The Los Angeles Times Interviews Assistant Professor of Politics Sumita Pahwa about the Muslim Brotherhood
Assistant Professor of Politics Sumita Pahwa spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the Muslim Brotherhood鈥檚 political role in Egypt after the recent death of Mohamed Morsi, the country鈥檚 first democratically elected president.
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Tselot Aklilu ’21 Awarded Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
By Rachel Morrison Sophomore Tselot Aklilu’s interest in community building and social justice began when she was just nine years old, when she moved from her native Ethiopia to Washington, […]
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Gabriela Ochoa ’19 Receives Presentation Award at West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference
Gabriela Ochoa ’19 received the award for best poster presentation in Ecology and Evolution at the 44th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Ochoa presented her thesis work […]
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In the Media: Corey Tazzara on Corporate Tax Breaks in the Washington Post
Drawing on the history of Italian free ports, Assistant Professor of History Corey Tazzara weighed in on the practice of U.S. cities giving corporate tax聽breaks in an op ed in the聽Washington Post.
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In the Media: Ken Gonzales-Day in Smithsonian Magazine
Professor of Art聽Ken聽Gonzales-Day’s recent exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., is profiled in聽Smithsonian Magazine. The exhibition,聽“Unseen: Our Past in a New Light,”聽focuses on work by Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar that grapples with “the under- and misrepresentation of certain minorities in portraiture and American history.”
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In the Media: Sean Flynn on Steel Tariffs
Sean Flynn, associate professor of economics and chair of the department at Scripps, was聽recently quoted in聽The Daily Bulletin. Flynn was asked to weigh in on how the Trump Administration’s steel tariffs may affect the steel industry in California.
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In the Media: Vanessa Tyson on Sexual Harassment in the Senate
Assistant Professor of Politics Vanessa Tyson was quoted by NBC in an article about recent efforts to change the culture of sexual harassment in the Senate.
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In the Media: Corey Tazzara on the House of Medici and Free Trade
Assistant Professor of History Corey Tazzara discusses the influence of the Medici dynasty on trade policy in an article for Oxford University Press online. During the 17th century, the Medici established a port in Livorno that was open to foreign merchants and that relaxed rules governing the transit, storage, and taxation of goods.
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In the Media: Suchi Branfman’s Prison-Based Choreography Featured
61传媒Lecturer in Dance Suchi Branfman’s choreographic collaboration with incarcerated men at the California Rehabilitation Center is the subject of a recent article in The Argonaut.
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In the Media: Roberto Pedace Discusses Diversity in Film on NPR
On the eve of the 2018 Academy Awards, Roberto Pedace, professor of economics at 61传媒, spoke on NPR’s 1A on diversity in film and what changes in representation mean for Hollywood’s bottom line.
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