Arts & Sciences in the Media, July 2017

Every month, our faculty, staff, students and alumni help shape the national conversation by speaking to the media on a wide range of social, political, scientific, educational and cultural issues. In July and August, those media appearances included:

Tony Lemieux's research showing that Muslim terrorists get far more media attention than other terrorists was covered in the British newspaper The Independent. More. Other stories on the same research appeared in Daily Sabah, an English-language Turkish newspaper (more) and TRTWorld, an English-language Turkish website. More.

Allen Fromherz, associate professor of history and director of the Middle East Studies Center, was interviewed for Vox on a story about conflict between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. More.

Timothy Crimmins, professor of history and director of the Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies, wrote an editorial for ArtsATL about the need to preserve North Hall, the original building of Atlanta University. More.

Brenda Fitzgerald (B.S. Microbiology, 1972) was named the new director of the CDC. The story was covered widely in outlets including the New York Times (more), the Washington Post (more), and CNN (more), among others.

Lakeyta Bonnette, assistant professor of political science, and Carrie Manning, professor and chair of political science, were interviewed by Campus Reform about a conference the department hosted on politics and hip-hop. More.

Jeffrey Lazarus, associate professor of political science, wrote a piece for The Conversation on the Senate's strategy for healthcare reform. More.

Ben McGimsey, lecturer in physics & astronomy was interviewed by WABE about the department's eclipse viewing event at Rabun Gap, Georgia. More.

Henry Carey, associate professor of political science, was interviewed about nepotism in the Washington Post. More.

Douglas Barthlow, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies for Communication, was interviewed by WABE about the film industry in Atlanta. More.

Jennifer McCoy, distinguished university professor of political science, gave 17 interviews to various media outlets on the subject of the election in Venezuela. More.

Leigh Burns (M.H.P., Heritage Preservation, 2001) was interviewed in Broadway World after she was named director of the Fox Theater in Atlanta. More.

John Horgan, professor of global studies and psychology, was interviewed on the psychology of terrorist recruitment in the wake of the Charlottesville attack. More.

David Cheshier, director of the Creative Media Industries Institute, was interviewed by the Atlanta Business Chronicle for a story about e-sports coming to Georgia State. More. He was also interviewed for a similar story in Game Industry News. More.

Tony Lemieux, professor of global studies and communication and director of the Global Studies Institute, was interviewed by CBS-46 Atlanta for a story on the terrorist attacks in Barcelona. More.

Julia Gaffield, assistant professor of history, wrote a piece for Decaturish advocating as a historian for the removal of the Confederate memorial in Decatur. More.

Mia Bloom, professor of communication, spoke to CNN about the knowledge and abilities of Sebastian Gorka, adviser to the president. More. She also spoke to WCAI about the reasons ISIS targeted Spain for the terrorist attack in Barcelona. More.