Hamilton in the News
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Assistant Professor of Government Erica De Bruin, author of How to Prevent Coups d'État, has been quoted extensively in the national media in the lead up to and in the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol. The primary question directed to her has been, “Is this a coup?”
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“A radiant entertainer finally gets her due as a composer and lyricist—and champion of resilience amid troubles.” Thus began a review in The Wall Street Journal of three books about Dolly Parton, including Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley’s Unlikely Angel – The Songs of Dolly Parton.
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Based on both institutions’ methods for success, President David Wippman and Cornell Professor of American Studies Glenn Altschuler co-authored an essay outlining key lessons learned in the process in an op-ed in Inside Higher Ed.
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From climate change to Title IX, from coups to international recruitment, faculty have presented their views in major news outlets throughout the year.
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In an essay titled Getting around anti-Democratic obstacles to addressing climate change, Professor of Government Peter Cannavò explains how a fundamental problem in our system of governance stands in the way of enacting climate change legislation.
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President Trump has vowed to veto a bill authorizing more than $740 billion in defense spending because it includes a provision to change the names of 10 Army installations, wrote Chamberlain Fellow and Professor of History Ty Seidule in a Washington Post essay on Sunday, Nov. 29.
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Assistant Professor of Government Erica De Bruin, Professor of Economics Ann Owen, and Director of Orientation and First-year Programs Tessa Chefalo appeared prominently in The Washington Post, American Public Media’s Marketplace, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, respectively, this month.
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President David Wippman co-authored an opinion piece published by Inside Higher Ed on Oct. 12 titled The Education Department’s Race to the Bottom.
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Oliva Rissland, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics at the University of Colorado, read a scientific paper every day for 899 days. At the end of that stretch, she picked her favorite: “The Mundanity of Excellence: An Ethnographic Report on Stratification and Olympic Swimmers,” written in 1989 by Dan Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hamilton.
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President David Wippman co-authored an opinion piece published by The Hill on Sept. 6 titled Blame Shifting.
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