Lectures/Presentations
Robin Broad, SIS: keynote: “The View from Washington: An Evening with Robin Broad,” Institute for Popular Democracy, Quezon City, Philippines, August.

Consuelo Hernandez, language and foreign studies, CAS: conference “Manual de peregrina (Handbook of a Pilgrim)” and poetry reading, University of Valparaiso, Chile, March.

Julie Mertus, SIS: co-convenor, “Human Rights and Conflict,” United States Institute of Peace Roundtable, Washington, D.C., July.

Jeffrey Schaler, SPA: “Devils, Drugs, and God,” University of Colorado at Boulder, September.

Marie Spaulding, left, Career Center: copresented the workshop “Have Portfolio. Will Travel: Academic and Entrepreneurial Internships as Bridges to the Future,” 14th Annual Career Issues in Art and Design Conference, San Francisco Art Institute, June.

Papers Presented
Abdul Karim Bangura, SIS: “Contending Linguistic Metaphors in the Reparations Debate: Legitimate Call or Emotional Symbolism?” Third International Cultural Conference (“Tool, Trophy, Treasure Perspectives on Language Acquisition and Use in the African Diaspora”), sponsored by the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Languages and Cultures in Africa and the African Diaspora, Howard University, and the University of the District of Columbia, October.

Robert Blecker, economics, CAS: “Global Keynesianism Versus the New Mercantilism: International Economics After Joan Robinson,” Joan Robinson Centennial Conference, University of Vermont, October.

Robert Lerman, economics, CAS: “Job Stability, Earnings, and Marital Stability: How Are They Related?” European Association of Labor Economics Conference, Seville, Spain, September.

Published Works
Akbar Ahmed, SIS: article about Muslims and Americans published in the Lebanon Star, October.

Brian Forst, SPA: “Taming the Demon of Errors of Justice,” The Responsive Community, vol 13, no 4, fall 2003.

Marwan Kraidy, SIS: coedited Global Media Studies: Ethnographic Perspectives, Routledge, September.

Clovis Maksoud, director, Center for the Global South, and SIS: was one of the authors of the Arab Human Development Report 2003, commissioned by the United Nations and released in Jordan, October.

Karen O’Connor, director, Women and Politics, and SPA: “The Great Nike PR Scam,” Alternet.org, October.

Rick Rockwell, SOC: “Guatemala: Stop Attacks on Journalists,” Miami Herald, October.

David Rosenbloom, SPA: “Hope v. Pelzer: Raising the Bar for Public Administrators’ Qualified Immunity for Constitutional Torts,” Review of Public Personnel Administration 23, September.

Media
Laird Anderson, emeritus, SOC: interviewed by the Washington Times on security clearance policies of the government, October.

George Ayittey, economics, CAS: quoted regarding oil drilling off the coast of Africa, Washington Times, October.

Naomi Baron, language and foreign studies, CAS: discussed American slang on Talk to America, Voice of America, August.

Barbara Bird, Kogod: quoted in the Chicago Tribune on branding products, October.

Philip Brenner, SIS: quoted in an article about Congress and U.S. policy toward Cuba, EFE (Spanish News Agency), September.

Caroline Cooper, Justice Programs Office, SPA: quoted in an AP article about drug courts for youth, October.

Robert Dinerstein, WCL: interviewed by the St. Petersburg Times regarding the Terri Schiavo case, October.

Christine Haight Farley, WCL: interviewed by WRC-NBC 4 on the future of copyright in light of music industry lawsuits against consumers, October.

Lewis Grossman, WCL: interviewed on NPR Marketplace’s “Day to Day” about a bill that would give FDA regulatory authority over tobacco products, October.

William LeoGrande, dean, SPA: quoted in the Vanguardia regarding Mexican elections, October.

Allan Lichtman, history, CAS: appeared on the BBC’s World News discussing President Bush’s reelection campaign, October.

Michael Mazis, Kogod: quoted in the Santa Rose Press Democrat about the do not call registry, October.

Howard McCurdy, SPA: quoted in Science News magazine about the space shuttle, October.

Anna Nelson, history, CAS: quoted in the Ocala Star-Banner on the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, October.

Jeffrey Reiman, philosophy and religion, CAS: discussed the topic of euthanasia and the case of Terri Schiavo, Talk to America, Voice of America, October.

Ira Robbins, WCL: interviewed by NBC, MSNBC, the Washington Times, and the Legal Times regarding the judge’s verdict that prosecutors cannot seek the death penalty in the Zacarias Moussaoui case, October.

Richard Semiatin, left, WSP: quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding fund raising, October.

Judith Shapiro, SIS: discussed the anniversary of 9/11 on Pro and Con, Voice of America China Branch, Chinese-language television, September.

Louise Shelley, SPA, and director, TraCCC: discussed and answered questions on human trafficking, Washington Journal, C-Span, September.

Brenda Smith, WCL: interviewed by CNN.com about rape laws, confidentiality, and using victims’ names in open court, October.

James Thurber, director, CCPS, and SPA: quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, and the Washington Post regarding politics. His study on campaign Web sites was mentioned in a Scripps Howard article that ran nationwide, October.

Emilio Viano, SPA: quoted in an AP article about the first known indictment of Osama bin Laden. Viano was also interviewed on CNN, Radio Educacion (Mexico), Radio Caracol (Colombia), Radio Reloj (New York), WPGC, Radio Programa (Peru), Radio America (D.C. area), Voice of America, Radio Netherlands, and Radio Nacional de Espana on the Sept. 11 anniversary, September.