media highlights

Jeremi Suri (History) published an op-ed titled “How America Helped ISIS” in the New York Times. Terri Givens (Government) shared insight into immigrant integration in Europe in a Washington Post op-ed titled “A Left-Right Divide in European Attitudes toward Immigrants.” Findings from Jim Henson’s and Daron Shaw’s (Government) Texas Politics Project/Texas Tribune poll were cited […]

June Jacqueline Woolley (Psychology) shared insight into children’s perceptions of reality and fantasy in a CNN story. The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times Sunday Book Review featured Donna Kornhaber’s (English) new book “Charlie Chaplin, Director.” Elizabeth McCracken’s new book “Thunderstruck and Other Stories” was featured in several media outlets, including the Guardian […]

January Sandra Black’s (Economics) research on the gender pay gap was cited in a Slate story titled “Policy Reformers Should Randomize Reforms.” Sean Theriault (Government) was quoted in a Washington Post story about partisan warfare in the U.S. Senate. Several media outlets featured James Magnuson’s (English/Michener Center) new book “Famous Writers I Have Known,” including […]

October A new study co-authored by Sam Gosling (Psychology), which literally maps out America’s personality profiles, was featured in several media outlets including TIME, Parade, the Atlantic, Huffington Post, Mother Jones and the Daily Mail. A new study by Daniel Hamermesh (Economics), which found favoritism is ubiquitous in labor markets, was featured in the Wall […]

July Hans Boas’ (Germanic Studies) research on Texas German was featured in the July issue of Texas Monthly. David Buss’ (Psychology) research was cited in a July 31 PBS Newshour story titled “Gaming Mr. Darcy: What Jane Austen Teaches Us about Economics.” Jennifer Ebbeler (Classics) shared insight into the benefits of a flipped classroom in […]

September H.W. Brands’ (History) new biography on Ulysses Grant, “The Man Who Saved the Union,” was featured in several media outlets, including the Boston Globe and the Wall Street Journal. Kate Brooks (Liberal Arts Career Services) shared some tips on how to mine job references in the Atlantic. She was also quoted in a Chicago […]

Historian David Oshinsky’s partnership with Bill Gates’ anti-polio efforts was featured in USA Today and Forbes. Linguistics professor Ian Hancock discussed the growing number of Gypsies who are rising into the ranks of an educated middle class in the Boston Globe, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Yahoo News. Presidential historian H.W. Brands published an op-ed […]

Elizabeth Richmond-Garza (English) shared insight into the role cities play in TV shows and movies in an Aug. 11 Christian Science Monitor story. Mary Hayhoe’s (Psychology) eye-tracking research in the Children’s Research Lab was featured in The New York Times on Aug. 17. Peter Trubowitz (Government) was quoted in an Aug. 5 Christian Science Monitor […]