Announcement | 31. May 2006
ISERP Newswatch
Peter BearmanÂ's work on virginity pledges was noted in the Washington Post and the New York Times Magazine in May. His comments appeared in articles on doormen in April issues of the New York Times and Guardian.
Richard Betts reviewed Overthrow, a book by Stephen Kinzer that analyzes instances when the U.S. has toppled foreign governments, for the New York Times on May 2.
An April Associated Press article quoted Jeanne Brooks-GunnÂ's evaluation of a new Philadelphia program that strives to educate low-income mothers.
The Chronicle of Higher Education announced Alessandra Casella as a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow.
On May 1, Rodolfo de la Garza appeared on the NPR show, Â"All Things Considered,Â" to discuss the political movement galvanizing around immigration. He also discussed the fate of immigrants who received amnesty in the 1980s for the Associated Press in April.
Susan Fainstein discussed the World Trade Center and the proposed Freedom Tower in a New York Times article in April and a Time magazine article in May.
The New York Times reported on Sherry Glied and colleagueÂ's study asserting that Â"insurance for mental health care should enter the mainstream of coverageÂ" on March 29.
Andrew Nathan discussed the Chinese PresidentÂ's visit to the U.S. on the Charlie Rose Show in April.
Kenneth Jackson appeared on WNYC and CBS Morning News in May to discuss his campaign to boost New YorkerÂ's appreciation of their state and the 75th birthday of the Empire State Building respectively.
In an article for The Nation, Mahmood Mamdani reviewed three books on political Islam.
Julien Teitler and colleagueÂ's study, which found that men over 35 were more likely to father infants with low birth weight, was reported on by Reuters on May 4.
Joseph StiglitzÂ's Fair Trade for All was reviewed by the New York Times and the Washington Post in April. He authored an article on globalization for The Nation, published April 17.
Charles TillyÂ's new book, Why, which sets out to understand peopleÂ's motivations for giving reasons, was reviewed in the New Yorker in April.
On April 17, Jane Waldfogel went on CBS News and discussed how parents have been forced to Â"outsourceÂ" parts of parenting that would be taken on by the extended family.
Duncan Watts commented on the relationship between punishment and profit for the New York Times on on April 7.
