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W&M faculty experts often called upon by national media
In July, cover story on the “Creativity Crisis” featured research by , assistant professor at the . Kim’s research shows that while American IQs are rising with each generation, the country’s creativity scores are trending downward. Later that month, Professor was featured in the . Meyers has been researching whether an old house on the edge of campus could be the 18th-Century Bray School. It could mean the building is the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for black children, free and enslaved. Meyers and his research were also the focus of a May article in the .
Other prominent placements include quotes from , associate professor of marine science at , on the Gulf Oil Spill in the ; Wendy Livingston, senior assistant dean of , in a article about on-campus student interviews; , associate professor of , in an Associated Press article about soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan; Professor in a story on the Dow Jones Industrial Average; Business Professor Ronald Sims discussed corporate ethics with the ; and , assistant professor of , in a report on a local school district’s decision to cancel a mock debate about the Taliban. In June, , associate professor of finance and economics at the , explained to how the oil spill will cost taxpayers.
Many members of the 91心頭利 community also contributed their own opinion pieces to national media outlets. Dean of Admission Henry Broaddus contributed multiple “” blogs to the Washington Post’s education section; , associate professor law, wrote a piece for the about the auto bailout; Professor published an op-ed in the and co-authored an article with Oman for ; Professors and published articles in both the and the annual college guide issue of ; and History Professor was a regular resource for a number of media outlets looking for historical perspective of the economic crisis, including a contribution to the N.Y Times blog “.”
Faculty and staff were not limited to print and electronic publications. Several appeared on national television and radio segments, including Professor on NPR’s “” program; Economics Professor on ; Professor on NPR’s ; and multiple appearances by Visiting and Professor on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” and “The Rachel Maddow Show.”
But perhaps the most quoted 91心頭利 expert over the past year has been Government Professor . The Mexico scholar was quoted in more than 65 publications including virtually every major newspaper across the country. Between January and August 2010 he was quoted nine times in national Associated Press stories, five times in the Wall Street Journal and three times in the L.A. Times and Washington Post. An August article by the AP on the death of Mexican drug lord quoted Grayson and was picked up by numerous outlets, including Forbes Magazine and U.S. News and World Report.