In the Media
Spring 2008
The Oakland Tribune, May 7, Research Professor of PPS Robert Cook-Deegan and co-author Misha Angrist discuss the implications of the Congressional passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). The law will protect Americans from genetic discrimination by employers and health insurers.
(Raleigh) News & Observer, May 6: Terrorism and Islam should not be linked says Director of the Triangle Center of Terrorism and Homeland Security and Visiting Associate Professor of PPS David Schanzer. Keeping the distinctions between the two clear is important to discrediting bin-Laden and al-Qaida.
Denver Post, May 4: Kristin Goss, assistant professor of PPS, points out that this is a period of lack of attention to gun control, with little recent law-making on the issue.
Economic History Services, April 2008: Paying the Tab, public policy professor Philip J. Cook’s latest book on U.S. alcohol policy, “ably reviews and dissects an extensive literature to make the case for additional alcohol control policies.
Wisconsin Public Radio, April 9: In light of Gen. David H. Petraeus’ April 8 testimony before Congress, professor of public policy Bruce Jentleson joins WPR’s Jim Packard to discuss the latest from Iraq: troop levels, recent violence in Basra, Iran and congressionally-mandated benchmarks.
Washington Post, April 7: Visiting lecturer in public policy and recent author Christopher Gergen has created a successful career as an entrepreneur using social networking for each of his business endeavors.
Economic History Services, April 2: Mark Thornton, a Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, reviews Paying the Tab, professor of public policy Philip J. Cook’s latest book on U.S. alcohol policy.
(Raleigh) News & Observer, April 1: Bruce W. Jentleson, a professor of public policy, outlines why he believes the United States needs “to shift from a military to a diplomatic surge” in Iraq.
(Chicago) Daily Herald, March 30: Assistant professor of public policy studies Evan Charney disputes Rice University political scientist John Alford’s claim that one’s political leanings can be predetermined according to genetic composition.
(Durham) Herald-Sun, March 30: Professor of public policy and economics Helen Ladd writes that although test-based accountability for schools has led to some gains in student achievement, as a reform strategy it still “falls short” in three key ways.
Washington Post, March 28: Paula D. McClain, a public policy professor and co-director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences, has found that a majority of Latinos maintain stereotypical views about African-Americans.
North Carolina Public Radio, March 27: On “The State of Things,” Sanford Institute professor William “Sandy” Darity talks about a UNC-Duke conference exploring the global impact of biases based on color distinctions within races.
Waterbury (Conn.) Republican-American, McClatchy Newspapers, March 26: Duke public policy professor Bruce Jentleson says presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain was “trying to show he is a realist and not a neocon” with his major foreign policy speech this week.
Colorado Springs Gazette, March 22: In light of the upcoming presidential election, Robert Korstad, an associate professor of public policy studies and history, comments on the United States’ need for a civic culture that encourages greater conversation on issues of race and segregation.
(Florida) Sun-Sentinel, March 23: Gunther Peck, an associate professor of history and public policy, says the Clinton campaign has adopted the “Southern strategy” – used successfully by Republicans in the past – to exploit tensions between white and black Democrats. Also available to (Durham) Herald-Sun subscribers.
Duke Today, March 20: Three Duke faculty members, including professor of public policy and political science Paula McClain, currently sit on the Board of Overseers of the American National Election Study, which aims to provide data to help explain election outcomes. They are taking a close look at 2008's historic race.
Christian Science Monitor, March 20: Bruce Jentleson, a foreign-policy specialist at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, says that “It’s a different world (since the Iraq war), one that's more complex and with less of a sense that there will be a single leader.”
Detroit Free Press, March 19: Associate professor of history and public policy Gunther Peck explains how the idea of “white victimhood” has provided the energy behind the Clinton campaign’s recent efforts to stimulate a backlash against Barack Obama and his alleged preferential treatment in the media.
Pravda, March 17: Bruce Kuniholm, director of the Sanford Institute for Public Policy, provides commentary on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War for the Russian daily newspaper Pravda. Note: article is written in Slovak.
Education Week, March 12: Duke Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics Jacob Vigdor discusses his recent study on the mixed results of performance-pay programs in the North Carolina public school systems. While the study shows some improvement in overall test scores, Vigdor says, the programs may have contributed to higher teacher turnover in low-performing schools.
New York Times Magazine, March 9: Professor of Public Policy and Law Joel Fleishman, who recently wrote a book on the role of private foundations in American life, talks about the role of strategic grants in facilitating social change.
Newsweek, March 5: In a discussion of the vice presidential nominee for the Democratic ticket, retired general Anthony Zinni, a visiting professor at Duke’s Sanford Institute, is mentioned as a “national-security choice.”
Durham News, March 1: Retired four-star Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, a guest lecturer this semester in the Hart Leadership Program at the Sanford Institute, shares his excitement for the involvement of young people in the presidential campaign.
Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 27: "We like to think gun violence is someone else's problem, but it's everyone's problem," says Phil Cook, a professor of public policy and co-author of two widely referenced studies about the cost of gun violence in the United States. (AP story also appeared in The New York Times and more than 190 other news outlets.)
Duke Today, Feb. 21: The Sanford Institute-connected Durham Family Initiative has birthed a new program that will help Durham County reach out to support its youngest new residents.
The Journal of the American Medical Association, Feb. 20: University of Miami practicing physician Bernd Wollschlaeger, M.D., reviews public policy professor Phil Cook's most recent book, "Paying the Tab," a broad analysis of the effectiveness of alcohol policy legislation in the United States.
Duke University News & Communications, Feb 19: The strong opposition showing in the Pakistani elections should help prevent violence and lend credibility to the results, but it foreshadows political instability, says assistant professor of public policy Judith Kelley.
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 17: N&O columnist Rob Christensen writes that few people had a bigger role in creating the potentially pivotal superdelegates in 1982 than three North Carolina Democrats, including former Duke professor and current U.S. Rep. David Price and former Gov. Terry Sanford, then Duke’s president.
Charlotte Observer, Feb. 11: Duke economist and professor of PPS Charles Clotfelter's research should push policymakers and the public to act on the problem of teacher absences, the newspaper says.
Forbes, Feb. 6: Professor of health policy and management Frank Sloan says it's the complications of diseases that drive up total treatment costs.
VOA News, Feb. 6: Paula McClain, professor of public policy and co-director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender, remains cautious about the change occurring in voters' attitudes toward historic racial and gender barriers in American politics.
New Scientist, Feb. 2: Evan Charney, a political scientist and assistant public policy professor, is critical of some of the studies that have found personality differences between people who hold varying political views. (Link to free preview and full text for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)
(London) The Times, Feb. 4: Research led by Duke political scientist and professor of public policy Paula McClain sheds light on the outlook of Latino voters, who are expected to participate in this year’s primary voting in greater numbers than before. See also Christian Science Monitor: Latino Vote Critical for Clinton on Super Tuesday
Newsweek, Feb. 4: Political science and public policy professor Paula McClain discusses her research, which sheds light on the stark racial divide that's been revealed in primary voting.
Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 30: Professor of public policy Bruce Jentleson discusses the challenge the next president will face in improving America's stature abroad.
Marketplace, Jan. 29: Duke health policy analyst Chris Conover says it's not realistic to think that a rollback of the Bush tax cuts will cover the cost of universal health insurance coverage.
DiversityInc, Jan. 25: Paula McClain, a professor of political science and public policy who has researched Latino attitudes toward blacks in the South, talks about the crucial Latino voting bloc. (with audio) See also (U.K.) The First Post: Clinton and Obama Battle for Hispanic Vote
Bangor Daily News, Jan. 24: An executive with the Maine Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association says she isn't ready to accept the central argument in public policy professor Phil Cook's book on alcohol control, Paying the Tab.
CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, Jan. 23: Duke political science and public policy professor Paula McClain says black women may relate more with Barack Obama because of issues of race than with Hillary Clinton because of issues of gender. (See fifth report.)
Duke University News & Communications, Jan. 23: The Center for Child and Family Policy has been selected to evaluate the first phase of a new five-year nationwide effort to deliver developmental resources to 15 million young people.
NPR’s “Tell Me More,” Jan. 23: Professor of public policy, African and African American Studies and political science Paula McClain discusses her new study on how racial attitudes among Hispanics may affect voting patterns in the 2008 elections.
Duke University News & Communications, Jan. 16: Latinos tend to identify more with whites than with blacks, according to preliminary findings of a Duke study. This dynamic may affect the upcoming Democratic primaries, says Paula McClain, professor of political science, public policy and African and African American Studies.
NPR's "Tell Me More," Jan. 18: Duke professor Paula McClain's research concluding that Latino voters may identify more with Clinton than Obama is making news in the blogosphere.
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 16: Duke economist and Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies Charles Clotfelter's examination of North Carolina schools is part of emerging research suggesting that teacher absences lead to lower student test scores, even when substitutes fill in.
UNC-TV’s “N.C. Now,” Jan. 16: Dr. Michael Merson, director of the Duke Global Health Institute, will be the guest for a newsmaker interview today on UNC-TV’s N.C. Now.
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 13: Duke professor of public policy studies Bruce W. Jentleson writes that in its attempt to repair the damage of the last seven years, the Bush administration is turning to foreign policies it once rejected.
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 13: David H. Schanzer, a visiting professor of the practice of public policy studies, says coverage of the current election "shows how the media have aggrandized their own power while losing sight of the importance of actual voters." (search the N&O's “Print Edition Archives” for online copy)
Governing Magazine, Jan. 2008: North Carolina’s department of revenue developed a new tax collection strategy based on the recommendations of Duke MPP students who studied ways to improve voluntary compliance within the state's Hispanic community.
North Carolina Public Radio News, Jan. 9: Don Taylor, assistant professor of public policy, discusses the costs of aging in the U.S, pointing out that most long-term care-giving takes place privately. The U.S. spends $200 billion on institutional care each year for 1.4 million people, while more than 10 million people are cared for in the community, with an estimated cost of at least $300 billion.
Clinician’s Roundtable, Reach MD, Jan. 7-12: Don Taylor assistant professor of public policy, discusses the cost savings of hospice care to the Medicare program with satellite radio talk show host Susan Dolan. [Show available at http://www.reachmd.com/xmsegment.aspx?sid=2108 after free registration.]
Palm Beach (Fla.) Daily News, Jan. 4: "We are in the midst of a great philanthropic revolution in this country," says Duke public policy and law professor Joel Fleishman, who is involved in many initiatives concerned with improving the performance of the nonprofit sector.
