Reed in the News

January 6, 2019

How to keep faculty searches on track

(Requires Subscription) Mary B. James, Reed's dean of institutional diversity, talks about faculty search process.

January 6, 2019

Jazmine Barnes case shows how trauma can affect memory

Daniel Reisberg the Patricia & Clifford Lunneborg Professor of Psychology Perception, cognition, psychology, law explains the body's biological response to stress and how it affects memory for a New York Times story on eyewitness accounts pertaining to the Jazmine Bares case in Texas.

New York Times

December 26, 2018

The 5 greatest trolls of Portlanders in 2018, plus 7 more “WTF?” moments

Reed College came in at number one for the Sacha Baron Cohen character Prof. Nira Cain-N'Degeocello from his Showtime series Who is America?

Willamette Week

December 26, 2018

Reed College recycles holiday trees for salmon

Restoration Manager Zac Perry talks about how Reed uses recycled Christmas trees to prevent creek erosion and provide fish nurseries.

KION-TV

December 25, 2018

Gov. Brown appoints Appeals Court Judge Chris Garrett to Oregon Supreme Court

Reed College graduate Chris Garrett '96 ascends to Oregon's highest court.

Oregonian

December 10, 2018

Oregon needs to regulate development for wildfire, report concludes

Jefferson Public Radio’s coverage of the report Ashlee Fox ’19 on wildfire and urban planning for 1000 Friends of Oregon.

Oregon Public Radio

November 25, 2018

How much student loan debt will your Oregon college require?

A new national study finds that Reed grads leave with the least student debt of all four-year colleges in the state. Reed's $27 million-a-year financial aid budget makes this possible.

Oregonian

November 21, 2018

No money. No English. But America welcomed a young foreigner.

New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof writes about his father Ladis ’55 and his journey from Ukraine to American citizenship.

New York Times

November 15, 2018

Discrediting the recount process takes advantage of voters' lack of understanding

Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke helps NPR listeners understand the rules that govern the Florida recounts. The story makes the case that the lack of knowledge of this process makes the electorate vulnerable to political rhetoric casting doubt on the legitimacy of the results.

NPR

November 14, 2018

Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of a universal basic income

The idea of universal basic income, a fixed income that every adult receives from the government, has been garnering interest as a response to wage stagnation and automation. Prof. of Economics Kimberly Clausing joins Berkeley's Hilary Hoynes and Eduardo Porter of the New York Times to share their views on its feasibility and offer alternatives.

EconoFact

November 14, 2018

Lucia Martinez Valdivia on Unifying and Divisive Identities

Prof. of English and Humanities Lucia Martinez Valdivia talks about the history of Hum 110 and ways to think of identity in the Half Hour of Heterodoxy podcast.

Half Hour of Heterodoxy

November 1, 2018

Prof. Paul Gronke warns against deriving meaning from early voting results.

Prof. Paul Gronke pens an op-ed for Slate.com on the perils of prognosticating elections using early voting data.

Slate

October 29, 2018

Peter Rock has fairy tale published in The New York Times Style Magazine.

Prof. Peter Rock’s "Once Upon a Time in Montana" is featured in the New York Times Style Magazine’s fairy tale issue

The New York Times Style Magazine

October 24, 2018

Alumna and current coach Rachel Johnson ’13 selected to U.S. Women's National Rugby team.

OPB's Think Out Loud interviews alumna and current rugby coach, Rachel Johnson ’13 on her selection to the U.S. Women’s National Rugby team.

OPB Think Out Loud

October 18, 2018

Prof. Kimberly Clausing interviewed about federal deficit on PBS Newshour.

Prof. Kimberly Clausing adds insight to the PBS Newshour story on the growing federal deficit.

PBS Newshour

October 3, 2018

Dean for Institutional Diversity Mary B. James featured in Nature.

Dean for Institutional Diversity Mary B. James is highlighted by Naturefor her work at Reed and as chair of the American Institute of Physics diversity task force.

Nature

October 9, 2018

Georgia’s motor-voter drive boosts eligible balloters who lean democratic

In a push by Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, Georgia increased its registered voters by 15 percent. Deal is in a closely contested reelection bid and his voter initiative has resulted in enlisting more traditionally democratic leaning voters into the rolls. Reed Prof. of Political Science Paul Gronke talks about how many new voters went to the polls after a similar registration effort in Oregon.

The Wall Street Journal

October 9, 2018

Why it will take more than basic recycling to cut back on plastic

The work of Bio. Prof. Jay Mellies and his mentee Morgan Vague'18 to isolate strains of bacteria that degrade PET plastic was included by PBS Newshour as a reason for optimism in an otherwise alarming story about plastic in the environment.

PBS Newshour

October 4, 2018

The Ivy League is the problem

In his option piece for The Week, Ryan Cooper '08 asks if it's healthy for the American democracy for all nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices to be graduates of either Harvard or Yale.

The Week

October 2, 2018

Expert explains the science of accurate memories

Daniel Reisberg is the Patricia and Clifford Lunneborg Professor of Psychology at Reed College. He is often called as an expert witness in court cases to talk about memory. KGW asked Prof. Reisberg about memory and testimony in the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings.

KGW-TV

October 3, 2018

Boosting the number of students from underrepresented groups in physics

Dean for Institutional Diversity Mary B. James is highlighted for her work at Reed and as chair of the American Institute of Physics diversity task force.

Nature

August 16, 2018

Kate Bredeson and Lars Jan Discuss 1968 and Joan Didion's “The White Album”

Professor of Theatre Kate Bredeson is a theatre historian, a director and a dramaturg. Her recent conversation with Lars Jan was chronicled by the LA Review of Books.

Los Angeles Review of Books

June 20, 2018

Story of father and girl found living in Forest Park is now a movie

Leave No Trace, the film adaption of Prof. Peter Rock's My Abandonment, opens on June 28. The Oregonian chronicles the story from Forest Park to the silver screen.

The Oregonian

June 19, 2018

Reed senior makes 'watershed' discovery of potential pollution-fighting bacteria

The Oregonian reports on biology major Morgan Vague '18 whose thesis research identified plastic-eating bacteria.

The Oregonian

June 11, 2018

Tax Havens blunt impact of Corporate Tax Cut, Economists Say

Professor Kim Clausing explains the role of tax havens in association to the Tax Bill

The New York Times

June 6, 2018

Alexander Askoldov, Whose Banned Film Was Found, Dies at 85

Professor of Russian and Humanities, Marat Ginberg, and his book feature prominently in the obituary of filmmaker Alexander Askoldov.

The New York Times

June 6, 2018

Steven Raichlen Continues to Teach us in Project Fire

This story highlights Steven Raichlen's '75 latest book and PBS program, Project Fire.

Martha's Vineyard Times

May 21, 2018

The Brain Waves That Make Frogs Pitch Perfect

Courtship calls of the amphibious? Prof. Erik Zornik and colleagues studied the brains of two closely related species of African clawed frog and learned that while males of both species emit fast trills to lure mates, a group of neurons could help to explain the difference between them.

Nature: International Journal of Science

May 15, 2018

On the Unsettling Allure of ‘Watership Down’

Peter Rock, professor of creative writing, reflects on "Watership Down"—the novel as well as the English village.

The New York Times

May 1, 2018

Bashir Wins Oregon Book Award in Poetry for "Field Theories"

The Oregonian described professor of creative writing Samiya Bashir's “Field Theories,” a collection of innovative and experimental poems that meld science and race. Bashir is the winner of the 2018 Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry.

Oregonian

April 28, 2018

Poet, Creative Writing Prof. Samiya Bashir Nominated for Oregon Book Award

Poet, professor of creative writing Samiya Bashir was nominated for the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry, Oregon Book Awards, for Field Theories

OPB's State of Wonder

April 18, 2018

TV Writer and "Ship It" Author Britta Lundin '07 Returns Home

Britta Lundin '07 author of Ship It and writer for the Riverdale TV series visits her hometown of Astoria, Oregon and chats with the Daily Astorian (which she delivered as a child) about her writing success.

Daily Astorian

April 13, 2018

Did Best-Selling Novelist Alafair Burke '91 Foresee the #MeToo Movement?

Alafair Burke '91, a former assistant prosecutor has written 16 novels, including her most recent, The Wife, in which the life of Angela Powell is shattered when her husband, a successful economics professor, and frequent news show guest, is accused of sexual harassment.

LegalNews.com

April 12, 2018

Diversifying a Classic Humanities Course

Reporter Colleen Flaherty wrote a thorough followup to her September 2017 story, Occupation of Hum 110. She chronicled the steps taken by the Hum faculty that resulted in the new class structure.

Inside Higher Education

April 12, 2018

Students Said a Keystone Course Was Racist. Here’s What Professors Did About It.

The Reed faculty approved a new course structure for Hummanities 110. The new structure will begin fall 2018 with the ancient Mediterranean and Athens. Updates will proceed in the spring with new modules on Mexico City from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries and Harlem from 1919 to 1952.

Chronicle of Higher Education

March 9, 2018

How it's Easier and Harder to Vote in the U.S.

Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke talks about the changing voter landscape in the United States. The show focuses on the drive to increase efficiency, integrity and access to the American voting system, while some states are purging electoral rolls. This conversation is happening amid a backdrop of probes regarding Russian influence during the 2016 presidential election and allegations of voter fraud considered by a now disbanded presidential commission.

ABC Radio News

March 4, 2018

The American Campus, Under Siege:

"Now under fire from an array of forces on the right, colleges must learn how to weather the attacks"

President John Kroger is quoted in this broad story about "far-right-wingers who want to take the fight to the heart of Blue America," by legislative powers and grassroots activists.

The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

February 26, 2018

Music and Activism Intersect: Civil rights leader fronts new CD with Pink Martini

Longtime Portland civil rights leader and Reed College graduate Kathleen Saadat ’74 is releasing a collection of jazz standards with Pink Martini founder Thomas Lauderdale. The CD titled, “Love for Sale” will be available March 1. Kathleen Saadat was commencement speaker for Reed’s graduating class of 2015.

Portland Observer

February 18, 2018

HBO’s 'Here and Now' introduces companion podcast features Portlanders talking about race, identity and belonging

A new HBO show based in Portland, Here and Now, has a companion podcast that features locals talking about themes explored in various episodes. Reed assistant professor of English and humanities Lucia Martinez Valdivia is featured on a segment about identity. The Oregonian wrote about the podcast which can be heard on iTunes.

Oregonian

February 12, 2018

President John Kroger to step down in June

Board Chairman Roger Perlmutter thanks John for his invaluable leadership.

Oregonian

January 11, 2018

Dr. Demento, comedic song hero and unsung punk rock legend, gets his due on new album

The LA Times chronicles how the release of a new CD compilation, "Dr. Demento Covered in Punk," came into being. The story includes a brief retrospective of the 50-year broadcasting career of Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen '63 and explains how he was an early supporter of punk rock music.

Los Angeles Times

January 8, 2018

Sold as Boon to Jobs in U.S., Tax Bill May Lead Firms to Open Plants Abroad

Reed Prof. of Econ Kim Clausing explains why the tax bill may lead to more foreign than domestic jobs.

New York Times

December 31, 2017

MAX Heroes are The Oregonian 2017 Newsmakers of the Year

Reed College graduate from the Class of 2016, Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23, and Rick Best, 53, who were fatally slashed when coming to the aid of two young women on the MAX train, along with poet Micah Fletcher who survived the attack, were named the Oregonian’s Newsmakers of the Year.

The Oregonian

December 12, 2017

Count the ways: How the GOP tax plan would reward rich families

Professor of Economics Kim Clausing shines light on the GOP tax plan. Government and outside analyses of the House and Senate tax bills show that the benefits would flow disproportionately to the wealthy. Aides to President Donald Trump argue that lower tax rates for companies and the wealthy would trickle into substantial pay raises for middle-income workers. Clausing disagrees.

Associated Press

December 12, 2017

The unrealized potential of nonaffiliated voters

Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke contributed to this story on Oregon’s second-largest voting block—nonafilliated voters.

East Oregonian

December 3, 2017

The Rise of Katherine Dunn: How the late Portland author survived hard times and becomes a literary legend

The Oregonian writes a loving remembrance of Katherine Dunn ’69, the author of the "Geek Love," a National Book Award finalist and a novel that has gained a cult-status following.

The Oregonian

November 29, 2017

Pushing back against the conservative caricature of higher education

Tracy Thompson of Bowie, Maryland, whose relationship to Reed is unknown, came to the defense of college in the Letter to the Editor section of the Washington Post. She quoted the Reed Magazine Almanac’s section on those who perpetuate the myth on Underwater Basket weaving. Spoiler alert — It’s not real! The Paideia course continues to attract attention of those who wish to disparage higher education.

The Washington Post —Letter to the Editor

November 27, 2017

Anne Washburn on watching 156 Twilight Zone episodes for freaky remake

The 1991 Reed College graduate has turned The Simpsons into a post-apocalyptic opera, invented her own language and put on a communist Dracula pageant. Now, the US playwright is staging the creepy, late-night TV classic that scarred her as a child.

The Guardian

November 26, 2017

Letting politics trump science in the Pruitt’s EPA. Prof. of chemistry and Environmental Studies Juiane L. Fry

Prof. Fry chronicles her experience in attempting to volunteer for the The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Advisory Board, whose charter calls for its members to "provide independent advice and peer review to EPA's Administrator on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental issues.

The Oregonian

November 26, 2017

GOP tax bill wrong way to spur growth and create jobs

According to Reed College economist Kimberly Clausing, the Republican tax plan uses obsolete methods to achieve its promised growth targets.

MSNBC

November 24, 2017

Philosophy Talk: When Democracies Torture

Darius Rejali from Reed College, author of Torture and Democracy is the guest of Stanford professors John Perry and Ken Taylor who host the philosophical chat show that airs in Oregon on OPB Thursdays from 9 to 10 p.m.

KALW

November 20, 2017

“How the GOP’s Tax Plan Puts Other Countries Before America”

Kimberly Clausing is the Thormund A. Miller and Walter Mintz Professor of Economics at Reed College wrote the following commentary.

“The international features of the Republican tax bills make an odd pairing with the nationalist rhetoric of President Trump. Trump has long made it clear to the American public that, for better or worse, he wants to put “America first.” Like most economists, I view such nationalism as simplistic and dangerous. There are substantial gains for both the world and the United States from closer economic ties and international.”

Fortune

November 20, 2017

Steve Martin's 'King Tut' Sketch is Racist, Liberal Arts Students Say

Steve Martin’s seminal “King Tut” sketch is being blasted as cultural appropriation by a group of students at a prestigious liberal arts college in Oregon after the classic "Saturday Night Live" parody was played in a humanities course.

NewsWeek

November 17, 2017

Paradise Papers investigation Calls Out Reed College Fossil Fuels Investment

Student protestors are asking Reed College to consider social and environmental goals in its investment strategy. The student body has long been active in divestment movements, including a current sit-in since Oct. 23 in the president's office and hallway to protest the use of Wells Fargo as the college's operational bank.

Portland Tribune

November 12, 2017

The Right Way to Cut Corporate Taxes

Prof. of Economics Kim Clausing's proposal to tax companies for sales that take place within US boarders to help eliminate tax shelters was mentioned by the Times Editorial Board in Sunday's editorial. This mentions resulted in many other media outlets including Nov. 13th broadcast of NPR's Morning Edition.

The New York Times

November 11, 2017

Sarah Silverman Shares Some Interesting Thoughts On The Evolution Of ‘Offensiveness’ On ‘Real Time’

This articles is in response to comedian Sarah Silverman's more thoughtful response, during an episode of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, on the offense taken by some Reed students regarding the showing of Steve Martin's King Tut video during Hum 110.

UPROXX

November 10, 2017

My Old School

Ethan Epstien ’10 is an associate editor at The Weekly Standard. He's also written for the Wall Street Journal, National Journal, Slate, City Journal. He holds a BA in history from Reed College and chimed in on the recent protests.

The Weekly Standard

November 10, 2017

Universities Tell Students: We Run Campuses, Not You

The University of Oregon and Reed College are highlighted in this extensive piece on administrative responses to student protests.

Daily Beast

November 8, 2017

Why Everyone Should Learn About Western Civilization

Author Michele Nijhus ’87 wrote an opinion piece that began: “My alma mater is, for better or worse, the undergraduate equivalent of a cult film: Most people have never heard of Reed College, and the few who have really like to argue about it.”

The Atlantic

November 7, 2017

Details show tax bill isn't really about competitiveness or workers

Prof. of Economics Kim Clausing explains to The Hill how the House tax cut will make the country less competitive.

The Hill

November 6, 2017

IT, ‘Like Electricity,’ Is Now Everywhere

Information technology is pervasive in everything we do in so many ways, says Marty Ringle, chief information officer at Reed College and a founder and former chair of Educause. Like electricity, that’s what technology in education has become. He talks about his long history with the organization and how tech in teaching has changed on campuses since Educause started, in the 1970s.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

November 2, 2017

The Surprising Revolt at the Most Liberal College in the Country

Activists are disrupting lectures to protest "white supremacy," but many students are taking steps to stop them.

The Atlantic

November 2, 2017

Poetry and Science Collide In The Work Of Samiya Bashir

Creative Writing Prof. Samiya Bashir on OPB Radio’s State of Wonder. Bashir talks about her latest release, Field Theories. Her website describes her third book of poems as wending its way through quantum mechanics, chicken wings and Newports, love and a shoulder’s chill, melding blackbody theory (idealized perfect absorption, as opposed to the white body’s idealized reflection) with real live Black bodies.

OPB Radio

October 13, 2017

Class Struggle: How Identity Politics Divided a Campus

Joe Kolman ’77 wrote a second story about the protests.

Spiked Online

October 13, 2017

How a Quarter of Cow DNA Came From Reptiles

Reed Prof. of Bio Sarah Schaack explains how it can be easy to miss a step in a gene’s history.

The Atlantic

October 6, 2017

Colleges won't apply new sexual-assault guidelines

This story on the new Department of Education directive regarding Title IX features VP of Students Mike Brody discussing Reed’s approach.

Portland Tribune

October 5, 2017

The ‘fish missionary’ who changed what we eat, one Alaskan salmon at a time

Obit of Jon Rowley '69 and his work to market copper river salmon among other things.

Washington Post

September 15, 2017

Some retirees are rethinking Florida, post Irma

Prof. of Economics Jon Rork contributes to a CNBC story on retirees rethinking Florida, post Hurricane Irma.

CNBC

September 11, 2017

Prof. Mark Burford Adds Context to Chuck Berry’s “Promised Land.”

Prof. Mark Burford contributes to an article that follows the route of Chuck Berry’s 1964 hit “Promised Land” that chronicles the African-American experience in the 20th century.

The New York Times

August 2, 2017

Kip Berman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart talks new album, dad life and his love for Chicago

Kip Berman ’02, front man of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, talks about studying “ancient religion” at Reed, songwriting, and his musical influences.

Chicago Tribune

July 26, 2017

Prof. Paul Gronke visits with OPB's Think Out Loud to discuss election reform.

Professor of political science Paul Gronke and former Oregon Secretary of State Phil Keisling discuss election reform.

OPB Radio

July 10, 2017

How Reed Grew International Population in Challenging Year

Reports on how Reed increased international student diversity despite the White House travel ban.

Inside Higher Ed

June 27, 2017

From High School Dropout to College at 30: One Woman’s Path to Success

NBC News Digital reporter and 2012 Reed grad Mary Emily O'Hara explains what she learned navigating the college admissions process as an adult.

NBC News

June 1, 2017

Praise for Reed’s Anti-Rankings Stance

How to Raise an Adult author Julie Lythcott-Haims hails Reed for its stance on college rankings at the New York Times Higher Ed Leaders Forum (17:00).

The New York Times (Youtube)

May 30, 2017

On a Portland Train, the Battlefield of American Values

Nicholas Kristof provides commentary on the murder of 23-year-old recent Reed College graduate Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche ’16 and 53-year-old Army veteran.

The New York Times

May 28, 2017

Three Men Stood Up to Anti-Muslim Attack. Two Paid With Their Lives.

The harrowing story of Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche ’16 who lost his life protecting two teenage girls and from a hateful and violent racist.

The New York Times

April 26, 2017

Curb the Use of Overseas Tax Havens? Yes! But How?

“There’s a lot of evidence that the holiday created no jobs and did not lead to any additional investments,” said Kimberly Clausing, an economist at Reed College.

The New York Times

March 10, 2017

From Yemen with love: Reed professor's coffee sign brews a global friendship

Professor of English and Humanities Lucia Martinez’s support of Yemeni people engendered a kind response.

The Oregonian

March 4, 2017

"Bookmarks: 'Book of Joan' movie, buzz for Reed alumna, new NW field guide

Reed College graduate Julianne Pachico's get a nice mention for her debut novel, The Lucky Ones

Oregonian

February 28, 2017

Psych Prof. Called As Expert Witness in Murder Case

Prof. Daniel Reisberg, an expert in eye-witness identification, testified on behalf of a man who was convicted in part as a result of doubtful police procedures.

Idaho Statesman

February 25, 2017

Reed College’s Cooley Gallery Featured on State of Wonder

The only Portland artist-in-residence, Ryan Woodring, has work in the group exhibition “ICONOCLASTIC” at Reed College’s Cooley Gallery

OPB Radio

February 23, 2017

Reed Prof.'s Novel, 'My Abandonment,' Will be a Movie Starring Ben Foster

Professor of Creative Writing Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment is being made into a movie. Shooting began in April.

The Oregonian

February 19, 2017

Professor of Political Science Darius Rejali Penned an Op Ed for the LA Times

Prof. Rejali lays out the social science on how Donald Trump's pro-torture rhetoric could help bring abuse to a neighborhood near you.

LA Times

February 15, 2017

Reed Dropped Its Admission Fee, Students Push Ivies to do the Same

Vice President of Financial Aid and Admission Milyon Trulove is quoted extensively in this article that got picked up by more than 30 news outlets.

Associate Press

February 14, 2017

The Land of Rain

In January, High Country News hosted two students from Reed College to see the inner workings of a news magazine and the magazine published the stories they wrote.

High Country News

February 7, 2017

Reed Linguist Explains Jackie Kennedy’s Strange, Elegant Accent

Professor of Linguistics Kara Becker features prominently in this article about why Natalie Portman’s accent in Jackie is spot-on.

Vox

February 1, 2017

Professor of Economics Kimberly Clausing helps explain Border Adjustment Tax.

“Unless the dollar appreciates quickly and countries don’t fix their exchange rates, at least in the short run you’re going to be paying more for all that stuff,” Clausing says.

Los Angeles Times