Providence College Media Highlights 2016-2017

Throughout the academic year, Providence College’s Office of Public Affairs, Community and Government Relations strategically connects the College’s experts (distinguished faculty members and staff) to local, regional, and national media outlets where they provide insightful analysis on timely news topics. PC Experts offer their expertise and commentary on economic and political issues, ground-breaking research, and on news making national and international headlines.

Below is a sampling of some of the faculty media hits from the 2016-2017 academic year:

TELEVISION

WJAR CHANNEL 10
09.08.2016- Dr. David Zalewski (Finance): Business Lunch: finding similarities in Clinton’s, Trump’s economic plans

01.19.2017- Dr. Daniel Horne (Marketing): Business Lunch: Mobile Phone Payments

08.14.2017- Dr. Raymond Sickinger (History): Origin of Victory Day

WNAC CHANNEL 64
11.30.2016- Dr. Monica Simal (Spanish): Cuban-American PC Foreign Language Professor reflects on Fidel Castro’s death on State of Mind

TV EYES- CSPAN 3
02.07.2017- Dr. Jeffrey Johnson (History): 1916 San Francisco Bombings

RADIO

RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RADIO (RIPR)
10.7.2016- Dr. Patrick Breen (History): Parsing Fact from Fiction in New Film ‘Birth of a Nation’

11.04.2016- Dr. Patrick Kelly (Accountancy): The Bottom Line: The Promise And Peril Of The Casino Question

BBC
03.29.2017- Dr. Abigail Brooks (Sociology): The ways women age – beauty politics

NPR
07.28.2017- Dr. Victoria Templer (Psychology): Rats Know When They’ve Forgotten Something

PRINT

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
12.16.2016- Dr. Robert Hackey (Health Policy): Lackluster performance at HealthSource RI

01.25.2017- Dr. Sharon Murphy (History): Insurance Policies on Slaves: New York Life’s Complicated Past

THE NEW YORK TIMES
12.18.2016- Dr. John Costello (Biology): PC scientist’s discoveries about jellyfish may propel future drones

THE JEWISH VOICE
04.07.2017- Dr. Jennifer Illuzzi (History) & Dr. Arthur Urbano (Theology): When Jews were Friars: New research about Providence College

PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS
06.15.2017- Dr. Joan Branham (Art & Art History) & Dr. Daniel Horne (Marketing): 5 Questions with Joan Branham and Dan Horne: Speed Dating

U.S. NEWS
06.27.2017- Dr. Sylvia Maxfield (Dean of School of Business): Greenspan: Brexit a ‘Terrible Mistake’ Fueled by ‘Desperate Population’

ONLINE

SMITHSONIAN.COM
11.29.2016- Dr. Victoria Templer (Psychology): Dogs may possess a type of memory once considered ‘uniquely human’

GOLOCALPROV
03.06.2017- Dr. Jonathan Richardson (Biology): LIVE: PC Prof’s Research Shows Roads are Changing Plant and Animal Evolution

04.18.2017- Dr. Leo Kahane (Economics): Analysis of PawSox New Stadium Plan

07.06.2017- Dr. Robert Hackey (Health Policy): Obamacare Deserves a Grade of C, says Bob Hackey

HUFFINGTON POST
06.02.2017- Dr. Jessica Mulligan (Health Policy): With Attention Elsewhere, Healthcare for Millions Quietly Still at Risk

PC Experts Media Highlights

Jonathan Jackson, Ph.D. - The U.S. Supply Chain in 2024

In recent years, the health of the U.S. supply chain was greatly strained as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and other events. Associate Professor of Finance, Jonathan Jackson, Ph.D., shares insight on how the U.S. supply chain is doing today and what consumers should be on the lookout for.

Christine Earley, Ph.D. - AI at PC

It looks like Artificial Intelligence or AI is here to stay. Professor of Accountancy and Associate Provost for Faculty Development Christine Earley, Ph.D., shares more on how AI has changed the face of higher education, the benefits, things to watch out for, and how Providence College is navigating these waters.

Father Justin Brophy, O.P. - Lent 2024

As the PC community continues through Lent, Father Justin Brophy, O.P., Assistant Professor of Political Science, shares more on things we should be reflecting upon during this time of year. He also talks about the practice of "giving things up" for Lent and shares a message for the campus community.