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The School of Law’s Investor Justice Program was featured by media across the country Jan. 24–March 24, including National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, NewYorkTimes.com, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Recorder, Law.com, the San Francisco Daily Journal, and others.


David Batstone, theology, wrote the Feb. 21 cover story on ethics for USA Today Weekend. The paper called him “America’s leading business ethicist.”


Brandon Brown, physics, was featured by national and international media in February and March after his research about sharks appeared in Nature. His work was also featured on National Public Radio and BBC Radio, and in the Financial Times, the Boston Globe, and the Coast Bulletin and the Canberra Times of Australia.


Bob Giron, Don’s equipment manager, was featured in the Oakland Tribune Jan. 29 after his induction into USF Athletics Hall of Fame.


Raymond Dennehy, philosophy, talked Jan. 22 to KRON-TV about abortion.


Stephen Zunes, politics, spoke about the U.S. war on Iraq to national and international media in January and February, including: MSNBC's Top of the Hour, The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Fox Channel’s Hannity and Colmes, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, KQED radio’s Forum, Ercilla from Chile, and El Nacional from Venezuela.


Eugene Benton, physics, talked about the space shuttle Columbia tragedy to Newsday, the World Journal, KGO radio, La Opinion, Radio Unica, and the San Francisco Chronicle.


Patrick Hatcher, Center for the Pacific Rim, has been interviewed repeatedly about the war on Iraq by reporters at Cox Newspapers, Wall Street Journal Radio, KRON-TV, KNTV-TV, KGO-TV, Radio Unica, KGO radio, KPFA radio, and the Sing Tao Daily.


Oren Harari, School of Business, talked in February about Colin Powell’s leadership role during the U.S. war on Iraq to the BBC, CNBC, KNTV-TV, Fox-TV, and La Opinion.


George Schultze, S.J., College of Professional Studies, wrote an op-ed for Catholic News Wire in February about the importance of Hispanics in the Catholic Church.


Shalendra Sharma, politics, spoke to KPIX-TV Feb. 6 about the possibility of a U.S. war on Iraq.

Betty Carmack, nursing, talked Feb. 6 to KHQR radio in Calgary, Canada about her book, Grieving the Death of a Pet. A review of her book also appeared in Newsday, I Love Cats magazine, the Chelsea Standard, and the Dexter Leader.


Eugene Muscat, School of Business and Management, talked to the Los Angeles Daily News Feb. 7 about the outcome of the 2002 Christmas shopping season.


Vamsee Juluri, media studies, talked to the San Francisco Examiner Feb. 13 about national security warnings. He also wrote an op-ed in February about the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s death that appeared in San Leandro’s India West newspaper and the News India-Times newspaper in New York.


Joshua Gamson, sociology, was quoted by the Denver Post Feb. 16 about the importance of women on reality TV. He also talked to Radio New Zealand March 11 about celebrity status.


The Recorder, La Opinion, Univision, and Radio Unica covered the Feb. 20 appearance at USF of Carlos Castresana, the prosecutor of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.


Michael Lehmann, economics, was interviewed by KPIX-TV Feb. 20 about the economic effects of the war. He also talked to KGO-TV March 7 about national unemployment.


A panel on whistle blowing sponsored by USF’s Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good was featured Feb. 27 by both KTVU-TV (Ch. 2/Oakland) and KRXI-TV in Reno.


Lois Lorentzen, theology, wrote an article about immigration and religion for the March-April edition of Sojourners magazine.


Herbert Kohl, School of Education, contributed an article, “Developing Teachers for Social Justice,” for the spring edition of Radical Teacher.


Elliot Neaman, history, wrote an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle March 24 about history and the war with Iraq.


Dorothy Kidd, media studies, was interviewed March 24 by San Francisco Chinese TV station KTSF TV and La Opinion about media coverage of the war on Iraq. On Jan. 2, she was interviewed on Livingroom on Berkeley’s KPFA-FM and on Feb. 13 by KPFK in Los Angeles on the impact of media consolidation.



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or Monica Leifer, assistant director, at (415) 422-2697.


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