Students in the News

Below are short descriptions and links to published columns written by Harvard Kennedy School students and fellows while they were in the following HKS courses:

DPI-810: Introduction to Writing for Policy and Politics, Professor Greg Harris

Sojourners | April, 2017
In North Tulsa, Race Meets Place
Caleb Gayle

The Decision Lab| April, 2017
Why Road Safety and Bank Queues Are Long-Lost Cousins
Namrata Raju

Harvard Law and Policy Review | February 27, 2017
Executive Order 9066: #NEVERFORGET
Jessica Huey

Kennedy School Review | January 23, 2017
Meeting President Obama: A Farewell to Representation
Elorm Avakame

The Chronicle of Philanthropy | December 29, 2016
Don’t Spend More, Foundations – It Will Advance Trump’s Agenda
Caleb Gayle

Statnews.com | December 22, 2016
What Doctors need to do to Treat America’s ‘Heart Attack’
Maggie Salinger

Jakarta Globe | December 22, 2016
Why Indonesia Must Not Back Down From Paris Agreement Despite Trump Presidency
Andhyta Firselly Utami

Pangyrus | November 27, 2016
Love in a Cup
Priya Gupta

Huffington Post | November 10, 2016
The Other Black Guy
Caleb Gayle

Rappler.com | November 7, 2016
The U.S. Elections, Jakarta Protests and Identity Politics
Andhyta Firselly Utami

The Virginian-Pilot| November 6, 2016
Let’s Strengthen National Service Programs
Ted Ricciardella

Rappler.com | October 26, 2016
What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Papua
Andhyta Firselly Utami

Kennedy School Review | June 20, 2016
The Promise of Magdoos: A Sliver of Hope in the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Merissa Khurma

Harvard Magazine | December 11, 2015
On Crimson Careerism
Keith Raffel

San Francisco Chronicle | August 20, 2015
Date Labels Confuse Consumers, Waste Food
Tommy Tobin

Kennedy School Review | July 11, 2014
Timeout on the Winter Olympics
Jordan Ward

Kennedy School Review | May 2, 2013
Immutable and Permeable: Contradictions of the U.S.-Mexican Border
Anya Malkov

New York Times | March 17, 2010
A Small Victory in Afghanistan
Michael Buonocore

New York Times | March 16, 2010
Let Pakistan Make Its Own Progress
Nadia Naviwala

DPI-810: Introduction to Writing for Policy and Politics, Professor Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

National Review | August 3, 2016
How Uncle Sam Underwrites Coal-Powered Automobiles
Vanessa Brown Calder

Huffington Post | December 6, 2016
Why Texas will Turn Blue: The Untold Story of Texas Democrats
Jaclyn Dean

XO Jane.com| September 21, 2015
I Got Cancer at 25 and Had to Decide Whether to Harvest My Eggs Before Chemo
Deena Zeplowitz

DPI-830: Advanced Intensive Writing: Column and Opinion Writing, Professor Jeffrey Seglin

The Washington Post | August 3, 2017
The Case for Kagame's Third Term in Rwanda
Andy Kristian Agaba

War On the Rocks | July 21, 2017
The Future of Military Robotics Looks Like a Nature Documentary
Gregory C. Allen

Runnymede | July 1, 2017
What Can We Learn from Diane Abbott's Journey to Success?
Tom Traill

Space News | June 15, 2017
Don't Pull the Trigger Before You Load the Gun; Solving a Decades-old Problem with a National Space Council
Rick Barrowman

Social Justice Solutions | June 15, 2017
How a Graveyard Gave Birth to a New Attitude
Ivan Rahman

Huffington Post | June 14, 2017
Why Whites Should Watch
Matt Bubley

Newsmax | June 2, 2017
Trump Leaves America Worse Off By Leaving Paris Accord
Matt Tyler

Kennedy School Review | May 9, 2017
Social Media Alone Won't Improve Women's Rights in the Middle East
Nabila Abu-Hantash

Newsmax.com | May 9, 2017
Big Data: Using the Oil of the 21st Century to Improve Government
Matt Tyler

The Quint | April 25, 2017
Internet Shutdown in J & K: Creative Approach Needed, Not Blackouts
Mehul Jain

Huffington Post | April 21, 2017
Young Cubans are Charting an Innovation Revolution
Stephanie Kuei

Asian American Policy Review | April 19, 2017
Three Things Asian Americans Don't Want to Talk About: Confronting Two Truths and a Lie
Ivan Rahman

The HKS Citizen | April 19, 2017
Democrats Are Missing Something; We Need to Help
Kelley Greenman

Kennedy School Review | April 11, 2017
How To Solve Global Education Problems? Ask The Right Questions
Ivan Rahman

Boston Herald | April 8, 2017
Prez Must Face Clean-Energy Future
Matt Tyler

Opportunity Nation.org | April 4, 2017
An American Dream, Exported From Bangladesh, Made In The Bronx
Ivan Rahman

Human Rights Policy Journal | April 3, 2017
Build Villages, Not Walls: The World Has A Lot To Learn From Uganda's Progressive Refugee Policy
Molly Kellogg

Cambridge Wicked Local.com | March 29, 2017
Guest Column: Can You Believe The Weather?
Tom Traill

The Yorkshire Post | March 28, 2017
Brexit Is A Chance to Rewrite Industry Rules On State Aid
Victoria Lee

Vox.com| March 27, 2017
America's Plan For Stopping Cyberattacks Is Dangerously Weak
Greg Allen

The HKS Citizen| March 24, 2017
Recycling at HKS Needs a Restart
Ketilbjørn Hertz

Huffington Post| March 15, 2017
Protesting About What Matters: What Britain Can Learn From Trump's America
Tom Traill

Wired.com| March 4, 2017
Thank Goodness Nukes Are So Expensive And Complicated
Greg Allen

Kennedy School Review| March 3, 2017
Impact Investing Is a Distraction from Improving Government Performance
Matt Tyler

Huffington Post Australia| March 3, 2017
Preference Deals with One Nation Risk the Rise of Extremism in Australia
Ben Stephens

The HKS Citizen| March 2, 2017
The Email Crisis at HKS: Are We Winning the Daily Battle Against Our Inbox?
Ivan Rahman

Education Week | February 28, 2017
The Fight Over Charter Schools Is a Distraction
Jia Lok Pratt

The Hill | February 24, 2017
Want to Build Infrastructure that Makes America Great? Look to the Stars
Greg Allen

Huffington Post | February 15, 2017
Los Angeles's Battle with Alternative Facts
Kelley Greenman

El País| January 3, 2017
De la fuga de cerebros a la conexión del talento
Fernando Fernández-Monge

The Baltimore Sun| December 8, 2016
A Wish for the Mids: Fair Winds, Following Seas, and Beating Army
Kati Hill

Huffington Post| December 6, 2016
Progressive Jews Should Join In Demanding Justice for Black Lives
Matt Bubley

WBUR.org, Cognoscenti| December 1, 2016
Getting It Wrong About Islam: Check Your Secular Privilege, Liberal America
Zouhair Mazouz

Huffington Post| November 29, 2016
Stop It Already With The "Enthusiasm Gap" Narrative
Matt Bubley

Huffington Post| November 22, 2016
It's Time for Charter School Advocates to Listen to Our Critics
Matt Bubley

Human Rights Policy Journal| November 21, 2016
The Rape of South Sudan
Molly Kellogg

Huffington Post| November 17, 2016
Destined to Misogyny
Zouhair Mazouz

The Boston Globe| November 10, 2016
Two Minutes to Unite a Nation
Kati Hill

Kennedy School Review| October 14, 2016
Better Sex Education for Boys Would Reduce Violence Against Women
Nyasha Weinberg

The Baltimore Sun| October 10, 2016
An Ode to the O's and Baseball
Kati Hill

The HKS Citizen| October 7, 2016
You're Already in a Safe Space
Zouhair Mazouz

The HKS Citizen| September 29, 2016
John Oliver Oversimplifies the Charter School Debate
Matt Bubley

The Boston Globe| August 5, 2016
I Like My Mom's Advice, Even Though I Pretend Not To Need It
Micaela Connery

The Boston Globe| July 12, 2016
The Show and Tell I Won't Ever Forget
Daniel Youngwon Lee

Business Insider.com| June 26, 2016
Here's the Career Advice President Obama Gives to His Summer Interns
Nathan Bruschi

Wired.com| June 2, 2016
Maybe Wall Street has the Solution to Stopping Cyber Attacks
Nathan Bruschi

The FAOA Journal of International Affairs| Spring, 2016
"News from the Field," Missed Opportunities to Build Goodwill
Joshua Aisen

The 74 Million.org| May 24, 2016
Analysis: Education Rhetoric Is Poisoning Our Policy - Particularly in States like Massachusetts
Lucy Boyd

Government Executive.com| May 19, 2016
What I Learned From My 360-Degree Assessment
Shawn Schuldt

The Boston Globe| May 10, 2016
The Adventures and Heartache of a Military Family on the Move
Joshua Aisen

Delaware Online| May 9, 2016
Letters for Joe, Mourning for Beau
Nathan Bruschi

Stanford Social Innovation Review| May 3, 2016
Opening the Doors to Education for Undocumented Students
Christina Fletes

WBUR.org, Cognoscenti| May 3, 2016
A Foodie's Life After Chemo: Learning How to Eat, Again
Deena Zeplowitz

Knoxville News Sentinel| May 1, 2016
US Must Align Perceptions with Reality Better
Joshua Aisen

Japan Today| April 30, 2016
Music of Hope from Fukushima
Daniel Youngwon Lee

Huffington Post| April 26, 2016
Divappropriation: Farmboys and Fanboys in the Wake of "Formation"
Ted Sands

LGBTQ Policy Journal at the Harvard Kennedy School| April 19, 2016
Escape the _ _ _ _'s Room: Deconstructing Gender Neutral Bathrooms at HKS
Ted Sands

Knoxville News Sentinel | April 3, 2016
U.S. Values and Laws on Torture Written in Blood
Joshua Aisen

The Sydney Morning Herald | March 28, 2016
We Need to Scrap the $100 Note Because They're Mainly Used in Illegal Activity
Alexander Smith

The Pueblo Chieftain | March 5, 2016
Russian Executive, U.S. Intelligence Officer Unlikely Friends
Randall Trani

Huffington Post | February 29, 2016
When Zika Turns Deadlier: How Anti-Vaccination Misinformation Could Exacerbate an International Health Emergency
Deena Zeplowitz

Knoxville News-Sentinel | February 27, 2016
Candidates Need Straight Talk On Defeating ISIS
Joshua Aisen

Kennedy School Review | February 21, 2016
"Anti-National" Speech Is Not A Crime
Uzra Khan

The Boston Globe | February 13, 2016
Why Are You Still Single?
Micaela Connery

The Seattle Times | February 12, 2016
Historic Friends and Enemies Draw Closer to the U.S. in Asia
Darren B. Guenther

The Wire.com | February 3, 2016
NRIs Matter, Mr. Modi, But Please Address the Plight of Internal Migrant Workers Too
Divya Varma and Amrita Sharma

Los Angeles Times | February 1, 2016
From the Back of the Bus to the Back of the House
Christina Fletes

New Statesman | January 28, 2016
In the Dark: What is Behind India’s Obsession with Skin Whitening?
Ranjavati Banerji

Vedomosti | January 27, 2016
Why Russians Prefer Force to Interest-Based Negotiations
Marat Atnashev

Government Executive.com | December 29, 2015
6 Scientific Ways to Catch Someone’s Attention
Randall Trani

TechCrunch.com | December 5, 2015
Edtech Should Focus On Teacher Evaluation And Accountability
Lucy Boyd

Government Executive.com | December 3, 2015
Leadership Coaching Government Style
Randall Trani

The Pueblo Chieftain | November 14, 2015
Honor Generations of a Proud Family
Randall Trani

The Seattle Times | November 1, 2015
Confessions of a Football Fan
Darren B. Guenther

Berliner Zeitung | October 29, 2015
An Unfortunate Love (Eine unglückliche Liebe)
Stefanie Knoll

Kennedy School Review | October 26, 2015
The Changing Role of the Moderator and the Debate
Lucy Boyd

The Pueblo Chieftain | October 24, 2015
Paranoia Prevents Progress in Syria, Iraq
Randall Trani

Kennedy School Review | September 30, 2015
Presidential Candidates Are Talking About Everything But Education
Lucy Boyd

McSweeney's Internet Tendency | Spring, 2015
Tinder Diplomacy: Another Failed Attempt at American-Brokered Peace in the Middle East
Jillian McLaughlin

Wired.com | May 24, 2015
Thanks, Opentable, But I Like Being An Anonymous Diner
Kat Kane

Al Jazeera America | May 10, 2015
Lebanon's Sexist Citizenship Law Hurts Mothers and Babies
Mira Saidi

America (The National Catholic Review) | May 6, 2015
The Catholic Case for Campaign Finance Reform
Daniel T. Dobrygowski

Cleveland Plain Dealer | May 3 , 2015
Jobs in Northeast Ohio–Who's Getting Them and Why it Matters
Emily Garr Pacetti

Courier-Post | May 2 , 2015
COMMENTARY: Step Back From War with Iran
Frank Broomell

Boston Herald | April 25 , 2015
As You Were Saying….Prosperity Key To Mideast Peace
Aliza Landes

Africa Policy Journal | April 2014- 2015
The Business of Government: Why Governments Need to Work Together with Business in Sub-Saharan Africa
Adema Sangale

The Boston Globe | April 19, 2015
Plight of Mexican Students Deserves More Attention
Miguel Guevara

Boston Herald | April 11, 2015
As You Were Saying….Steering Boston Toward Safe Biking
Emily Garr Pacetti

Al Jazeera America | March 26, 2015
Washington Should Help End Mexico's Insecurity
Miguel Guevara

Wired.com | March 19, 2015
The Big Hidden Problem with Uber? Insincere 5-Star Ratings
Kat Kane

The Boston Globe Magazine | February 1, 2015
Playing Chess with My Father
Kousha Navidar

The Boston Globe Magazine | December 5, 2014
A Boston Sports Fan's Torment
Barry Couture

Kennedy School Review | December 5, 2014
The Criminal Justice System Is Not Broken, It's Doing Exactly What It's Meant To Do
Reetu Mody

Wicked Local Somerville | December 2, 2014
Local Dog Park Builds Community in Somerville
Sarah Allin

Pangyrus | November 26, 2014
The Case for Wikipedia
Sarah Allin

The Dominion Post | October 28, 2014
UN Seat Triumph just a Numbers Game
Jordan Ward

The Hill | October 17, 2014
'It's on Us' and It's a Crime
Hannah Winnick

WBUR.org, Cognoscenti | September 16, 2014
And Baby Makes Five: Married Life, With Roommates
Theron Tingstad

Proceedings Magazine (U.S. Naval Institute)| September, 2014
Nobody Asked Me, But… It's Time for a New Flying Warrant Officer Program
Commander Paul F. Campagna, U.S. Navy

WBUR.org, Cognoscenti | July 15, 2014
Hero In The Ring: Concussions Or No, We Won't Stop Playing Contact Sports
Theron Tingstad

The Boston Globe Magazine | May 18, 2014
Just Friends
J.R. Anderson

Wicked Local Cambridge | April 8, 2014
Staying Safe in Cambridge
Varun Bhandari

The Boston Globe | March 30, 2014
A Soldier's View of the Red Sox
J. Michael McNealy

Le Monde | March 20, 2014
Et si la BCE mesurait l'inflation autrement?
Amélie de Montchalin

Kennedy School Review | December 23, 2013
When Too Much Remains the Same: Women's Progress in America has Farther to Go
Elizabeth A. Kislik

The Christian Science Monitor | December 19, 2013
The Upside of a Boston Snowstorm: Meeting your Neighbors
Connie Frizzell

BostonHerald.com | November 30, 2013
Civilians Serve Military Too
Lt. Col. Mike Dombrowski

JAMA | November 13, 2013
Removing the "Me" From "MD"
Ravi B. Parikh

The Boston Globe | November 3, 2013
Our First Trip to Fenway Park
J.R. Anderson

Salon | October 27, 2013
The Dangerous Transphobia of Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
Eliot Glenn

Kennedy School Review | October 9, 2013
Who is Medicaid Missing? What I Learned in "Introduction to U.S. Health Care Policy" shocked me
Karly Schledwitz

Huffington Post | September 19, 2013
Let Eklavya Into Our Schools
Tarun Cherukuri

The Washington Post | July 22, 2013
Will Your Next Physical be Done by Smartphone?
Ravi Parikh

Huffington Post | June 26, 2013
The Border Between Rhetoric and Reality
Anya Malkov

Shipmate (US Naval Academy magazine) | May-June 2013
Preparing Legends and Heroes, Military Practices are More Than Rituals and Traditions (Page 44)
Captain Connie Frizzell

LabourList | May 13, 2013
Could This US Import Improve Voter Turnout?
Katie Martin

BostonHerald.com | May 4, 2013
Parting has such Marathon Sorrow
Imran Sarwar

Huffington Post | April 30, 2013
Falling into the Ring Trap
Ravi Parikh

Huffington Post | April 22, 2013
Earth Day: How to Spin Toward a Healthier, Greener Planet
Susan Blumenthal and Yi-An Ko

Jewish Exponent | April 18, 2013
Witnesses In Uniform
Sara Greenberg

The Express Tribune (with the International New York Times) | April 18, 2013
You Tube and the Constitution
Imran Sarwar

The Philadelphia Inquirer | April 16, 2013
This Investment is a No-Brainer
Ravi Parikh
(Note: the same piece was posted on WBUR radio's online opinion page Cognoscenti on April 9, 2013)

The New York Times | April 11, 2013
'Good' Patients, 'Bad' Patients
Dhruv Khullar

The Times of Israel | April 8, 2013
Planting Flowers in Auschwitz
Sara Greenberg

Jewish Exponent | April 1, 2013
The Real Meaning of Dayenu
Sara Greenberg

BostonHerald.com | March 30, 2013
Let's Talk about End-of–Life Dignity
Ravi Parikh

The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) | March 13, 2013
Helping Smokers Quit Around the Time of Surgery
Dhruv Khullar, Steven A. Schroeder and John Maa

The Times of Israel | March 13, 2013
The UN's Deadly Silence on Incitement
Sara Greenberg

BostonHerald.com | March 10, 2013
Should Bloomberg Pick Your Rep.?
Paul F. Campagna

The Times of Israel | February 26, 2013
Clear Moral Lines: Barring BDS from Hillel
Sara Greenberg

USA Today | February 23, 2013
All States Need to Expand Medicaid
Dhruv Khullar

Orange County Register | February 10, 2013
Open Your Heart to a Special-Needs Pet
Sheila Choi

The New York Times (kristof.blogs) | January 16, 2013
In Meeting With Somali President, Clinton Should Stand Up for Rape Victims
Lisa Shannon

Star-Telegram | November 15, 2012
Encouragement About Future for U.S. Women
Glennie Burks

The New York Times | October 29, 2012
Time To Get Tough On Iraq
Nussaibah Younis

The Wall Street Journal | September 24, 2012
ROTC Returns to the Ivies
Jonathan Hillman

The Globe and Mail | September 23, 2012
How I Learned That Forgiveness is Not Forever
Bud Sambasivam

The Rio Times | August 14, 2012
Rethinking de Soto in Rio de Janeiro
Matias A. Sueldo

Forbes.com | August 7, 2012
How To Get Noticed, Get Hired, And Get Just About Anything Else You Want Too
Erica Dhawan

Diplomatic Courier | July 28, 2012
The Dark Age of Canadian Diplomacy
Aziza Mohammed

Huffington Post | July 25, 2012
Is Christian Zionism Compatible With the Two-State System?
Miguel Espinoza

Forbes.com | June 13, 2012
Business Schools Need to Focus on Unlearning
Erica Dhawan

Huffington Post | May 20, 2012
America: Slouching Towards Third World Status
Steven Strauss

The Guardian (UK) | May 15, 2012
Why PhD Students Need Overseas Opportunities to Broaden Their Minds
Tanya Filer

Huffington Post | May 9, 2012
Big Business Should Stop Ignoring Washington?
Steven Strauss

Huffington Post | May 9, 2012
Beauty and Brains
Lisa De Bode

Huffington Post | May 2, 2012
Regime Change in Syria: We Should Learn the Lessons of Iraq
Steven Strauss

Huffington Post | May 2, 2012
The Evasion of Ethics at Harvard Kennedy School or Why Digging Deep into Ethics Makes Us Better Policymaker
Matt Bieber

Huffington Post (Canada) | May 1, 2012
Why Jailing My Sex Abuser Won't Help
Bud Sambasivam

Huffington Post | April 15, 2012
Can the Arab Spring Bring Peace to the Middle East?
Steven Strauss

BostonHerald.com | April 9, 2012
Iran Unwelcome in This Hemisphere
Yael Marciano

Huffington Post | April 9, 2012
Bully Will Disturb You and Give You Hope, But Ultimately it Misses the Mark
Ashley Bryan

Daily Journal | April 5, 2012
It's Time to get California's Criminal Justice System Back on Track
Miguel Espinoza

Huffington Post | March 29, 2012
Which America Are the Troops Fighting to Defend? No Campaign Slogan Can Answer That
Alejandro Alves

The Harvard Crimson | March 28, 2012
Harvard Graduate in Prison
Federico E. Cuadra Del Carmen, Miguel T. Espinoza, and Sushma S. Sheth

Huffington Post | March 11, 2012
Was George W. Bush a Pro-Shiite Supporter of Iran?
Steven Strauss

Huffington Post | March 6, 2012
What's So Super About Super Tuesday? How Mid-Week Elections Are Damaging American Democracy
Katie Frost

Huffington Post | February 26, 2012
Chelsea Clinton for Congress? What Does That Tell Us About America?
Steven Strauss

BostonHerald.com | January 2, 2012
US Inaction Betrays Iraqi Refugees
Matias A. Sueldo

Forbes.com | December 20, 2011
How Women Executives Who Leave Their Roles Affect the Next Generation of Women Leaders
Erica Dhawan

BostonHerald.com | December 10, 2011
Peace Corps' Time Over
Matias A. Sueldo

Huffington Post | November 28, 2011
Gen Y Women Need to Take the Stage
Erica Dhawan

Huffington Post | November 21, 2011
The Progressive Case For Moving Backward
Justin Talbot Zorn

The Patriot Ledger | November 11, 2011
Braintree's treasury of military history in a dairy barn basement
Alejandro Alves

International Policy Digest | October 11, 2011
Military Secrecy Undermines China's Future
Matias A. Sueldo

DPI-840: Advanced Intensive Writing: Analytical Writing for Policy Journals, Professor Lauren Brodsky

Latin America Policy Journal | Spring, 2017
Gender Inclusion Supports Peace in Columbia
Natalia Cote-Muñoz

The Jerusalem Post | March 27, 2017
Why Indonesia Is A Good Partner for Israel
Niruban Balachandran

The HKS Citizen | March 4, 2017
Why Politicians Should Embrace Mindfulness
Iva Mia Kruslin

The American Interest | February 7, 2017
Training Wreck
Justin R. Reynolds

Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy | January 30, 2017
Iraq’s Kurds Should Play Their Trump Card
David Max Korzen

The Jakarta Post | January 25, 2017
In Defense of Istibsyaroh
Niruban Balachandran

HKS Communications Program | Belfer Building, Room 207 | 617-495-1329