Our distinguished McCourt faculty and research fellows are regularly sought by national and international media outlets as authoritative voices on today’s most critical policy challenges.
This engagement reflects McCourt’s core mission: ensuring evidence-based research informs public understanding and policy decisions. When complex issues demand expert analysis, media organizations consistently turn to our faculty for the credible, nuanced perspectives that advance democratic dialogue and informed decision-making.
Renée DiResta, associate research professor at McCourt’s Massive Data Institute and Tech and Public Policy programs, was featured in an NPR’s All Things Considered story on the relationship between social media and recent immigration crackdown efforts.
January 16, 2026
Edwin Park, research professor at McCourt’s Center for Children and Families, was featured in a Guardian article on President Trump’s latest healthcare plan.
January 15, 2026
Joshua Hader, senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute appeared on the Decision Desk HQ podcast to examine the internal party conflicts and structural challenges that have made it difficult for Speaker Mike Johnson to control the U.S. House of Representatives.
January 15, 2026
Jeff Strohl, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, was interviewed for an NPR article on why more students are going to college than ever before.
January 15, 2026
Professor Chris Warshaw was featured in a Washington Post article on the possibility of gerrymandering in this year’s midterm elections.
January 5, 2026
The McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center on Education and the Workforce report, “Falling Behind: How Skills Shortages Threaten Future Jobs” was recently covered in a Yahoo!Life article on how to future-proof your management career.
January 4, 2026
Associate Research Professor and Director of the Conflict Transformation Lab Rachel Milner Gillers was featured in a Washington Jewish Week story on Georgetown students’ meeting Pope Leo at the Vatican.
December 9, 2025
Associate Research Professor Renée DiResta was quoted in an NPR article on X’s latest feature update.
November 25, 2025
McCourt’s John LaFarge Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy Harry Holzer was quoted in a Washington Post article on the financial shocks small businesses faced.
Nov. 9, 2025
McCourt’s Research Professor and Founder of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms Sabrina Corlette was interviewed by American University Radio, WAMU 88.5, on healthcare enrollment season.
Nov. 6, 2025
Thomas Toch, Director of FutureEd was quoted in a New York Times article on the debate over advanced education programs.
Oct. 27, 2025
Edwin Park, Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families was quoted in a Washington Post article on the reality behind medical care funding for undocumented immigrants.
Oct. 20, 2025
McCourt Chair Diane Schanzenbach wrote for Econofact.org on how not collecting food insecurity data will make it harder to monitor the economic well-being of lower-income Americans.
Oct. 13, 2025
The Center for Children & Families at the McCourt School of Public Policy was mentioned in an NPR article on whether extending health care benefits to undocumented immigrants was the reason for the federal government shutdown.
Oct. 3, 2025
Research Professor Leo Cuello was quoted in a USA Today article on the debate of whether undocumented immigrants receive ‘free health care’ or Medicaid.
Oct. 1, 2025
McCourt Chair Diane Schanzenbach was quoted in a New Republic article on the USDA’s decision to terminate an annual survey on the state of food insecurity across America.
September 23, 2025
John LaFarge Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy Harry Holzer was quoted in a Newsweek story about research from WalletHub on the states with the highest increases in unemployment claims.
September 5, 2025
FutureEd‘s director Thomas Toch and education writer Erik W. Robelen’s recent report on post-Katrina education lessons has been adapted and published by Governing.com.
September 4, 2025
Assistant Research Professor Madison Harden-Stein was quoted in a Washington Post article on school vaccine mandates.
August 27, 2025
Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellow Liz Ryan’s opinion piece in Maryland Matters.
August 22, 2025
Professor Chris Warshaw was quoted in ABC News 4 article on Newsom’s vow to redistrict California’s map.
August 14, 2025
McCourt’s Research Professor and Founder of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms Sabrina Corlette was quoted in USA TODAY’s article on President Trump’s latest tax bill.
August 11, 2025
Associate Research Professor Renée DiResta was interviewed for NPR’s All Things Considered on the investigations into Trump’s 2016 relationship with Russia.
August 8, 2025