Media
A fun part of my job is sharing ideas with journalists and podcast hosts–and also learning, during the course of the interview, how they see the world. Below are some links where I was able to contribute to regional, state, national, or international discussions via news media or podcasts. I include a PDF of the page in case the link is broken.
Sean Carroll’s Mindscape, “John Skrentny on How the Economy Mistreats STEM Workers,” February 5, 2024 (also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube)
Jack Grove, “New Study Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Shortage of STEM Graduates,” Inside Higher Education, February 9, 2024 (link; PDF); originally published in Times Higher Education, February 5)
Jimmy Malone, “Dr. John Skrentny,” The Jimmy Malone Show, WTAM Radio, January 31, 2024 (link)
Jade Hindmon, et al, “STEM Graduates Are Not Ending Up in STEM Jobs. Why?” KPBS Midday Edition, January 16, 2024 (link)
Julian Mark, “Government Presumption of Racial Disadvantage Under Siege by White Plaintiffs,” Washington Post, December 18, 2023 (link; PDF)
April Rubin, “Overturning Affirmative Action Will Change the College Admission Process,” Axios, June 29, 2023 (link; PDF)
Jonathan Wai, “Are STEM Degrees Valuable in Other Fields?” Forbes, July 1, 2021 (web link; PDF)
Mario Koran, “‘A Failed Experiment”: The Racist Legacy of California Governor Pete Wilson,” The Guardian, July 31, 2020 (web link; PDF)
Bradely J. Fikes and Brittany Meiling, “H-1B Policies Favor Large Companies, Study Says,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 5, 2019; also picked up in the Los Angeles Times (web link; PDF)
Steve Goldstein, “The Trump Administration Wants to Concentrate on Worker-Focused Immigration Rather than Family-Focused,” The Show, KJZZ (Phoenix NPR), May 16, 2019
Amanda Erickson, “Trump Says No Other Country Has Birthright Citizenship: He’s Wrong,” Washington Post, October 30, 2018; refers to an older article (web link; PDF)
Maya Srikrishnan, “Change to Spousal Visa Could Impact San Diego’s Ability to Lure Talented Workers,” Voice of San Diego, September 27, 2018 (web link; PDF)
Sandip Roy, “Another Brick in Donald Trump’s Wall,” The Economic Times, February 8, 2018 (web link; PDF)
John Blake, “How Trump Became ‘the White Affirmative Action President,'” CNN.com, January 8, 2018 (web link; PDF)
Alana Semuels, “The Last Time the U.S. Seriously Considered Merit-Based Immigration,” The Atlantic, August 4, 2017 (web link; PDF)
KPBS Midday Edition, “GOP Plan to Slash Legal Immigration Win’s Trump’s Support,” August 3, 2017 (audio interview; web link)
Nadia Drake, “Surprising Ways Science Survives Travel Bans and Gag Orders,” National Geographic, February 9, 2017 (web link; PDF)
NPR/KPCC Take Two, “Will Donald Trump Transform the Nation the Way Pete Wilson Transformed California?” February 9, 2017, (web link; no PDF for the audio unfortunately)
NPR/WBUR’s Here & Now, “How the U.S. Immigration System Compares to Japan, Canada, and the UK,” January 27, 2017 (web link; no PDF for the audio, unfortunately)
Sarah Munir, “12 Best STEM Colleges for International Students: Why a Tech Education Matters,” Forbes, September 28, 2016 (web link; PDF)
Brian Groom, “More honesty seen as key to fears about migration,” Financial Times, May 26, 2016 (web link; PDF)
Rachel Deahl, “Why Publishing Is So White,” Publishers Weekly, March 11, 2016 (web link; PDF)
Shay Meinecke, “South Korea’s struggle with cultural diversity,” DW.com, February 24, 2016 (web link; PDF)
Zoe Williams, “The Oscars whiteout is driven by racism–and greed,” The Guardian, January 24, 2016 (web link; PDF)
Tatiana Sanchez, “More immigrants pursuing STEM careers, report says,” San Diego Union-Tribune, November 19, 2015 (web link; PDF)
Emily L. Mahoney, “Fact Check: Jeb Bush on immigrants overstaying their visas,” Arizona Republic, September 14, 2015 (web link; PDF)
Daniel Gonzalez and Dan Nowicki, “What if the U.S. ended birthright citizenship?” Arizona Republic, September 4, 2015 (web link; PDF)
Spencer Kimball, “Born in the USA: Trump stokes calls for end to birthright citizenship,” DW.com, August 26, 2015 (web link; PDF)
Clare Foran, “Trump’s Immigration Wall May Have Lethal Consequences,” National Journal, August 24, 2015 (web link; PDF)
Will Cabaniss, “S.E. Cupp: Only about 30 other countries offer birthright citizenship, making U.S. ‘anomaly’,” Tampa Bay Times PunditFact, August 23, 2015 (web link; PDF)
Eyder Peralta, “Three Things You Should Know about Birthright Citizenship,” NPR, August 18, 2015 (web link; PDF)
Henry DeVries, “Researching the Role of America’s Shadow Training System,” UCSD Extension Magazine, July 23, 2015 (web link; PDF)
Gabriel Domínguez, “No Country for Refugees? Japan and South Korea’s Tough Asylum Policies,” DW.com (Die Welt) November 4, 2014 (web link; PDF)
Ethan Bronner, “Asian-Americans in the Argument,” New York Times, November 1, 2012 (web link)