Click on the links below for recent stories in which Natasha was interviewed and her research was profiled.

WBUR Boston Public Radio interview: “White House Withdraws Obama-Era Guidance For Colleges On Upping Diversity In Admissions,” July 5, 2018.

NPR Marketplace interview: “College Admissions Lottery.” June 26, 2018. Download here. [starts after minute 5]

“A New Front in the Battle Over Affirmative Action.” Harvard Magazine. June 21, 2018.

“Harvard’s Impossible Personality Test.” The Atlantic. June 19, 2018.

WBUR Boston Public Radio interview: “New Documents In Harvard Lawsuit Provide Peek At Admissions Process.” June 15, 2018.

“The fraught racial politics of entrance exams for elite high schools.” Vox.com. June 14, 2018.

“Asians are being used to make the case against affirmative action. Again.” Vox.com . March 28, 2018.

“Priti Patel’s Rejection of ‘BME’ is Far More Dangerous Than the Term Itself.” The  Wire. 17 March, 2018.

“Yale leadership lacks diversity.” Yale Daily News. November 28, 2017.

“The limits of ‘Diversity’.” The New Yorker. Kelefa Sanneh. October 9, 2017.

“2 Groups Brace for Anticipated New Challenge of Affirmative Action.” Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. October 5, 2017.

WBUR Boston Public Radio interview: “‘The Diversity Bargain’: How Students View Affirmative Action.” September 19, 2017.

“Who is Affirmative Action For?” Scholars Strategy Network No Jargon Podcast. August 15, 2017.

“Alt-right leader Richard Spencer to speak at Texas A&M.” Houston Chronicle. August 13, 2017.

SiriusXM News and Issues, The Briefing. “The Reverse Discrimination Script.” August 12, 2017.

WOSU Public Media radio interview: “Affirmative Action in Higher Education.” August 8, 2017.

“Ivy League schools brace for scrutiny of race in admissions.” Associated Press. August 6, 2017.

“Sometimes, Perceptions of Affirmative Action Don’t Mesh With Reality.” Chronicle of Higher Education. August 3, 2017.

WBUR (Boston Public Radio) interview: “For Now, Federal Focus On Affirmative Action Centers On Harvard.” August 3, 2017.

“A sticky week for college admissions as affirmative action debate heats up.” Christian Science Monitor. August 3, 2017.

With Good Reason radio interview: “The Problem with Affirmative Action.” June 23, 2017.

BBC4 Thinking Allowed radio interview on The Diversity Bargain, April 19, 2017.

“The Future of Diversity on Campus.” Review of The Diversity Bargain in Public Books, by Catharine Stimpson. April 6, 2017.

“The Diversity Bargain: An Interview with Natasha Warikoo.” Huffington Post. By Richard Weissbourd. March 30, 2017.

The Diversity Bargain: And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities. Talk at NYU (Feb 28, 2017), on C-SPAN Book TV.

“On Race and Meritocracy in Academia.” Review of The Diversity Bargain in Pop Matters, March 7, 2017.

The Society Pages interview on The Diversity Bargain, February 6, 2017.

“Diversity remains unclear in GW’s pool of presidential candidates.” The GW Hatchet, January 30, 2017.

“Harvard EdCast: The Diversity Bargain.” Harvard Graduate School of Education, November 30, 2016.

“The Whitelash Against Diversity.” The Society Pages, November 17, 2016.

“Students protesters see Trump’s election, views as dangerous to nation.” Houston Chronicle, November 15, 2016.

“Trump supporters encourage violence at Texas State University.” Houston Chronicle, November 11, 2016.

“Diversity in Education: Issues In The College Admission Process.” University Herald, October 31, 2016.

“The Problem With How Higher Education Treats Diversity.” Review of The Diversity Bargain, in The Atlantic, October 29, 2016.

“Why Duke protesters are refusing to leave that administration building.” Christian Science Monitor, April 7, 2016.

Usable Knowledge, Harvard School of Education: “Safe Space vs. Free Speech?”

Boston Public Radio: “Black College Students Major in Fields That Offer Lower Economic Payoffs, Study Finds.” February 18, 2016.

Reuters: “U.S. Study Finds Teacher Bias in Discipline Toward Black Students.” April 15, 2015.

The Hechinger Report: “Immigrant children in Europe seem to learn best when assimilated in schools, data show.” December 21, 2015.

The Education of Immigrant Children. Usable Knowledge, Harvard Graduate School of Education. December 11, 2014.

Podcast: “Putting Merit into Context.” Harvard Graduate School of Education, August 27, 2014.

BBC4: “Elite University Admissions.” October 14, 2013.

Times Higher Education: “Oxford students deny role of class in elite admissions.” August 22, 2013.

 

Minnesota Public Radio: “Harvard prof saw danger of dysfunctional ‘meritocracy’ in affirmative action case.” June 24, 2013.

Yale Daily News: “Up Close: Adapting Admissions to 2013.” April 17, 2013.

Podcast: “Understanding Baggy Pants.” Harvard Graduate School of Education, January 26, 2011.

“Decoding Youth Culture and School Success.” Usable Knowledge, Harvard Graduate School of Education. February 19, 2010.

The New York Times: Hindu Priest from Guyana is Mourned in Queens. June 18, 2009.

The New York Times. “Indian, Twice Removed.” December 17, 2004.