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Cecil Jones, Jr., influential emeritus theatre professor, has died
Mar. 23, 2023—Cecil Jones, Jr., professor of theatre, emeritus, who taught at Vanderbilt for 29 years, died on March 18 in Nashville. He was 92. Born in Nashville, he completed his undergraduate education at Vanderbilt, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 1951. He went on to earn his master’s degree from Northwestern University in 1952 and...
A&S faculty lead comprehensive, collaborative overhaul of undergraduate curriculum
Mar. 20, 2023—Extensive outreach and fact-finding from Vanderbilt community and beyond shape new curriculum design NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A significant faculty-led effort to redesign the aged College of Arts & Science undergraduate curriculum is nearing completion, aiming to provide a more integrated, inspiring, and enduring program of study for all A&S students. The overhaul is the first...
Wollaeger, professor emeritus and modernist scholar, has died
Mar. 1, 2023—Mark Wollaeger, a professor of English, emeritus, former director of graduate studies in English, died on his birthday, February 19. He was 66. Wollaeger earned a bachelor of arts from Stanford University in 1979, and a Ph.D. in English from Yale University in 1986. He taught at Yale from 1986-1994, at which point he was...
Newly formed Oxford-Vanderbilt Gender, Race, and Political Theory Project meets
Feb. 14, 2023—A group of scholars who work at the intersection of gender and race in the discipline of political theory recently convened for the first time as part of the new Oxford-Vanderbilt Gender, Race, and Political Theory Project. The project is being co-convened by Shatema Threadcraft, associate professor of gender and sexuality studies, and Oxford’s Sophie...
Love for health education sends CV Scholar Suman Mohanty to India
Feb. 9, 2023—Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar Suman Mohanty, BA’25, spent her winter break doing something she’s always dreamed of—supporting a community she loves through teaching and medicine. Mohanty, a second-year medicine, health, and society and child development double major, traveled to the Dr. Isac Santra Balniketan Child Care Institution, an orphanage in Sambalpur, India, to teach children about...
Meet alumna Halee Robinson
Feb. 6, 2023—Today, we’re talking with alumna Halee Robinson who graduated in 2019 with a double major in history and political science. She’s currently a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University, studying the carceral state and state violence following the Civil War. Q. Tell us about your research work at Vanderbilt, and...
Meet alumnus Skyler Gordon
Feb. 2, 2023—Today, we’re talking with alumnus Skyler Gordon who graduated in 2016 with a double major in history and classical and Mediterranean studies. He’s currently a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University, studying race and racism in the U.S. armed forces. Q. Can you tell us about your work at...
Graduate student KeShawn Ivory on leadership team of Black in Astro
Jan. 26, 2023—The group recently won the Annie Maunder Medal for outreach or public engagement in astronomy or geophysics from the Royal Astronomical Society KeShawn Ivory, a second-year graduate student working toward a Ph.D. in astrophysics, is co-director of events for Black in Astro, an organization that celebrates and amplifies the Black experience in space-related fields. The...
New technique unlocks ancient history of climate and wildfires recorded in California cave rocks
Jan. 19, 2023—Data gained could help with fire activity predictions and environmental planning NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A newly developed technique is revealing how prehistoric climate change shaped fire activity in California. The new data suggest that increased climate whiplash—change between extreme wetness and dryness—occurred at the same time as increases in fire activity in the region. Recent...