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Meet Maya Reddy ’24
Apr. 17, 2023—Undergraduate students at Vanderbilt have unique opportunities to conduct a wide range of research, discovery, and scholarship during their time on campus. Whether the study is related to Immersion, through an internship, or in a research lab, students gain a range of exclusive experience before graduation. Hear from Maya Reddy ’24 who is a triple...
Meet Ellie Allain ’25
Apr. 12, 2023—Undergraduate students at Vanderbilt have unique opportunities to conduct a wide range of research, discovery, and scholarship during their time on campus. Whether the study is related to Immersion, through an internship, or in a research lab, students gain a range of exclusive experience before graduation. Hear from Ellie Allain ’25, who is working toward...
Curriculum expert to deliver talk
Apr. 6, 2023—The Future of the A&S Curriculum Committee will host curriculum expert and author Roosevelt Montás for a talk and Q&A session on Friday, April 14, at 3 p.m. in Alumni Hall, room 201. The topic of discussion aligns with the author’s latest book, Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They...
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...