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Yahoo! News: ‘Anti-White Watch’ is the racist answer to surging hate crimes
May. 11, 2021—(Sophie Bjork-James, assistant professor of the practice of anthropology, quoted)
Bloomberg: A baby boom would be bad
May. 8, 2021—(Amanda Little, writer-in-residence in English, author)
Nashville Scene: An art installation with international relevance finds its home in Nashville
May. 6, 2021—(Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Art, quoted)
Anthropology department’s women Ph.D grads diversify, and change, the field
May. 3, 2021—Founded in 1987, the College of Arts and Science’s Department of Anthropology has been a leader in Andean archaeology, an important subdiscipline that studies some of the world’s earliest human settlements. In recent years, the department has maintained that leadership position by diversifying its small Ph.D. cohorts and more recently, by diversifying the faculty. The...
National Geographic: Did the Amazon rainforest contribute to the ‘Little Ice Age’ of the 1600s?
May. 3, 2021—(Tiffany Tung, associate professor of anthropology, quoted)
Business Insider: George W. Bush says the Republican Party has a shot at future elections if it curbs its ‘white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism’
May. 1, 2021—(John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science, quoted)
USA Today: With 100 days behind him, Biden’s challenges mount and expectations rise as COVID-19 concerns ease
May. 1, 2021—(Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs, dean of residential faculty, associate professor of communication studies and contributor to the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy, quoted)
Marketplace: If Congress won’t raise wages for all workers, what are some other methods?
Apr. 30, 2021—(Sharece Thrower, assistant professor of political science, quoted)
Newsweek: Joe Biden’s first 100 days: What did he promise and what did he deliver?
Apr. 29, 2021—(Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs, dean of residential faculty, associate professor of communication studies, quoted)
Newsweek: Polar bear-grizzly bear hybrids likely to become more common thanks to climate change
Apr. 29, 2021—(Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, quoted)