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Washington Post: Reducing Trump supporters to ‘flyover country’ misrepresents them
Oct. 4, 2019—(Noam Lupu, associate professor of political science, cited)
‘Ethics Backwards and Forwards’: Diana B. Heney, assistant professor of philosophy and Greg S. Allen Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Philosophy
Oct. 2, 2019—“How do I flourish in the long shadow of my own death?” That is a question, says Diana B. Heney, assistant professor of philosophy, that everyone must answer for themselves. In an undergraduate course she is teaching this fall on death and dying, her students are asked to consider that question and more, including how philosophy intersects...
Interpreting Politics’ Impact on Daily Life: John Sides, professor of political science
Oct. 2, 2019—John Sides has a maxim he likes to share with students. “I tell my students that you don’t have to like politics in order to care about them,” says the political scientist and writer, who joins Vanderbilt’s faculty this year.
The Poetics and Politics of Black Literature: Anthony Reed, associate professor of English
Oct. 2, 2019—Anthony Reed’s deep interest in the intersections between black literary forms and politics was sparked during the 1980s, when, as a child, he discovered hip-hop and rap music.
Public Policy through an Economics Lens: Lesley Turner, associate professor of economics
Oct. 2, 2019—One of the hottest policy discussions today centers on college affordability and the role government can play in making higher education accessible to more students. Lesley Turner blends a passion for public policy with the tools of economics in search of those answers.
Gizmodo: Would finding life on Mars really change anything?
Oct. 2, 2019—(David Weintraub, professor of astronomy, quoted)
Economic Times: Slums are emerging as arenas of competence politics: Tariq Thachil
Sep. 28, 2019—(Tariq Thachil, associate professor of political science, interviewed)
Find Your Impact: Jeffrey Bennett shows how much words matter in the treatment of diabetes
Sep. 24, 2019—September 24, 2019—Communication studies professor Jeffrey Bennett wants everyone to understand how the way we talk about health shapes the way we understand and treat disease.
The Conversation: Why the United Auto Workers GM strike is headed for failure
Sep. 23, 2019—(Joshua Murray, assistant professor of sociology, authored)
Salon: Partisan divide creates different Americas, separate lives
Sep. 22, 2019—(Robert Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, authored)