In the Media
WORT-FM: Whose Independence Day?
Jul. 6, 2022
Sophie Bjork-James, assistant professor of anthropology, interviewed.
Associated Press: Uneasy US tries to fete a July 4 marred by parade shooting
Jul. 6, 2022
Eli Merritt, research assistant professor of political science, quoted.
Oprah Daily: The Second Amendment Enshrines Anti-Blackness, Argues Writer and Legal Scholar Carol Anderson
Jul. 6, 2022
Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted.
Gothamist: For some New Yorkers, fear of mass shootings leads to public panic
Jul. 6, 2022
Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted.
USA Today: Highland Park parade shooting live updates: Gunman fired 70 rounds, planned assault for weeks, police say
Jul. 6, 2022
Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted.
The US Sun: Why are bugs attracted to light?
Jul. 1, 2022
Laurence Zwiebel, professor of biological sciences, quoted.
Tennessean: Slave Societies Digital Archive: What Vanderbilt’s new archive means for African history
Jul. 1, 2022
Jane Landers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History, and Daniel Genkins, Mellon Assistant Professor of History, are quoted.
The Conversation: People vary a lot in how well they recognize, match or categorize the things they see – researchers attribute this skill to an ability they call ‘o’
Jul. 1, 2022
Isabel Gauthier, David K. Wilson Professor of Psychology, and doctoral student Jason Chow authored.
Nashville Post: On the Move: 30 June 2022
Jul. 1, 2022
Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities and professor of African American and diaspora studies and French, and Tiffiny Tung, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Social and Natural Sciences, are mentioned.
Washington Post: ‘Ordinary self-defense’ doesn’t exactly apply to Black people
Jul. 1, 2022
Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted.