In the Media
Religion News Service: Americans are furious about vaccinations. It’s not helping.
Dec. 20, 2021
(Samar Ali, research professor of political science and law and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy, quoted.)
Chicago Tribune: Op-ed: Benjamin Rush’s idea of ‘civic virtue’ is still a prerequisite of true democracy
Dec. 20, 2021
(Eli Merritt, research assistant professor of political science, authored.)
Ars Technica: You asked. Ars answers. Here’s how to give an electric eel an MRI
Dec. 20, 2021
(Ken Catania, Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences, quoted.)
Bloomberg: Your Cold Brew Won’t Survive a Hot World
Dec. 20, 2021
(Amanda Little, writer-in-residence in English, authored.)
Upworthy: The climate crisis has led to a strange new animal hybrid. Meet the ‘pizzly bear.’
Dec. 20, 2021
(Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, quoted.)
Raw Story: Why they fight: It’s not just about Trump – the insurrectionists believe ‘their version of America is under threat’
Dec. 20, 2021
(Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology, quoted.)
Chattanooga Times Free Press: New Tennessee poll shows some slippage of support for Gov. Lee, sharp divisions over abortion law
Dec. 17, 2021
(John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science, and Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor of Political Science, quoted.)
Southern Standard: Vanderbilt professor speaks on birth of Jesus
Dec. 13, 2021
(Amy-Jill Levine, Mary Jane Werthan University Professor of Jewish Studies and University Professor of New Testament Studies, Emerita, quoted.)
Associated Press: Michigan attorney general will review Oxford school shooting
Dec. 13, 2021
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted.)
WNYC The Takeaway: The decision to arrest the parents of the accused Michigan high school shooter
Dec. 13, 2021
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, interviewed.)