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USA Today: Americans’ erratic relationship with religion will be tested again after abortion ruling, experts say

Jun. 2, 2022

Sophie Bjork-James, assistant professor of anthropology, quoted.


New York Times: Activist investing has come for fossil fuels. What about guns?

Jun. 2, 2022

Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society, quoted.



Background Briefing with Ian Masters: Blaming Mental Health, Not the Availability of Weapons of War in the Hands of Teenagers

May. 27, 2022

Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society.


WTVF, Channel 5: Statewide Vanderbilt poll shows ‘malaise’ for Lee, Biden and Trump

May. 27, 2022

The Vanderbilt Poll, featured. WKRN, Channel 2, WZTV, Channel 17, WPLN also ran stories about the latest statewide Vanderbilt Poll.


Nashville Scene: Raheleh Filsoofi’s Sculpture and Video Installation Is a Meditative Mouthful

May. 27, 2022

Raheleh Filsoofi, assistant professor of art, featured.


CBS News: As Texas school shooting confounds the world, CBS News looks at other countries’ reactions to their own massacres

May. 27, 2022

Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, interviewed. Washington Post, CNN and Health also published stories quoting Metzl.


Tennessean: Vanderbilt poll: 80% of Tennesseans support abortion under some conditions

May. 27, 2022

The latest statewide Vanderbilt Poll, featured. Axios Nashville, Chattanooga Times Free Press and Main Street Nashville also published stories about the poll.


WYNC The Takeaway: Young Shooter Takes 21 Lives in Uvalde School Shooting

May. 25, 2022

Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, interviewed.


WPLN: Free speech or hate speech? The role of rhetoric in violence

May. 25, 2022

Sophie Bjork-James, assistant professor of anthropology, interviewed.