In the Media
NPR: Smoke-filled rooms and pigs for president: Chicago has hosted decades of conventions
Aug. 14, 2024
Nicole Hemmer, associate professor of history, interviewed.
Salon: “The courts will not save us”: Experts warn Trump loyalists could enable extreme far-right agenda
Aug. 14, 2024
John Dearborn, Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Dean’s Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of political science, quoted.
Next Avenue: Zoom: How it changed our post-COVID lives for better and worse
Aug. 14, 2024
Brian Wind, adjunct assistant professor of psychology, quoted.
The Conversation: Americans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, too
Aug. 14, 2024
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, and Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, authored this article.
Hakai Magazine: Encounters with the maverick archaeologist of the Americas
Aug. 14, 2024
Tom Dillehay, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Distinguished Professor and research professor of anthropology, and Steven Wernke, associate professor of anthropology, quoted.
The Tennessean: Nashville leaders should condemn neo-Nazis but avoid new laws that will stifle free speech
Aug. 14, 2024
Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, authored this opinion piece.
The Hill: GOP assault on Walz’s military record evokes swift-boat attacks
Aug. 14, 2024
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, quoted.
Il Post: Do young men vote more right-wing than young women?
Aug. 12, 2024
John Sides, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and professor of political science, quoted.
Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Denigrating Drake, and Kamala Harris, as ‘Not Like Us’
Aug. 12, 2024
Michael Eric Dyson, Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, authored this opinion piece.
Nashville Post: Three questions with Millions of Conversations founder Samar Ali
Aug. 12, 2024
Samar Ali, research professor of political science and law and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy, featured.