In the Media
Scientific American: Citizen Militias in the U.S. Are Moving toward More Violent Extremism
Jan. 12, 2022
(Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology, authored.)
Insider: A conspiracy theorist who Trump put on a US body overseeing Holocaust monuments is still there more than a year after calls for Biden to fire him
Jan. 12, 2022
(David Lewis, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Professor of Political Science, quoted.)
Axios Charlotte: One year after Jan. 6, extremist views have become more mainstream in North Carolina
Jan. 6, 2022
(Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology, quoted.)
Analysis | Would Americans ever support a coup? 40 percent now say yes.
Jan. 6, 2022
(Noam Lupu, associate professor of political science and associate director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project, Elizabeth Zechmeister, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project, and senior statistician Luke Plutowski authored.)
The Washington Post: Why there are so many vacancies in the Biden administration
Jan. 4, 2022
(The research of David Lewis, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Professor of Political Science, cited.)
The Conversation: Not all polarization is bad, but the US could be in trouble
Jan. 3, 2022
(Robert Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, authored.)
The Boston Globe: Democrats should apply Supreme Court’s abortion decision to firearms
Dec. 23, 2021
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, co-authored.)
Lancaster Online: Anti-government group Three Percenters hold ‘recruitment’ meeting at Miller’s Ale House
Dec. 21, 2021
(Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology, quoted.)
Morning Consult: The Midterms Are Looking Very Dim for Democrats. Could an Economic Revival Boost Their Chances?
Dec. 20, 2021
(John Sides, professor of political science, quoted.)
Channel 2, WKRN: The results of the Vanderbilt Poll
Dec. 20, 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, interviewed.)