In the Media
The Conversation: In Afghanistan, the US again gets to choose how it stops fighting
Aug. 13, 2021
(Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, authored.)
National Geographic: Ice Age mammoth’s life story reconstructed in stunning detail
Aug. 12, 2021
(Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, quoted.)
VICE: Dungeons and djinns: I spent a day chasing wish-granting supernatural beings
Aug. 11, 2021
(Anand Vivek Taneja, assistant professor of religious studies, cited.)
Bloomberg: You eat meat from factory farms. Why not a lab?
Aug. 8, 2021
(Amanda Little, writer-in-residence in English, quoted.)
Washington Post: The U.S. government is designed for failure. And, a new study shows, it’s getting worse
Aug. 8, 2021
(David Lewis, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Chair of Arts and Sciences, quoted.)
The 19th: ‘I don’t sleep very well anymore:’ Many LGBTQ+ people face economic cliff if eviction protections end
Aug. 6, 2021
(Kitt Carpenter, professor of economics, quoted.)
WSMV: Vanderbilt professor speaks about gun violence and mental health following Smile Direct Club shooting
Aug. 4, 2021
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, interviewed.)
The Tennessean: American freedom is defined by those who’ve known the shackles of oppression
Aug. 3, 2021
(Malcolm Getz, professor of economics, emeritus, authored.)
The Associated Press: Ban on ‘Soul Cap’ spotlights lack of diversity in swimming
Aug. 1, 2021
(Claire Sisco King, associate professor of communication studies, quoted.)
WZTV: Masks or mandates: With vaccination rates slowing, experts say it was a matter of time
Jul. 29, 2021
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, interviewed.)