In the Media
USA Today: US hits 3M coronavirus cases — about a quarter of the world’s total. What number will spark societal changes to slow exponential rise?
Jul. 8, 2020
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted)
Yahoo! Life: From ‘master bedroom’ to ‘blacklist’: What will it take to change racist terms in our everyday language?
Jul. 7, 2020
(Gabriel Torres Colón, senior lecturer in American Studies, quoted)
Arête News: Trump starts U.S. withdrawal from WHO
Jul. 2, 2020
(Distinguished Professor of History Thomas Schwartz, quoted)
Associated Press: Social media platforms face a reckoning over hate speech
Jun. 29, 2020
(Sophie Bjork-James, assistant professor of the practice in anthropology, quoted)
The New Republic: The hidden racism of vaccine testing
Jun. 29, 2020
(Laura Stark, associate professor of medicine, health and society, authored )
ABC Internacional: La Florida española, el santuario donde los esclavos de las colonias inglesas alcanzaban la libertad
Jun. 22, 2020
(Jane Landers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of the Humanities, quoted)
USA Today: Fact check: Did Adolf Hitler defund the police in Nazi Germany?
Jun. 18, 2020
(David Blackbourn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of History, and Laurie Woods, senior lecturer of sociology, are quoted)
CNET: Congress, cops and facial recognition: Amazon’s pause puts the pressure on
Jun. 17, 2020
(Sarah Igo, Andrew Jackson Professor of American History, quoted)
The Hill: Trump police executive order seeks to limit chokeholds
Jun. 16, 2020
(Laurie Woods, senior lecturer of sociology, quoted)
The Conversation: What the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT employment discrimination will mean for transgender Americans
Jun. 16, 2020
(Christopher Carpenter, E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Economics and director of Vanderbilt’s LGBT Policy Lab, and Gilbert Gonzales, assistant professor of medicine, health and society, authored)