In the Media
NPR, 1A: A Pair Of Mass Shootings
Aug. 5, 2019
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, featured)
Public News Service: TN Proclamation Law Aimed at Keeping “Memory of the Confederacy Alive”
Aug. 5, 2019
(Richard Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of American History, interviewed)
Wall Street Journal: White nationalists pose challenge to investigators
Aug. 5, 2019
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted)
New York Times: A battle is raging in the tree of life
Aug. 2, 2019
(Antonis Rokas, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences, quoted)
The Conversation: Political polarization is about feelings, not facts
Jul. 31, 2019
( Robert Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, authored)
NBC News: In Puerto Rico, uncertainty grows over Rosselló’s promise of an ‘orderly transition’
Jul. 30, 2019
(Gabriel Torres Colón, Senior Lecturer in American Studies, quoted)
Knoxville News Sentinel: Lt. Travis Brasfield resigns, says Knoxville police retaliated over misconduct complaints
Jul. 29, 2019
(Laurie Woods, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, quoted)
Space.com: Dark matter hasn’t killed anybody yet — and that tells us something
Jul. 26, 2019
(Robert Scherrer, Professor of Physics, quoted)
USA Today: With Ricardo Rosselló out as governor, Puerto Rico ‘needs to regain its moral compass and hope.’ But, how?
Jul. 26, 2019
(Gabriel Torres Colón, senior lecturer in American studies, quoted)
CNBC: Democrats poised to press Robert Mueller to answer questions about Trump that go beyond the Russia report
Jul. 23, 2019
(David Lewis, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Political Science, quoted)