In the Media
Quillette: The new speech wars
Dec. 1, 2025
Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, quoted.
BBC: The looming election Trump can’t afford to lose
Dec. 1, 2025
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, quoted.
Daily Mail: What would happen if you walked into a black hole? Scientist reveals the gruesome effects on the human body
Nov. 22, 2025
Robert Scherrer, professor of physics, quoted.
The American: What guns do and what they mean
Nov. 21, 2025
Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor and professor of medicine, health, and society, authored this piece.
Scientific American: These birds learned to tweet like R2-D2. Listen to the uncanny results
Nov. 21, 2025
Nicole Creanza, associate professor of biological sciences, quoted.
Newsweek: Supreme Court could redefine the limits of state power
Nov. 21, 2025
Tara McKay, associate professor of medicine, health, and society, quoted.
The Center Square: Poll shows people want politics out of colleges
Nov. 21, 2025
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, and Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor and professor of political science, quoted.
WPLN: How competitive is Tennessee’s special congressional race?
Nov. 19, 2025
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, interviewed.
WPLN: Americans want colleges to teach students how to think, not what to think, new Vanderbilt poll finds
Nov. 19, 2025
Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor and professor of political science, quoted.
The Straits Times: Epstein vote shatters Trump’s aura of invincibility
Nov. 19, 2025
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, quoted.