In the Media
The Dispatch: America hands China an AI advantage
Aug. 20, 2025
Research from Brett Benson, associate professor of political science, cited.
The Washington Post: Trump administration cancels annual employee survey amid civil service tumult
Aug. 20, 2025
David Lewis, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, quoted.
The Atlantic: Europe’s free-speech problem
Aug. 20, 2025
Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, quoted.
Nashville Post: VU College of Arts and Science dean to step down
Aug. 20, 2025
Timothy McNamara, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology, featured.
SF Gate: ‘We are not a cult’: Alternative California church hits a nerve
Aug. 18, 2025
David Weintraub, professor of astronomy, emeritus, quoted.
Nashville Banner: Low turnout for Tennessee’s district 7 special election creates uncertainty, opportunity
Aug. 15, 2025
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, quoted.
New York Times: How the Democrats became the party that brings pencils to a knife fight
Aug. 15, 2025
Nicole Hemmer, associate professor of history, quoted.
CBS News: The rising threat of AI propaganda
Aug. 13, 2025
Brett Benson, associate professor of political science, interviewed.
WPLN: Nashville’s geology has been misunderstood in tunneling talks — including by a Boring Company executive
Aug. 13, 2025
Molly Miller, professor of earth and environmental sciences, emerita, interviewed.
The New York Times: How liberalism went to die on the Texas-Arkansas border
Aug. 13, 2025
John Sides, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and professor of political science, quoted.