In the Media
PBS NewsHour: Political experts examine America’s divisions heading into 2024 election
Dec. 20, 2023
Nicole Hemmer, associate professor of history, interviewed.
Phys.org: Anthropologist’s mapping project shows how Peru transformed after colonization
Dec. 20, 2023
The research of Steven Wernke, associate professor of anthropology, quoted.
CNN: Opinion: Supreme Court could hold fate of US democracy in its hands
Dec. 20, 2023
Nicole Hemmer, associate professor of history, authored this opinion piece.
WBIR: East Tennessee lawmakers react to poll showing legislature is more extreme than TN electorate
Dec. 18, 2023
John Geer, senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, interviewed.
The Guardian: Democracy’s Super Bowl: 40 elections that will shape global politics in 2024
Dec. 18, 2023
Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, quoted.
The Chronicle of Higher Education: At this university, studying climate change is now a graduation requirement
Dec. 18, 2023
Research from David Hess, James Thornton Fant Professor and professor of sociology, is cited. The article also quotes Hess.
MPR: Poet Major Jackson on writing poetry that connects
Dec. 15, 2023
Major Jackson, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English, interviewed.
WPLN: Tennesseans unhappy with supermajority putting party interest over public, poll finds
Dec. 15, 2023
John Geer, senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, interviewed.
The Washington Post: Why Bob Vander Plaats thinks some evangelicals can’t quit Trump
Dec. 15, 2023
The research of Alan Wiseman, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, cited.
Real Clear Defense: Cyber Diplomacy and Russia’s War in Ukraine
Dec. 13, 2023
Zacharias Negron, Chancellor’s Scholar and research assistant in Political Science, authored this article.