In the Media
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.
CNN: Shooters may have mental health problems in common, but that’s not what’s behind violent attacks, experts say
Aug. 13, 2025
Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor and professor of medicine, health, and society, quoted.
Chicago Sun-Times: Texas Democrats tell St. Sabina congregation they are fighting for democracy
Aug. 11, 2025
Michael Eric Dyson, Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, quoted.
Berlingske: One of Trump’s most loyal party members causes a stir with new interview: Exposes the division in the MAGA base
Aug. 8, 2025
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, is quoted.