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Vanderbilt Debate to Host Exhibition Debate about Tik Tok Bans
Jan. 25, 2023—Vanderbilt University invites the Nashville and campus communities to an exhibition designed to introduce the craft of debate to new audiences while exploring a timely topic. The University of Mississippi will team up with Vanderbilt to host a debate exhibition at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, in Wilson Hall, Room 103. The event is...
Dr. Claire King Publishes Essay on Nashville’s Bachelorette Scene
Jan. 23, 2023—Dr. Claire King has published an essay that focuses on the ascent of Nashville’s bachelorette party scene. The essay, “‘Bach, Please’: Nashville bachelorette party culture’s investments in white Southern femininity,” was published in the journal Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. Professor King writes: In the 2010s, multiple media outlets declared Nashville an “It City.” No longer...
Dr. John Sloop on the World Cup, National Identity, and Fandom
Nov. 22, 2022—Dr. John Sloop has published a piece in The Conversation about the World Cup, national identity, and fan cultures. Professor Sloop notes that U.S.-based soccer fans are often cheering for players whose national identities are different from their own. This is a stark contrast to the ways fandom and national identity are generally performed in...
Dr. Anjali Vats to Deliver Talk on Taylor Swift, Copyright, and Black Intellectual Labor
Nov. 15, 2022—Dr. Anjali Vats will deliver a talk to the Department of Communication Studies on December 1, from 4:15-5:30, in Commons Center 235. Vats’s talk, “Owning Your Masters (Taylor’s Version): Postfeminist Tactical Copyright and the Erasure of Black Intellectual Labor,” considers Taylor Swift’s decision to rerecord her master records, beginning with the acclaimed Fearless and Red,...
CMST Alum Tommy Oswalt Featured in Vanderbilt University News
Oct. 7, 2022—Communication Studies alum Tommy Oswalt, class of 2020, was recently featured by Vanderbilt University News. Tommy lives in New York City and works for Citibank, where he focuses on issues related to diversity and inclusion, community-building, and efforts to support global cultural change in the organization. Asked about his favorite classes at Vanderbilt, Tommy pointed...
Dr. Bohyeong Kim Named Dean’s Faculty Fellow
Aug. 22, 2022—Dr. Bohyeong Kim has been named a Dean’s Faculty Fellow by the Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science. The Dean’s Faculty Fellows Program launched in 2018 to support untenured faculty in their research, scholarship, and creative expression. Faculty are selected because of their scholarly accomplishments and the promise they show to make an impact in...
Communication Studies Sponsors Roxane Gay Keynote at RSA
Aug. 22, 2022—The Department of Communication Studies was proud to sponsor Dr. Roxane Gay’s keynote address at the Rhetoric Society of America’s 20th Biennial Conference in Baltimore. Dr. Gay is trained as a rhetorician and is best known for her popular books, Bad Feminist, Difficult Women, and Hunger. She is also a contributing writer to the New...
CMST Students Partner with VU Campus Dining to Promote Sustainability
Aug. 19, 2022—The Wild Alaska Pollock tasting event, hosted by Communication Studies students in Dr. Courtney Travers’ Persuasion class, has been featured in an article published in the Tennessean and syndicated in Yahoo News. The article was authored by Suzanne Herron, the Sustainability Coordinator for Vanderbilt Campus Dining. The story documents how Vanderbilt Campus Dining has taken...
VU Debate Travels to Paris and Helsinki for Tournaments
Aug. 7, 2022—Vanderbilt Debate this summer traveled to Paris, France and Helsinki, Finland. In Paris, Vanderbilt competed in the Transatlantic Dialogues on climate change. Arguing for increasing investments in sponge cities, the team finished in second place. The team also had the opportunity to explore Paris, including trips to Versailles, The Louvre, and the Paris Opera. In...
Dr. Claire King Discusses Lopez/Affleck Wedding with the Washington Post
Jul. 18, 2022—Professor Claire King was quoted in a Washington Post article about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s recent wedding. You can read the story here.