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Grad student Philip Pettis receives the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Dec. 10, 2019—Grad student Philip Pettis was recognized for his excellence in teaching assistance by being presented with the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.
Prof. Bianca Manago receives the 2019 ASA Section on the Sociology of Mental Health’s Dissertation Award
Sep. 25, 2019—2019: Bianca Manago, Indiana University, “The Role of Mental Health Labels in Stigma and Status Processes” receives the 2019 ASA Section on the Sociology of Mental Health’s Dissertation Award.
Grad Student Philip Pettis has won the Martin Levine Student Paper Award
Sep. 24, 2019—Graduate student Philip Pettis was presented with the Martin Levine Student Paper Award at the Sociologists’ AIDS Network (SAN) meeting during the American Sociological Association (ASA) annual meeting of 2019. Pettis’s paper is titled “An Examination of the Role of State-Level Contextual Factors on HIV Infection Rates: The Case of Men Who Have Sex with...
Why the United Auto Workers GM Strike is Headed for Failure, by Prof. Josh Murray
Sep. 24, 2019—Prof. Josh Murray writes about the UAW strike for The Conversation.
Prof. Dan Cornfield commented on the social and political implications of the UAW-GM strike in Politico and on NBC News Now.
Sep. 18, 2019—Prof. Dan Cornfield commented on the social and political implications of the UAW-GM strike in Politico and on NBC News Now.
Prof. Evelyn Patterson named a 2019 Chancellor Faculty Fellow
May. 13, 2019—Prof. Evelyn Patterson was named among eleven outstanding faculty members from across the university to be selected for the 2019 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The class is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise.Read More
Study by Prof. David Hess Covered in Nature Energy
Jan. 24, 2019—A paper by David Hess in Energy Research and Social Science described the history of conflicts over community choice energy in California. Community choice is an approach to energy democracy that puts decision-making in the hands of local communities and enables local job creation and higher levels of renewable energy than the standard offer of...
Prof. Joshua Murray Quoted in Tennessean Article
Nov. 12, 2018—Professor Joshua Murray was quoted in a Tennessean article, following the midterm election results for the gubernatorial and senator races in Tennessee, and the political influence of Williamson County on those results.
Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Unveils Legacy Pioneers Portraits and Newly Renovated Legacy Lounge
Oct. 15, 2018—Individuals from Vanderbilt present and past who have made Vanderbilt a more inclusive space for black students, faculty and staff are the subject of 10 new portraits unveiled by the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Oct. 10. The 10 Legacy Pioneer Portraits, which were painted by James Threalkill, BS’79, will hang in the Study Lounge inside...
Prof. André Christie-Mizell Named in Eighth Cohort of Vanderbilt Leadership Academy
Oct. 1, 2018—The Vanderbilt Leadership Academy welcomed its eighth cohort of learners this fall. The nine-month experience brings together a diverse group of university leaders from academia and administration to build knowledge, passion and expertise to further the mission of the university and learn the meaning of leading by example. Professor Christie-Mizell is one of the 22...