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Prof. Alexandre Frenette Appointed as New Associate Director of the Curb Center
Oct. 1, 2018—Jay Clayton, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor in the Department of English, as been reappointed as the director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, and is joined by a new associate director Alexandre Frenette. They will continue to expand the reach and visibility of the Curb Center and its core programs and...
Prof. Rosevelt Noble awarded Sports & Society microgrant
Aug. 3, 2018—Seven Vanderbilt faculty were awarded microgrants through the Sports and Society Microgrant Program, which is designed to engage the campus in investigating how sports and society impact each other across a variety of disciplines. This micro-grant initiative was launched to identify ideas of faculty interest and expertise as the university explores designing a potential center....
Prof. Dan Cornfield publishes “Equity & Engagement in the Arts: Regional Differences in the Missions of Local Arts Agencies in the United States”
Jul. 19, 2018—Dan Cornfield published “Equity & Engagement in the Arts: Regional Differences in the Missions of Local Arts Agencies in the United States,” a policy paper produced during his year as the 2017-18 Faculty Fellow in Arts Policy at the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University. Cornfield co-authored the paper with...
At the 2015 convention of the American Society of Criminology in Washington D.C., Gary Jensen (Professor of Sociology Emeritus) was interviewed about his contributions to criminology over the last 45 years.
Nov. 23, 2015—The Oral History project is creating an archive of videos of prominent scholars. He was selected for his contributions to theory and methods, especially quantitative research, and as a mentor to innumerable graduate students.