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Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin
Mike Curb Professor of Health Policy Expert in health policy, particularly insurance and health care financing issues. State and Local Health Policy Payment Reform Medicare Health Economics Health Care Spending Medicaid Insurance |
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Lisa Fazio
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development Expert on how people process true and false information, and how to mitigate the effects of reading and sharing false information. How to prevent sharing false information online Lies Fake News Developmental Science Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience Learning & Memory Development of mathematics understanding The effects of giving and receiving feedback Applying cognitive science to educational issues Instability of general knowledge How people learn true and false information Why people believe false information Fact checking Memory |
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Brian Fitzpatrick
Professor of Law Expert on class action litigation, federal courts, judicial selection, constitutional law and the Supreme Court. campaign contributions Class action law suits women's reproductive rights Class Actions Class Action Lawsuits Civil Procedure Supreme Court Federal Courts Constitutional Law Judicial Selection roe v. wade Reproductive Rights Litigation & Dispute Resolution |
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Kelly Goldsmith
Associate Professor of Marketing Expert in marketing, market research, and consumer behavior focusing on the impact of scarcity and sales on shoppers' mindsets. Sales Consumer Behavior Market Research Marketing Scarcity Shopping |
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T.S. Harvey
Associate Professor of Anthropology Expert in cross-cultural doctor-patient interactions, public health communications, disaster relief and crisis management. North America Medical Anthropology Sanitation Environmental Protection Global Public Health Doctor-Patient Communication Communication Technology Central America |
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Kelly Haws
Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker, Jr. Professor of Marketing Expert in food consumption choices, dieting, financial decision making, and self-control in consumption. Diet Food decision making Financial decision making Self-Control |
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Karla McKanders
Clinical Professor of Law Expert in refugee and immigration Law. Runs Vanderbilt's Immigration Practice Clinic. Asylum Law Refugees Civil Rights Refugee Law Immigration Human Rights Gender and the Law Political Asylum |
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Jonathan M. Metzl
Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society World-renowned expert on gun violence and mental illness, white identity politics and race and health. Mass shootings Mental Health Guns in America Guns and Mental Illness Race, Gender and Social Justice in Healthcare History of Mental Health Gun Control Race and Health Politics Psychiatry Psychology Gender Gun Violence |
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Mariann Piano
Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing Expert in substance abuse and cardiac disease, particularly binge drinking by young adults. Unhealthy Alcohol Consumption Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Alcohol and Young Adults Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease Cardiac Risk Factors |
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Renã Robinson
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow Expert in racial disparities in Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's triggers in peripheral organs. Advocate for inclusive research design. African American Health Alzheimer's Outreach Racial Health Inequalities Alzheimer's Health Disparities Minority Student Mentoring |
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Thomas Schwartz
Distinguished Professor of History Historian of U.S. foreign policy, international relations and U.S. presidencies. Henry Kissinger American Foreign Relations Modern European History International Relations History of U.S. Foreign Policy Twentieth Century American History History of the U.S. Presidency Lyndon Baines Johnson LBJ |
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Marybeth Shinn
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Human and Organizational Development Expert in how to prevent and end homelessness Affordable Housing Social Exclusion Homelessness Poverty |
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Paige Marta Skiba
Professor of Law and Professor of Economics Expert in behavioral economics, including causes and consequences of borrowing on high-interest credit. Empirical Legal Studies Commercial Law High-interest Credit Banking and Finance Law Applied Microeconomics Behavioral Economics Law and Economics Consumer Bankruptcy Payday Loans Consumer Finance |
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