Search Result For: Media
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Lisa Fazio
Associate 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.
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Josh Clinton
Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor of Political Science
Polling expert who uses statistical methods to explain political processes. Co-directs the Vanderbilt Poll.
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John Geer
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Dean of the College of Arts and Science
National expert in political campaigns, political advertising and public opinion. Co-directs the Vanderbilt Poll.
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Georgene Troseth
Associate Professor of Psychology
An expert in how toddlers' brains process (and learn from) what they see on screens, TV and video chat.
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Larry Van Horn
Associate Professor of Management and Executive Director of Health Affairs
Expert in health care management, health insurance policy and health care economics.
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Sophie Bjork-James
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology
Expert on the U.S.-based religious right and the white nationalist movement, particularly online communities.
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John Koch
Senior Lecturer and Director of Debate
Expert in debate, including argumentation analysis, persuasive techniques and rhetorical theory.
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Erin Calipari
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Expert in the neuroscience of mental illness and addiction, including gender differences.
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Claire Sisco King
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Expert in media and visual culture, with a particular emphasis on the study of gender and sexuality.
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Jeffrey Bennett
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.
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Craig Smith
Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development
Expert on cognitive neuroscience, with a particular focus on emotion and coping with stress.
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Paul Kramer
Associate Professor of History
Expert in modern U. S. history, with an emphasis on transnational histories, American social thought and the politics of inequality.
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Bruce Morrill
Edward A. Malloy Chair of Catholic Studies
A Roman Catholic Priest and Jesuit whose scholarship focuses on liturgy and sacraments and political theologies.
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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.
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Andrew Finch
Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Human and Organizational Development; Core Faculty, Human Development Counseling
An expert who specializes in recovery high schools, substance use disorders, teen addiction and school counseling.
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Tracy Sharpley-Whiting
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
Expert in comparative Black cultural movements and African American literature and culture.
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Kelly Goldsmith
Professor of Marketing
Expert in marketing, market research, and consumer behavior focusing on the impact of scarcity and sales on shoppers' mindsets.
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Sarah Igo
Andrew Jackson Chair in American History; Professor of Law; Professor of Political Science; Professor of Sociology; Director, American Studies Program
Expert in the history of American privacy, social security, big data, survey data and the public sphere.
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Thomas Schwartz
Distinguished Professor of History
Historian of U.S. foreign policy, international relations and U.S. presidencies.
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Douglas Fuchs
Professor of Special Education and Nicholas Hobbs Chair of Special Education and Human Development and Professor Pediatrics in the Vanderbilt University Medical School
Special education expert on interventions for children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders.
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Nicole M. Joseph
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education Teaching and Learning
An expert in the barriers that Black women and girls face in the STEM field and STEM classroom.
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Jason Grissom
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education
An expert in K-12 leadership and policy and the impacts of school and district leaders on teacher and student outcomes.
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Elizabeth Zechmeister
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Director of LAPOP
Expert in Latin American political behavior and director of the world-renowned Latin American Public Opinion Project.
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Mark Abkowitz
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expert in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation, and impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure adaptation.
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Janey Camp
Research Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expert on climate change and interactions of nature and infrastructure.
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Audrey Bowden
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Expert in light-based tools for applications to medicine and biology, including early detection, diagnosis and therapy.
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David Weintraub
Professor of Astronomy; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director of Program in Communication of Science & Technology
Expert in astrophysics who also writes about extraterrestrial life, human space travel and space colonization.
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Ganesh Sitaraman
New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in Law
Expert in constitutional law, the regulatory state, economic policy, democracy and foreign affairs.
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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.
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Douglas Schmidt
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Computer Science
Expert in mobile cloud computing, cyber-physical systems, information technology and data privacy.
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Owen Jones
Glenn M. Weaver, M.D. and Mary Ellen Weaver Chair in Law, Brain, and Behavior
Expert in the intersection of law and behavioral biology.
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Jonathan Hiskey
Associate Chair of Political Science
Expert on Latin American politics and Latin American migration.
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Samar Ali
Research Professor of Political Science and Law
Expert in the intersection of conflict mediation, national security, economic development and human rights.
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William Doyle
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education
An expert on how geography affects higher education attainment and the state of the financial aid system in America.
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Emilie Townes
University Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society; Divinity School Dean, Emerita
An expert in Christian ethics, womanist theology and womanist perspectives on health care, economic justice, poetry and literary theory.
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Daniel Cornfield
Professor of Sociology
Expert in the American labor movement, the creative class, and work and occupation issues generally.
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Marybeth Shinn
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Human and Organizational Development
Expert in how to prevent and end homelessness
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Larisa DeSantis
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Studies mammal teeth and bones to determine how they responded to ancient climate change and reasons why they went extinct.
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Ken Catania
Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences
Expert on sensory systems' impact on animal behavior, particularly naked mole rats, star-nosed moles, cockroaches and eels.
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Jonathan Gilligan
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Expert on the impact of human behavior and public policy on climate, with a focus on how small changes add up to make big differences.
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Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Associate Professor of Psychology
Neuroscientist and international expert in how brain size and structure affect cognition and longevity in animals.
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Keivan Stassun
Stevenson Professor of Physics
Expert in the search for Earth-like planets across the galaxy and an advocate for diversity, including neurodiversity, in the academy.
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Kathryn L. Humphreys
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development
A clinical psychologist with expertise in infant mental health.
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Karl Zelik
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Expert on exoskeletons, human movement, biomechanics and prosthetic limbs
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Robert Mikos
Professor of Law
Expert in federalism and drug law, including marijuana legalization.
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Amanda Clayton
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Expert in gender and politics, with a focus on the impact of women legislators and candidates and public perception of women leaders.
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Jennifer Shinall
Professor of Law
Expert in discrimination, particularly in the areas of gender and disability.
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Dan Work
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expert in self-driving cars and traffic management.
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Joni Hersch
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair Professor of Law and Economics; Co-Director, Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics
Expert in employment discrimination, focusing particularly on women, minorities and immigrants.
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Chris Slobogin
Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law
Expert in criminal law and procedure, mental health law and evidence law.
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