Nashville Scene: Nashville experts reflect on James Lawson’s lasting legacy Yolanda Pierce, Divinity School Dean and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Religion and Literature, and Phillis Sheppard, executive director of the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements, are quoted.
C-SPAN interviewed Samar Ali, research professor of political science and law and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy, about partisanship and political extremism.
Marketplace interviewed Robert Mikos, LaRoche Family Professor and professor of law, about cannabis transportation.
WNBC interviewed Brandon Byrd, associate professor of history, about the history of Juneteenth.
WSMV, Channel 4, interviewed Alice Randall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor and writer in residence of African American and diaspora studies, about the Black country music artists who inspired a new mural on Vanderbilt’s Printing Services building.
WTVF, Channel 5, interviewed Ashley Panas, assistant professor of emergency medicine, about the dangers of working outside in extreme heat.
WPLN interviewed Sarah Calise, metadata coordinator and curator of community histories at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, about Nashville's queer history.
KCBS Radio interviewed Jane Landers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History, about the history of Fort Mose.