Lorraine Lopez
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‘A Conversation with Jaquira Díaz’ moves online April 16
A conversation with Jaquira Díaz, whose March talk on campus for the Harry C. Howard Lecture was canceled, has been moved online April 16 by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. Read MoreApr 10, 2020
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Recent Books, Winter 2020
Qualitative Data Collection Tools: Design, Development, and Applications, (2020, Sage Publishers) by Felice D. Billups, EdD’91 This unique supplementary text will guide students and new researchers to design, develop, pilot and employ qualitative tools in order to collect qualitative data. Templates of interview protocols, focus group moderator guides, content analysis… Read MoreFeb 19, 2020
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Vanderbilt University Press Editorial Committee announced
Thirteen faculty members have been selected to support the continued excellence and growth of the Vanderbilt University Press for the 2019-20 academic year. Read MoreMay 24, 2019
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Celebration honors 11 new endowed chair holders
Eleven Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were recognized for their outstanding scholarship and research during a celebration at the Student Life Center Nov. 29. Read MoreDec 5, 2017
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Human Connection: Writer Lee Conell crafts stories full of feeling
Lee Conell (photo by Susan Urmy) Lee Conell, MFA’15, is not the sort of writer who cultivates a high profile. While she’s excited about the upcoming launch of her first story collection, Subcortical, she finds the public role of author far removed from the drive that compels her… Read MoreNov 21, 2017
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Sealy wins first faculty diversity award; five others recognized
The first winner of a Vanderbilt award to recognize faculty who contribute to diversity went to Linda Sealy of the School of Medicine. Read MoreMar 31, 2016
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Alumni Marshall and Carlson-Wee among Vanderbilt Visiting Writers
The Gertrude and Harold Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series will host two alumni who are award-winning poets. Anders Carlson-Wee and Nate Marshall will give public readings the week of March 14-18. Read MoreMar 14, 2016
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Recent Books, Fall 2015
Black Practical Theology (2015, Baylor University Press) by Dale Andrews, MA’97, PhD’98, Distinguished Professor of Homiletics and Social Justice, and Robert Smith, editors Black Practical Theology brings together a conversation between scholars working within the traditional disciplines of theological education and those working within practical theology. To… Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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2015 Southern Festival of Books features Vanderbilt faculty
The Vanderbilt community will be well-represented at the 2015 Southern Festival of Books, with several faculty and alumni discussing their work. Read MoreOct 7, 2015
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Vanderbilt faculty name their favorite reading this year
MyVU asked a handful of Vanderbilt faculty members to name the book that left a lasting impression on them this year. Their diverse recommendations span fiction, nonfiction, history, thriller, biography, memoir and more. Read MoreDec 15, 2014
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Noted writers discuss Latino and Latina poetry at Vanderbilt symposium
Vanderbilt University’s Program in Latino and Latina Studies will host its inaugural symposium, "Looking Out, Looking In: Latina/o Poetry," on Thursday, Feb. 13. Read MoreFeb 10, 2014
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New Vanderbilt Latino and Latina studies program launched
Vanderbilt University will celebrate the fall launch of Latino and Latina Studies, a new multidisciplinary program, with several events during Hispanic Heritage Month, including an Oct. 15 talk by author Joy Castro. Read MoreOct 10, 2013
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‘Poets & Writers’ ranks Vanderbilt MFA Program in top nine
Vanderbilt’s MFA Program in Creative Writing moved up one notch to ninth in the United States in a survey conducted by "Poets & Writers" magazine and reported in its September/October issue. Read MoreOct 9, 2013
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Vanderbilt represented at Southern Festival of Books
The 25th Annual Southern Festival of Books will be held Oct. 11-13 at downtown Nashville’s Legislative Plaza. The event will feature several Vanderbilt faculty, staff, students and alumni, including: Stephen Doster, editor for the Institute of Chemical Biology, whose current… Read MoreOct 8, 2013
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Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and alumni awards, appointments and achievements
Barsky (Vanderbilt) Robert Barsky, professor of French and Italian and professor of English, will deliver “The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual: From the Buildup Toward World War II to the Occupy Movement,” the 10th Annual Elizabeth Killam Rodgers and Constance Killam Distinguished Public Lecture, as part of the… Read MoreSep 12, 2012
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Faculty featured at Southern Festival of Books Oct. 14-16
Several Vanderbilt faculty members will be featured at this year’s Southern Festival of Books, a celebration of authors, writing and reading. The annual three-day event takes place in downtown Nashville at Legislative Plaza and the Tennessee Capitol Building Oct. 14-16. The festival will feature dozens of authors, including novelists… Read MoreOct 11, 2011