Peabody College Archives
February events at Vanderbilt celebrate, explore African American experience
Feb. 4, 2018—Events in February at Vanderbilt University are taking a look at the central role African Americans played in American history and their experiences today through art, discussion, lectures and portrayals in film.
SSMV student named Tennessee’s only Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar
Jan. 30, 2018—Youli Yao, a member of the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt’s senior class, is the only student from Tennessee named as semifinalist in a premiere precollegiate science competition.
Paralympian, disability rights scholar to speak at South Korean conference
Jan. 26, 2018—Forber-Pratt is an elite wheelchair racer who earned two bronze medals at the Paralympic Games.
Vanderbilt disability rights activist named to ‘Emerging Scholars’ list
Jan. 25, 2018—Diverse: Issues in Higher Education has selected Vanderbilt professor Anjali Forber-Pratt for its 2018 Emerging Scholars issue.
Tennessee Education Research Alliance has a new faculty director
Jan. 17, 2018—Jason A. Grissom, associate professor of public policy and education, will lead the enterprise.
Study finds children think flexibly about gender identity
Jan. 16, 2018—Children may think more flexibly about gender identity than previously thought, according to a study by Vanderbilt researchers.
Monique Morris to speak at Vanderbilt on criminalization of black girls
Jan. 15, 2018—Monique W. Morris, an award-winning author and social justice scholar, is the featured speaker for the next installment of the Dean’s Diversity Lecture Series at Vanderbilt's Peabody College.
Vanderbilt faculty ranked among top influencers in education
Jan. 11, 2018—Seven professors on the faculty at Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development are once again included in the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
Student loan aversion article tops AERA’s most popular articles
Jan. 10, 2018—Vanderbilt scholars topped the American Educational Research Association’s list of most-read articles in 2017.
Children and adolescents needed for study on reading and learning
Jan. 10, 2018—Children and adolescents ages 9-14 are needed for a Vanderbilt University research study to better understand the relationship between reading and learning.
Does watching Sesame Street make kids kinder?
Jan. 5, 2018—A grant of more than $100,000 from Sesame Workshop will support a new Vanderbilt study on kindness.
Adult males 50–65 needed for study on relation between brain chemistry and decision-making
Jan. 5, 2018—The Affective Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University is currently recruiting healthy male adults, 50–65 years old, for a multiday study that attempts to understand the relation between brain chemistry and decision-making.