Wyatt Smith College of Arts & Science and Peabody College Class of 2010 Like most political science majors at Vanderbilt, I spent many undergraduate hours crafting papers, honing arguments, and developing frameworks for analyzing presidential decisions. For all the work, however, I hardly imagined that a few months out of Vanderbilt, I would have the chance ...
Interview conducted by Nathan Rothschild and Sid Sapru Q: Can you give us a brief overview of your background and experience? A: Well, I’ve been a university professor for about 20 years. Currently, I am the Betts Professor of Education and Human Development in the Department of Human and Organizational Development in Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. ...
The past few weeks have seen one of the worst disasters in recent history, with the earthquake that hit Japan. This natural disaster not only destroyed much of the country while killing thousands of citizens, it also destabilized the nuclear reactors in the country. This destabilization has greatly increased the chance of a nuclear explosion ...
Sarah Mills College of Arts & Science Class of 2012 Throughout his terms as Prime Minister and President, Vladimir Putin has been credited with bringing political stability, rule of law, and economic growth back to Russia. Putin’s intense efforts to strengthen Russia politically and economically can be attributed to a desire to be ranked among ...
Journal Articles, Online ExclusiveLindsey Bohl Class of 2011 College of Arts and Science Losses by the incumbent party during a Midterm Election are often predictable. Given the relative unpopularity of President Obama, unemployment rates at almost ten percent, and an overextended Democratic Party, especially in the House, the results on November 2nd were foreseeable. At a national level, ...
Journal ArticlesKasey Hill Class of 2014 School of Engineering With the current state of the economy, most talk show correspondents and politicians are focusing on jobs, taxes, the Federal Reserve, and so forth. While these things are important, we are forgetting about one of the government’s most recognizable organizations – NASA. The International Space Station celebrated ...
Journal ArticlesAndrew Wood Class of 2011 College of Arts and Science Give Beijing some credit; it hasn’t been easy concealing their delight in the surprising aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. Prior to the crisis, it was a widely-held opinion that China’s meteoric rise dating back to 1979 was just one major Western financial crisis ...
Journal ArticlesCharles Buddeke Class of 2013 College of Arts and Science Last week was notable for two major developments. First and most headline grabbing, the Republican Party experienced a historic revival after being completely broken in the 2008 election. However, it is not wholly accurate to call this a resurgence of the party. The main driving ...
Journal ArticlesIan Duncan Class of 2014 College of Arts and Science On November 3rd, Barack Obama addressed the American people on a different note with a different tune. Those of us who remember may have noticed that Barack Obama’s speech that Wednesday did not sound like his 2004 senate victory. It did not sound like the ...
Journal Articles1,000,000,000,000 It’s a number hard to grasp. It’s a number that won’t fit in a standard calculator. It’s enough to give every single person in the United States $3257. It’s enough to reach the sun if you laid that many dollar bills end to end. It’s enough to buy all the stock on the Toronto ...
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