Faculty News
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Yesha Yadav nominated to Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Panel
The CFTC, chaired by Christopher Giancarlo ’84, exists to protect market participants and the public from fraud, manipulation, abusive practices and systematic risks related to derivatives Read MoreFeb. 15, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman’s 2017 book, “The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution,” wins PROSE Award
PROSE Awards recognize oustanding professional and scholarly publications. Read MoreFeb. 9, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman named to 2018 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Sitaraman joins 17 colleagues from across Vanderbilt in two-year program for highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty members. Read MoreJan. 23, 2018
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Study by Rebecca Allensworth focuses on role of occupational licensing boards in regulating consumer services
Most members of state licensing boards are also professionals regulated by the boards, raising consumer concerns. Read MoreJan. 10, 2018
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Vice Chancellor David Williams named 2017 Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Tribune
Williams, who is a professor of law and Vanderbilt's athletics director, was honored by Nashville's African American newspaper for making "Vanderbilt athethletics a national model." Read MoreJan. 4, 2018
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New book by Michael Vandenbergh and Jonathan Gilligan urges private industry to step up on climate change
In Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change, the authors make the case for how the private sector can play an important role in reducing carbon emissions. Read MoreDec. 5, 2017
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Kevin M. Stack appointed to the Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Chair in Law
Stack is an expert in administrative law and separation of powers whose scholarship focuses on what the rule of law requires for administrative government. Read MoreNov. 29, 2017
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Daniel Gervais appointed to Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law
Gervais recently began a two-year term as president of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property. Read MoreNov. 29, 2017
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Joni Hersch appointed to Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair
Hersch is a labor economist whose research has focused on why women in the same jobs are paid less than men. Read MoreNov. 27, 2017
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Tracey George named associate provost for faculty affairs for Vanderbilt University
George, who holds the Charles B. Cox III and Lucy D. Cox Family Chair in Law and Liberty, will continue to teach and conduct research during the three-year, part-time appointment. Read MoreNov. 6, 2017