Vanderbilt University/CASE
Media Fellowship
Nashville, Tennessee
April 7-11, 2002

A football player is arrested for assaulting his girlfriend. A man kills his estranged wife and young son before killing himself. In Afghanistan, women are taken to a field and executed. A Web site called wife-beaters.com sells Wife-Beater T-shirts and features a Wife-Beaters Hall of Fame. These are just a few of the headlines and stories featured in newspapers, magazines and broadcast outlets on a regular basis.

Rape, domestic violence, stalking, sex offenses — these are among the most underreported crimes in the country. All are crimes where the vast majority of victims are women. While the numbers may vary, depending on your source, everyone agrees: violence against women is an epidemic that impacts our friends and families. Why do men abuse women? What role does religion play in this discussion? And, what effect does all this have on our young people?

To explore this complex issue, Vanderbilt University, in conjunction with the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), is offering a fellowship April 7-11 for a limited number of working journalists at our campus in Nashville, Tenn. The fellowship, The Silent Epidemic: Violence Against Women, will bring together experts from law, religion, medicine, sociology, psychology, women’s studies, police and domestic violence shelters in an effort to help reporters look beyond the headlines. Through interactions with professors, presentations and small group discussions, you will have a chance to learn more about this troubling issue.

The fellowship is available to a limited number of journalists from newspapers, magazines and broadcast stations along with freelancers with substantial experience. Vanderbilt will cover the costs of your room and will provide some meals for the duration of the fellowship. Your media organization is responsible for your travel expenses and salary during the fellowship. The fellowship will begin Sunday evening with a reception and dinner and is scheduled to end at noon on Thursday, April 11.

The deadline for applying for the fellowship is February 26. If you would like more information, contact Emily Pearce at (615) 322-2706 or emily.pearce@vanderbilt.edu.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Schoenfeld
Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs

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