THE OBAMA EFFECT

By Nathaniel Luce

Publication: CANADIAN TELEVISION NETWORK AND WNYC

New York Public Radio, interviewed RAY FRIEDMAN, Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management, on his research that showed the presidential run of Barack Obama had a strong positive impact on the test-taking achievement of African Americans. The live interviews were conducted using VUStar, Vanderbilt’s campus broadcast facility. Professor Friedman was also interviewed for Public Radio International’s “Takeaway” segment.