In the Media
A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora
Oct. 9, 2024 Diverse Issues In Higher Education
Faculty member(s) featured: Christopher Brooks, Ph.D.
Narco Cult? Inside the Real Santa Muerte Religious Movement [Podcast]
Sept. 26, 2024 Borderland with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
El Centro: VCU’s empowering commitment to the Latinx community
Sept. 26, 2024 Commonwealth Times
Faculty member(s) featured: Anita Nadal
Enlightenment Over: Santa Muerte in LA and TX
Sept. 20, 2024 The Hayride
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
‘A home away from home’: ‘El Centro’ launches at VCU
Sept. 19, 2024 WWBT
Faculty member(s) featured: Anita Nadal
Demon-Worship At The Flea Market
Sept. 18, 2024 Rod Dreher
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
A new study challenges the idea that Rapa Nui islanders caused an ‘ecocide’
June 21, 2024 Science News
Faculty member(s) featured: Christopher Stevenson, Ph.D.
Satellite imagery may provide a missing puzzle piece in Easter Island saga Katie Hunt
June 21, 2024 CNN
Faculty member(s) featured: Christopher Stevenson, Ph.D.
Mexican Church criticizes Santa Muerte T-shirt supporting President López Obrador
April 26, 2024 Crux Now
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
These are the places in CDMX where Santa Muerte is worshiped
April 23, 2024 Infobae
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
Politicization of Santa Muerte? What's behind Morena's viral meme
April 23, 2024 Milenio
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
Xóchitl Gálvez criticizes Morena for using an image of Santa Muerte: “They no longer hide it”
April 20, 2024 Infobae
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
The Vatican’s new statement on trans rights undercuts its attempts at inclusion
April 10, 2024 Vox
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
Amid calls for Gaza ceasefire, Richmond City Council restricts public comment
April 2, 2024 VPM
Faculty member(s) featured: Mark Wood, Ph.D.
These City Councils Are Changing Their Public Comment Rules as Gaza Ceasefire Debates Dominate
March 26, 2024 Next City
Faculty member(s) featured: Mark Wood, Ph.D.
Quevedo inmates had their own altar to Santa Muerte
Feb. 8, 2024 Aldia
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
Narcotics and evangelism, politics and populism in the 2024 election year
Feb. 4, 2024 Alert24
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
French Film Festival in Richmond shutting down
Jan. 24, 2024 Richmond Times-Dispatch
Faculty member(s) featured: Peter Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Au Revoir: Richmond’s French Film Festival fades to black
Jan. 22, 2024 Richmond Magazine
Faculty member(s) featured: Peter Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Law enforcement, pastors: 'Spiritual battle' being waged at border
Jan. 15, 2024 The Center Square
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D.
The relationship between the Catholic Church and the government of Nicaragua is at its worst. How did it get there?
Jan. 9, 2024 Voz de America
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
Why these Richmonders are leery after Pope announcement on same-sex unions: 'There's going to be resistance'
Dec. 19, 2023 WTVR
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
10 facts you probably don't know about the Virgin of Guadalupe
Dec. 12, 2023 The Yucatan Times
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
Apocalyptic fears for end of the world spark ‘perfect hotbed’ for global rise in exorcisms
Nov. 25, 2023 Daily Express US
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
A name that pops up in October is Santa Muerte. Who is the death saint?
Oct. 17, 2023 NPR
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
Pope warns climate is approaching 'the point of no return'
Oct. 4, 2023 CBC
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.
The longterm solution to the migrant crisis 'requires investment in the Global South'
Sept. 26, 2023 France 24
Faculty member(s) featured: Andrew Chestnut, Ph.D.