Month: January 2015
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Angela Crean, University of South Wales – Telegony
Can your past sexual partners influence the genetics of your children? Dr. Angela Crean, an evolutionary ecologist at The University of New South Wales, profiles telegony. Dr Angela Crean is an evolutionary ecologist who is interested in phenotypic links between the parental environment, gamete quality, and offspring traits. She is currently an Australian Research Council…
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2015.01.12 – This Week on The Academic Minute
Monday, January 12 Angela Crean of The University of New South Wales teaches us about telegony. Tuesday, January 13 Kim Haines-Eitzen of Cornell University discusses the majesty of acoustic soundscapes. Wednesday, January 14 University of Scranton political scientist Mike Allison profiles the effectiveness of governments instated after a revolution. Thursday, January 15 Shirley Anne Warshaw…
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David Cotter, Union College – Gender Inequality Trends
Are we getting closer towards achieving gender equality or have the trends begun to reverse? Dr. David Cotter, chair of Union College’s sociology department, dissects shifting attitudes toward gender bias. Dr. David A. Cotter is Professor of Sociology at Union College. His research focuses on stratification and inequality, particularly rural poverty, and work-related gender inequality.…
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Richard Peltier, UMass Amherst – Indigenous Air Pollution
The term air pollution might evoke images of an industrialized city with many factories each with billowing smokestacks or a crowded freeway of cars pumping emissions into the atmosphere. But, as Richard Peltier, assistant professor of environmental health sciences at UMass Amherst, will show us, everyone should be aware of air they breathe. Dr. Richard…
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Richard Lachmann featured on The Best Of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1268), Bob has selected…
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Charlton McIlwain, NYU – Journalistic Perspectives on Michael Brown
Without doubt, Michael Brown’s death and the related events occurring in and around Ferguson, Missouri have catalyzed national debate about race relations. But, as Charlton McIlwain, associate professor of media, culture and communication at New York University, will show us: news coverage specifically about Michael Brown did not always focus completely on ethnicity. Charlton McIlwain,…
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Jacob Hirsh, University of Toronto – Predicting Sustainability
Certain personality traits appear to have direct correlations with somewhat unrelated attitudes. Dr. Jacob Hirsh, a professor at the Rotman School of Management, is looking at these connections and analyzing them to make larger predictions about specific trends on a national level. Dr. Jacob Hirsh is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource…
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Kimberly Fenn, MSU – Social Media Memories
Is your Facebook feed distorting your ability to recall events accurately? Kimberly Fenn, a psychologist at Michigan State University, is studying the way social media sharing can distort memory. Dr. Kimberly Fenn is associate professor of psychology and director of the Sleep and Learning Lab at Michigan State University. Her research explores the effect of…
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2015.01.05 – This week on The Academic Minute
Monday, January 5 Kimberly Fenn of Michigan State University shows how social media might be corroding the accuracy of memory. Tuesday, January 6 Jacob Hirsh of The University of Toronto explores the predicative nature of personality traits. Wednesday, January 7 New York University media professor Charlton McIlwain analyzes the journalistic slant present in news coverage…
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Luis Zayas, The University of Texas at Austin – Latina Suicide Rates
The President’s Choice Congratulations to Luis Zayas of The University of Texas at Austin for winning our 2014 President’s Choice Senior Superlative award. Dr. Zayas’ segment offered a stirring profile of troubling trend of suicide in the Latino community. This segment originally aired on June 9th, 2014.