Catch up with The Academic Minute from 10.12 – 10.16
Monday, October 12
Kristie Seelman – Georgia State University
Transgender Discrimination on College Campuses
Dr. Kristie Seelman is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Dr. Seelman’s research focuses on improving social welfare services and education settings for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) people and addressing health disparities affecting these populations.
Tuesday, October 13
John Rennie Short – UMBC
Western Wildfires
John Rennie Short is professor of public policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Professor and Chair, Geography and Environmental Systems, UMBC Professor of Geography, Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship, Syracuse University, Helen and John S. Best Fellowship. American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, The Leverhulme Visiting Professorship to UK, Loughborough University, Alexander O. Vietor Fellowship in Cartography, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript, Library, Yale University.
Wednesday, October 14
Stephen Christ – Truman State University
Authenticity of Mexican Restaurants
In his research, Stephen R. Christ examines the everyday experiences of Mexican immigrants in the United States that contribute to Mexican-American identity formation. More specifically, how Mexican Americans experience daily life at home, at work, in public life and in how these experiences impact their sense of personal identity, their relationships with natives, their interactions with their families and community, and the identity work that goes into producing such categories and social worlds.
Thursday, October 15
Richard Chacon – Winthrop University
The Great Awakening and The American Revolution
Dr. Richard J. Chacon is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Winthrop University. He has conducted anthropological investigations throughout Latin America. He documented the subsistence patterns and belief systems of the Yanomamö of Venezuela, the Yora of Peru and the Achuar (Shiwiar) of Ecuador. He investigated ritual violence among the Otavalo and Cotacachi Indians of Highland Ecuador.
Friday, October 16
David Rothery – The Open University
Water on Mars
David Rothery is a professor of planetary geosciences at The Open University. His research interests center on the study of volcanic activity by means of remote sensing, and volcanology and geoscience in general on other planets.
