Month: September 2017
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Sarah Moore, University of Puget Sound – Millennial Workers
Our assumptions about younger workers may need some updating. Sarah Moore, professor and chair of the psychology department at the University of Puget Sound, explores the stereotypes about millennials. Sarah Moore is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Puget Sound. Since joining the faculty in 1993, her research has…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.9.4)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.9.4 Monday, September 4th Sarah Moore of the University of Puget Sound explores stereotypes about younger workers. Tuesday, September 5th Kevin LaGrandeur of the New York Institute of Technology discusses whether artificial intelligence is the real job killer of the present, and future. Wednesday, September 6th Kimberly Merriman of the…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.8.28-9.1
Academic Minute from 8.28- 9.1 Monday, August 28th Mark Canada – Indiana University Kokomo The Danger of Fake News Mark Canada, Professor of English and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Indiana University Kokomo, has drawn on his own experience in both journalism and literature to write extensively about the intersections of the two…
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Brock Bastian 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 (#1406), Bob has selected…
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Caleb Everett, University of Miami – Anumeric Societies
Could we live our lives without numbers? Caleb Everett, anthropological linguistics professor at the University of Miami, discusses how some primitive societies still do and how we use numbers to make our lives easier. I’m a cognitive scientist, more specifically an anthropological linguist. My research examines the ways language affects and reflects human thought. Much…