Month: June 2020
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Tyra Olstad, SUNY Oneonta – How We Value Landscapes
On SUNY Oneonta Sustainability Week: Empty landscapes can be a haven for other forms of life. Tyra Olstad, assistant professor of geography and environmental sustainability, says we should value these spaces. Tyra Olstad is a writer, geographer, and former park ranger, paleontology technician, cave guide, and summit steward. In addition to one book—Zen of the…
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Trevor Fuller, SUNY Oneonta – What is Environmental Justice?
On SUNY Oneonta Sustainability Week: What is environmental justice? Trevor Fuller, associate professor of geography and environmental sustainability, explains. Dr. Fuller worked for almost 10 years as an environmental scientist prior to pursuing advanced degrees in geography. Prior to accepting a position at SUNY Oneonta, he was a Ph.D. student in the geography department at the…
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Greg Fulkerson, SUNY Oneonta – Urbanization, Urban Dependency, and Urbanormativity
On SUNY Oneonta Sustainability Week: The world is getting more and more urban. Greg Fulkerson, associate professor of sociology, explains why an urban world will still depend on rural areas. Gregory Fulkerson received his M.A in Sociology from Western Michigan University in 2000, taught 2 years at Lansing Community College, and earned his Ph.D. in…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.06.08)
SUNY Oneonta Sustainability Week on The Academic Minute 2019.06.08 Monday, June 8th Greg Fulkerson, associate professor of sociology, explains why a rapidly urbanizing world will still depend on rural areas. Tuesday, June 9th Trevor Fuller, associate professor of geography and environmental sustainability, details environmental justice. Wednesday, June 10th Tyra Olstad, assistant professor of geography and…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.06.01-2020.06.05
The Academic Minute from 06.01 – 06.05 Monday, June 1st Jennifer Groscup – Scripps College Consent to Search My primary area of research interest is in the intersection of psychology and law. I am particularly interested in legal decision making, expert evidence, scientific evidence, and the affect of attitudes and pre-existing knowledge on perceptions…
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Sean Flynn, Scripps College – Reducing Healthcare Costs
On Scripps College Week: How do we cut the cost of health care in the U.S.? Sean Flynn, professor of economics, has some solutions. Sean Flynn is the author of the best-seller Economics for Dummies, which has now been translated into seven foreign languages, as well as the coauthor along with Campbell McConnell and Stanley…
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Christina Edholm, Scripps College – Traveling and Disease Outbreaks
On Scripps College Week: Gaining more information on disease outbreaks will be crucial for the future. Christina Edholm, assistant professor of mathematics, discusses how managers can better prepare for these epidemics. Christina Edholm, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Her area of expertise is applied mathematics, with specific focus…
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Nicholas Kacher, Scripps College – Rising Home Prices
On Scripps College Week: Is there a catch to rising home prices? Nicholas Kacher, assistant professor of economics, determines the unintended consequences of this usually good economic development. Nicholas Kacher is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Scripps College. Originally from Waltham, Massachusetts, he earned a BA in Economics at Wheaton College (MA) in 2011.…
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Branwen Williams, Scripps College – Global Warming
On Scripps College Week: How much of recent global warming would have happened without humans? Branwen Williams, associate professor of environmental science, looks into the data to find the answer. Dr. Branwen Williams’s research develops the techniques that we use to generate records of our past ocean and climate variability, and uses these records to understand…
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Jennifer Groscup, Scripps College – Consent to Search
On Scripps College Week: Do you have to let the government search you? Jennifer Groscup, associate professor of psychology, has the answer. My primary area of research interest is in the intersection of psychology and law. I am particularly interested in legal decision making, expert evidence, scientific evidence, and the affect of attitudes and pre-existing…