Month: September 2021
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Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University – War, What’s It Good For?
Is war good or bad for a country’s economy? Clifford F. Thies, professor of economics and finance at Shenandoah University, considers if war is good for a country’s economy. Clifford F. Thies is the author, co-author, contributor and editor of more than a hundred books, encyclopedia entries and articles in scholarly journals. He is a…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.09.20)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.09.20 Monday, September 20th Clifford F. Thies, professor of economics and finance at Shenandoah University, considers if war is good for a country’s economy. Tuesday, September 21st Tim Franz, professor of psychology at St. John Fisher College, examines why team projects can be fraught, but are important as…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.09.13-2021.09.17
The Academic Minute from 09.13 – 09.17 Monday, September 13th Dana Ferraris – McDaniel College Discovering Anti-Viral Drugs to Treat COVID-19 Dana Ferraris, associate professor of Chemistry and the John Desmond Kopp Professorship in the Sciences, began teaching at McDaniel College in 2015 as a visiting professor before joining the faculty as associate professor…
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Eban Goodstein, Bard College – Educators and Climate Change
Everyone has a role to play in fighting climate change. Eban Goodstein, professor of economics at Bard College, explores the role educators can play. Goodstein is an economist and Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and the MBA in Sustainability at Bard. In recent years, Goodstein has coordinated a series of national educational initiatives…
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Torsa Ghosal, California State University Sacramento – What Contemporary Literature and Science Tell Us about Forgetting
We don’t need to remember everything. Torsa Ghosal, assistant professor of English at California State University, Sacramento, examines why forgetting may be a good thing from time to time. Torsa Ghosal is an assistant professor of English at California State University, Sacramento, with research and teaching interests in cognitive cultural studies, narrative theory, global Anglophone…
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Ryan Romine, Shenandoah University – A Radical Investment in Learning through Collaborative Exploration in the Arts
Positive student outcomes can be achieved in many different ways. Ryan Romine, associate professor of bassoon at Shenandoah University, examines one. Bassoonist, educator, and administrator Ryan D. Romine is Assistant Dean for Recruitment at Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, VA, USA), where in the past three years he has overseen the recruitment of three of the largest…
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Kenneth Sider, Skidmore College – Confronting Whiteness in the Teacher Education Classroom
Who is hired as teachers has a big impact. Kenneth Sider, visiting assistant professor at Skidmore College, explains why. Dr. Kenneth Sider has served as a public-school teacher in upstate New York, an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, and is presently a visiting assistant professor at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New…
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Dana Ferraris, McDaniel College – Discovering Anti-Viral Drugs to Treat COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is offering a great teaching opportunity for faculty. Dana Ferraris, associate professor of chemistry at McDaniel College, discusses why. Dana Ferraris, associate professor of Chemistry and the John Desmond Kopp Professorship in the Sciences, began teaching at McDaniel College in 2015 as a visiting professor before joining the faculty as associate professor…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.09.13)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.09.13 Monday, September 13th Dana Ferraris, associate professor of chemistry at McDaniel College, discusses why the COVID-19 pandemic is offering a great teaching opportunity for faculty. Tuesday, September 14th Kenneth Sider, visiting assistant professor at Skidmore College, explains why who is hired as teachers has a big impact.…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.09.06-2021.09.10
The Academic Minute from 09.06 – 09.10 Monday, September 6th Meredith Kneavel – LaSalle University Athletic Trainers: Unseen Healthcare Workers of the Pandemic Dr. Meredith Kneavel, Ph.D., has training as a biopsychologist whose foundational work was in the study of sex differences in stress, learning, and memory. Her stress research has expanded to understanding…