This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.15)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.04.15

Scripps College Week

Monday

Ken Gonzales-Day, professor and Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art, explores how photography can reveal many hidden things from the past.

Tuesday

Myriam Chancy, Guggenheim Fellow and Hartley Burr Chair in the Humanities, looks into the history of Caribbean women through their writing.

Wednesday

Patrick Ferree, professor in the W. M. Keck Science Department, finds out why do some chromosomes act selfishly.

Thursday

Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones professor of psychology, puts together the evidence to show us why we need to change our approach when it comes to fraud.

Friday

Sarah Marzen, assistant professor of physics, has a suggestion to combat confirmation bias and polarization.