Monthly Archive:: June 2024

This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.07.01)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.07.01   Monday Lawson Wulsin, professor of psychiatry and family

The Academic Minute for 2024.06.24-2024.06.28

The Academic Minute from 6.24 – 6.28 Monday Dan Jaffee – Portland State University Dependence on

Sara Harmouch, American University – Sudan’s Civil War: A New Haven for Al-Qaida

On this Student Spotlight: Al-Qaida may be exploiting a weakness in an African state in crisis.

Wendy Keyser, Fitchburg State University – Patterns and Gaps in Award-Winning LGBTQ Children’s Books

LGBTQ children’s books are now on the shelves, but do they tell the full story? Wendy

David Spence, University of Texas at Austin – The Misunderstood Politics of the Energy Transition

Who is to blame for slowing the transition to a low carbon energy future? David Spence,

Francis Galan, Texas A&M University–San Antonio – A Better Understanding of the Interactions Between and Kinship Among Early Texas Settler Groups

There’s still a lot to learn and understand about early settlements in Texas. Francis Galan, associate

Daniel Jaffee, Portland State University – Dependence on Bottled Water Worsens Social Inequality

Bottled water can be a panacea during a crisis, but it can also worsen inequality afterwards.

This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.06.24)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.06.24   Monday Daniel Jaffee, associate professor of sociology at

The Academic Minute for 2024.06.17-2024.06.21

The Academic Minute from 6.17 – 6.21 Monday Anne Melissa Campbell – University of Iowa Making

Kyle Atkins, Oklahoma State University – What a New “Hell Chicken” Can Tell Us About Dinosaur Extinction

On this Student Spotlight: The extinction of the dinosaurs is still being studied. Kyle Atkins, PhD