This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.08.05)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.08.05

Monday

Rogerio Pinto, University Diversity & Social Transformation Professor at the University of Michigan, examines how we get white heterosexual men to confront feelings of homophobia and sexism.

Tuesday

Michael Werner, assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah, reads up to find out what we can learn about the natural world from a work of fiction.

Wednesday

April Smith, associate professor and the director of research on eating disorders and suicidality laboratory at Auburn University, asks how we lessen the risk for suicidal ideation among service members.

Thursday

Daniel Trudeau, professor of geography at Macalester College, says not everyone may feel welcome in city parks.

Friday

Joe Arvai, Director of USC Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability and professor of psychology at the University of Southern California Dornsife, explores the harm in letting A.I. make decisions for us.