The Academic Minute from 10.21 – 10.25
Monday
Ian Afflerbach – University of North Georgia
The “Scab” as a Metaphor in American Labor Politics
Ian Afflerbach is an Associate Professor at the University of North Georgia. He teaches courses on Modern American Fiction, African American Literature, and Popular Genres like Science Fiction. He’s currently working on his second book, “Sellouts! The Story of an American Insult.” His first book, Making Liberalism New (2021) was shortlisted for the Modernist Studies Association’s Best First Book prize. He has written for Public Books and The Conversation, and his articles have appeared in journals like PMLA, African American Review, and Novel.
Tuesday
Amie Rapaport – University of Southern California
School Absences, Grades, and Mental Health
Amie Rapaport has a PhD in Social Psychology and is a Research Scientist at the University of Southern California. Recently Amie helped launch the Center for Applied Research in Education where she suports school districts, state education agencies and other organizations conduct education research to inform policy. In addition, Amie has been studying families’ educational experiences throughout, and in the wake of, the pandemic, following a nationally representative panel of households across the country since March of 2020. She currently has two teenage boys who keep her grounded in the importance of improving education for all students.
Wednesday
Brad Greenwood – George Mason University
Efficacy of Breach Notification Laws
Brad N. Greenwood is a professor of information systems and operations management and holds the Maximus Corporate Partner Professorship at George Mason University. Previously, he served as an associate professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and has also been part of the faculty at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. Dr. Greenwood’s research focuses on the impacts of innovation, particularly how information from these innovations affects societal welfare in areas like healthcare and entrepreneurship. He is an Associate Editor at Management Science and his research has been published in numerous prestigious journals, including The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Management Science, among others.
Thursday
Sarah Stitzlein – University of Cincinnati
How Do We Encourage Honesty in our Political World Today
Sarah M. Stitzlein is Professor of Education and Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. She is editor of the journal Democracy & Education, President of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, and Past-President of the John Dewey Society. As a philosopher of education, she engages in normative political philosophy to identify problems in democracy and craft educational solutions. She was commissioned in 2020 by UNESCO to write about the future of civics education globally and in 2021 by the National Academy of Education to describe how to improve civic reasoning and dialogue in the United States. Her most recent book takes up matters of how to cultivate honesty in our political context, Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era: Emphasizing Truth in the Education of Citizens (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Friday
Saurabh Chatterjee – University of California, Irvine
Extreme Heat is Damaging Our Vital Organs
Dr. Saurabh Chatterjee is a human physiologist with specialized training in immunology. He has made significant contributions to the field of host-microbiome interactions with redox biology, neuroimmune pathology, and gut-brain interactions in pro-inflammatory disease processes, including Gulf War illness, chronic multi-symptom illnesses and brain manifestations of liver diseases, drug discovery, and gut-brain directed therapeutics. He holds a second appointment at the UC Irvine School of Medicine and is a research health scientist with the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Long Beach VA Medical Center.
