The Academic Minute from 12.16 – 12.20
Monday
Laura Link – University of North Dakota
Holding Kids Back Does More Harm Than Good
Dr. Laura Link is the co-author of Cornerstones of Strong Schools: Practices for Purposeful Leadership and author of several articles, book chapters, and professional papers on school leaders, grading, and classroom assessments. She currently serves as Associate Professor of Teaching & Leadership and Graduate Director of the Master of Science in Teaching & Leadership program at the University of North Dakota and has won many awards for her community engagement.
Tuesday
Emily Smith-Greenaway – University of South California Dornsife
The Growing Impact of Overdose Death on U.S. Children
Professor Smith-Greenaway’s research areas include demography, health, mortality, bereavement, inequality, family, and international sociology. Her research examines how social conditions impact individual and family wellbeing and experiences. Her recent work analyzes the influence of mortality conditions on family systems, the impact of child loss on family dynamics, and the consequences of community mortality conditions for women’s fertility. She also studies how social inequality influences young adults’ educational, childbearing, and marital experiences. She is the co-chair of the research sub-committee at USC Dornsife’s Center for the Changing Family.
Wednesday
Sarah Kollat – Penn State University
Why Do We Like to Scare Ourselves in an Already Scary World?
Sarah Kollat, teaching professor of Psychology at Penn State University. In my spare time, I volunteer as a firefighter with ALPHA Fire Company. I also write psychological thrillers under the pen name Sarah K. Stephens. When I’m not teaching, volunteering, or writing, I’m enjoying time with my husband and family in the wilds of Central PA.
Thursday
Liina Pylkkanen – New York University
Split-Second Sentence Processing
Liina Pylkkanen is a Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at New York University. She is the director of the NYU Neurolinguistics Laboratory and co-director of the Neuroscience of Language Laboratory. Prof. Pylkkanen received her Ph.D. in Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and conducted her post-doctoral work at New York University. She is one of the leading researchers in the use of magnetoencephalography (MEG) to study the brain mechanisms of language, with a focus on semantic cognition.
Friday
John Harney – Centre College
Taiwan Remains a Flashpoint for a Potential World War
John Harney is an associate professor of history at Centre College. His scholarly interests include identity formation and colonial and post-colonial relations in East Asia, the history of popular participation in sports in the modern era, Catholicism and Catholic communities in 20th-century China, representations of history in video games, and the wider uses and interpretations of history in popular culture.
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