This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.08.12)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.08.12

Monday

Michael Hoberman, professor of English studies at Fitchburg State University, explores how we know the name John Muir, but others came before him.

Tuesday

Donna Nelson, professor of chemistry at the University of Oklahoma, examines how the opioid crisis has been reported, but maybe not to its full extent.

Wednesday

Cailyn Green, assistant professor of addiction studies in the school of human services at Empire State University, explains why the language of terms we use to refer to people suffering from addiction can be key, even if they self-identify with the terminology.

Thursday

Brian Grodsky, chair and professor in the department of political science at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, details how populism can function differently when it’s not paired with democracies.

Friday

Danielle Sukenik, instructor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, delves into new terms from dating apps and how they can affect our mental health.