This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.12.09)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.12.09

Monday

Emma McClendon, assistant professor of fashion studies at St. John’s University, delves into why jeans are so popular but also unsustainable.

Tuesday

Soazig Le Bihan, professor of philosophy and pre-law program director at the University of Montana, says our knowledge of how science works may need an update.

Wednesday

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Fahmy and Donna Atallah Chair in Humanistic Psychology and Professor of education, psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California, discusses how transcendent thinking can help teenagers.

Thursday

Vincent Farallo, assistant professor at the University of Scranton, looks into the physiology of poison dart frogs.

Friday

Angela Murolo, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at St. Francis College, takes a look at who is willing to help older inmates when they are released from prison.