The Academic Minute from 12.09 – 12.13
Monday
Emma McClendon – St. John’s University
Jeans: Universal and Unsustainable
Emma McClendon is Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies at St. John’s University in New York. While Associate Curator at The Museum at FIT from 2011-2020, she curated numerous critically acclaimed fashion history exhibitions including Power Mode: The Force of Fashion (2019), The Body: Fashion and Physique (2017) and Denim: Fashion’s Frontier (2015). She holds an MA Hons. in Art History from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and an MA in the History of Dress from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She is currently completing her PhD at the Bard Graduate Center for decorative arts, design history, and material culture in New York City. Her research focuses on the power dynamics inherent in clothing with a particular interest in body politics, labor, technology, and standardized sizing. Recent publications include Denim: Fashion’s Frontier (Yale, 2016), Power Mode: The Force of Fashion (Skira, 2019), and the forthcoming (Re)Dressing American Fashion: Wear as Witness (Yale, 2025.)
Tuesday
Soazig Le Bihan – University of Montana
How Science Really Works
Soazig Le Bihan is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Pre-Law Program at the University of Montana. She has been conducting research in the philosophy of science for more than 15 years. She has published articles on the interpretation of quantum mechanics, scientific modeling, dissent in science, science and values, and edited a public-facing volume providing a survey of issues in philosophy of physics (in French). She is currently working on a book on scientific understanding, with Armond Duwell, in which they articulate a novel view of scientific understanding that explains how the great diversity of scientific practices provides understanding as they contribute to problem-solving.
Wednesday
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang – University of Southern California
Transcendent Thinking and Teens
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang is a professor of education, psychology, and neuroscience at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education and founding director of the USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education (candle.usc.edu).
Thursday
Vincent Farallo – University of Scranton
How Does Becoming Poisonous Impact a Frog’s Physiology
Vincent Farallo Ph.D. is from Buffalo, NY where he grew up developing an interest in reptiles and amphibians. He received his B.Sc. from John Carroll University in 2006, followed by a M.Sc. from Texas State University- San Marcos in 2010. Dr. Farallo then completed his Ph.D. at Ohio University in 2017 studying how climate change impacts the habitat use of salamanders. He went on to a post-doctoral position at Virginia Tech and Yale University where he began studying how the physiology of organisms can influence how they are impacted by climate change. Starting in 2020 Vincent started as an Assistant Professor at The University of Scranton. He teaches courses focused on anatomy and physiology and is studying how amphibian physiology and ecology are influenced by changing climates.
Friday
Angela Murolo – St. Francis College
Community Support for Older People Leaving Prison
Angela S. Murolo, PhD is an Assistant Professor at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. She has written several articles on correctional responses to geriatric inmates, the increasingly older prison population, and geriatric parole. She has experience publishing as a solo-author and co-author in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Correctional Healthcare, Journal of Qualitative Criminology and Criminal Justice, SN Social Sciences and CUNY Law Review. She is currently contracted to write a book based on her dissertation research with NYU Press.
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