Author: David Hopper
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.10)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.10 Monday Mark Warschauer, professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine, explores how to make characters interact with the kids watching them on television. Tuesday Dennis McCarty, lecturer at the University at Albany, says we all have a role to play in our…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.05.01-2023.05.05
The Academic Minute from 5.01 – 5.05 Monday Carolyn Fornoff – Cornell University Greening Mexican Cinema Carolyn Fornoff is assistant professor of Latin American studies at Cornell University. Her work examines how Mexican and Central American cultural production responds to environmental crisis. She is the co-editor of two volumes in the environmental humanities: Timescales: Thinking Across…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.04.24-2023.04.28
The Academic Minute from 4.24 – 4.28 Monday Cailyn Green – SUNY Empire State College The Impact of Employment on Treatment Completion Rates with DWI Offenders Cailyn Green, MS, Ph.D., CASAC is the Assistant Professor of Addiction Studies at the State University of New York, Empire State College. She has been a part of the…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.04.17)
University of Southern California Week on The Academic Minute 2023.04.17 Monday Robin Craig, Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and professor of environmental law, explores how a lack of water affects fighting COVID-19 for Native American tribes. Tuesday Thomas Petersen, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, delves in to find out…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.04.10-2023.04.14
The Academic Minute from 4.10 – 4.14 Monday Kate Mulligan – University of Toronto Loneliness as a Health Issue Dr. Kate Mulligan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and the Senior Director of the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing. Her work focuses on advancing community-scale leadership and intervention in health and health…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.03.27)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.03.27 Monday Moussa N’Gom, assistant professor in the department of physics, applied physics, and astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, explains how optics is the future. Tuesday Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish studies and professor of history at the University of South California, explores the history of…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.01.09)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.1.9 Monday, January 9th Ben Cotterill, lecturer in forensic psychology at Clemson University, examines whether children can provide reliable eyewitness testimony. Tuesday, January 10th Mneesha Gellman, associate professor of political science in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College, delves into the…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.01.02-2023.01.06
The Academic Minute from 1.2 – 1.6 Monday Minnita Daniel-Cox – University of Dayton Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Artist Legacy Dr. Minnita Daniel-Cox attended Bowling Green State University, where she received a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance, and the University of Michigan, where she earned both her Master of Music and her Doctorate of Musical…
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Best-Of Week 2022: Cara Giovanetti, New York University – Dark Matter
It’s Best Of Week on The Academic Minute. In our most listened to segment of 2022, Cara Giovanetti, Ph. D student in Physics at New York University, went in search of dark matter during New York University Week. Cara Giovanetti is a third-year graduate student in the NYU physics department, working towards a Ph.D. after…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.12.12)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.12.12 Monday, December 12th Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University, explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has not affected everyone equally. Tuesday, December 13th Chris Impey, university distinguished professor in the department of astronomy at the University of Arizona, explores the skies for clues for…