Category: Academic Minute
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.03.24)
University of New England College of Business Week on The Academic Minute 2025.03.24 Monday Oak McCoy, assistant professor of economics in the college of business, examines a couple enduring legacies of the New Deal. Tuesday Norm O’Reilly, full professor and Dean of the College of Business, explores how sponsorship is changing in 2025.…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.03.17-2025.03.21
The Academic Minute from 3.17 – 3.21 Monday Andrea King – University of Chicago Questioning the Dark Side of Addiction Andrea King is a clinical and research psychologist with expertise in addictive disorders, including alcohol use disorder. Tuesday Joshua Rovner – American University Strategy and Grand Strategy Joshua Rovner is associate professor of international relations…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.03.17)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.03.17 Monday Andrea King, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago, tells us why our understanding of alcohol addiction may need a re-write. Tuesday Joshua Rovner, associate professor in the School of International Service at American University, delves into the difference between strategy…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.03.10-2025.03.14
The Academic Minute from 3.10 – 3.14 Monday Marcia Bjornerud – Lawrence University The Dark Side of the Enlightenment Marcia Bjornerud is a structural geologist whose research focuses on the physics of earthquakes and mountain building. She is the author of several books for popular audiences: Reading the Rocks, Timefulness, Geopedia and the recently published Turning to Stone: Discovering the…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.03.10)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.03.10 Monday Marcia Bjornerud, professor of geosciences and environmental studies at Lawrence University, describes the downsides of the Enlightenment. Tuesday Cara Furman, associate professor of early childhood education at Hunter College of the City University of New York, discusses practical wisdom for ethical decision making for teachers.…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.03.03-2025.03.07
The Academic Minute from 3.03 – 3.07 Monday Jo Mackiewicz – Iowa State University Learning Skilled Trades in the Workplace Jo Mackiewicz is a professor of rhetoric and professional communication at Iowa State University. She studies the communication of pedagogical and workplace interactions. She’s written several books and numerous articles, published in Technical Communication Quarterly, Technical Communication, Journal…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.03.03)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.03.03 Monday Jo Mackiewicz, professor of rhetoric and professional communication at Iowa State University, explains how to learn new skills in the workplace. Tuesday Grace Moore, associate professor of English at the University of Otago, explores fire in a literary context. Wednesday Matthew Redmond, Marie Curie…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.02.24-2025.02.28
The Academic Minute from 2.24 – 2.28 Monday Erik Van Aken – Rocky Mountain College Chaos and Cause Erik Van Aken is Instructor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Rocky Mountain College. His research focuses on the metaphysics of causality, scientific methodology, and debates on objectivity. Tuesday Ann Kronrod – University of Massachusetts Lowell What Can…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.02.24)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.02.24 Monday Erik Van Aken, instructor of philosophy and religious studies at Rocky Mountain College, explains why chaos theory has changed how we think about certain ideas in physics. Tuesday Ann Kronrod, associate professor of marketing at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, reads up on the language…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.02.17-2025.02.21
The Academic Minute from 2.17 – 2.21 Monday James Druckman – University of Rochester Does American Political Hostility Threaten Democracy? James Druckman is a professor of political science at the University of Rochester and has published approximately 200 articles and book chapters in political science, communication, economics, science, and psychology journals. He has authored, co-authored,…