Category: Academic Minute
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.02.17)
University of Rochester Week on The Academic Minute 2025.02.17 Monday James Druckman, the Martin Brewer Anderson professor of political science, explores whether democracy under threat in today’s political climate. Tuesday John Tarduno, the William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of geophysics in the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, details how we’re still making…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.02.10-2025.02.14
The Academic Minute from 2.10 – 2.14 Monday Anya Jabour – University of Montana Katharine Bement Davis, “Childless Cat Lady”? Anya Jabour is Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana, where she teaches US women’s history, the history of American families and children, and the history of gender and sexuality in the US.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.02.10)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.02.10 Monday Anya Jabour, Regent’s professor of history at the University of Montana in Missoula, examines how motherhood was a big topic in the news in the last year. Tuesday Leia Minaker, associate professor in the school of planning at the University of Waterloo, examines how junk…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.02.03-2025.02.07
The Academic Minute from 2.03 – 2.07 Monday Jill Barton – University of Miami The U.S. Supreme Court’s Casual Writing Style Jill Barton is the author of three books on legal writing. Her latest, The Supreme Guide to Writing (Oxford University Press 2024), analyzed 10,000 pages of U.S. Supreme Court opinions to pinpoint grammar and…
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Sally Harris, University of Tennessee-Knoxville – Teaching the Detectives
On this Uncommon Courses segment: Critical thinking can be taught in many ways. Sally Harris, teaching professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, leans into storytelling to make the pitch. Sally C. Harris is a Teaching Professor in the English Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Harris teaches workplace writing, technical…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.02.03)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.02.03 Monday Jill Barton, professor and director of legal writing at the University of Miami School of Law, explores the changes to the writing styles of Supreme Court justices. Tuesday Han Xiao, director of SynthX Center and associate professor within the department of chemistry at Rice University,…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.01.27-2025.01.31
The Academic Minute from 1.27 – 1.31 Monday Ivy Bourgeault – University of Ottawa The Mental Well-Being of Professional Workers Dr. Ivy Bourgeault is a Professor in the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa and the University Research Chair in Gender, Diversity and the Professions. She has garnered an international reputation…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.01.27)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.01.27 Monday Ivy Bourgeault, professor in the school of sociological and anthropological studies at the University of Ottawa, determines what can be done to help the mental health of professional workers. Tuesday Sabari Rajan Karmegam, assistant professor of information systems and operations management at the Costello College of…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.01.20-2025.01.24
The Academic Minute from 1.20 – 1.24 Monday Idie Binitie Thurston – Northeastern University A Roadmap for Diversifying the Nation’s Academic Health Programs Idia Binitie Thurston, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor of Public Health & Health Sciences and Applied Psychology, Affiliate Professor of Africana Studies, and Associate Director of the Institute for Health Equity…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.01.20)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.01.20 Monday Idia Binitie Thurston, professor of public health & health sciences and applied psychology at Northeastern University, explores a roadmap to continue to diversify the nation’s academic health programs. Tuesday Richard E. Mattson, director of the undergraduate program and a professor of psychology at Harpur College…