Category: Academic Minute
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The Academic Minute for 2023.11.06-2023.11.10
The Academic Minute from 11.06 – 11.10 Monday Paula Marantz Cohen – Drexel University Defining Good Conversation Paula Marantz Cohen is Dean of the Pennoni Honors College and Distinguished Professor of English at Drexel University. She is the author six novels and six non-fiction books, including, most recently, Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.11.06)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.11.06 Monday Paula Marantz Cohen, dean and distinguished professor of English at Drexel University, tells us why a good conversation can bring many benefits. Tuesday David Shorter, professor of world arts and culture at the University of California Los Angeles, discusses why first contact with extra terrestrials might…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.10.30-2023.11.03
The Academic Minute from 10.30 – 11.03 Monday Marjan Ehsassi – Johns Hopkins University Putting the Public Back in Policy Dr. Marjan H. Ehsassi is a Berggruen Future of Democracy Fellow (non-resident) and Strategic Director of the Democratic Action Fund. A former litigator and governance practitioner, she is an expert in citizen participation, democratic innovations,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.30)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.10.30 Monday Marjan Ehsassi, Berggruen Future of Democracy fellow and research and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, details why U.S. citizens feel like they are not being heard in politics. Tuesday Sarah Seymour, expat specialist and lecturer at Chiang Mai University, examines how humans are always…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.10.23-2023.10.27
The Academic Minute from 10.23 – 10.27 Monday Dawn Biehler – University of Maryland Baltimore County Learning From Central Park’s History Dawn Biehler is Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, and Affiliate Faculty in Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies, at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is author of Pests in the City: Flies,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.23)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.10.23 Monday Dawn Biehler, associate professor of geography and environmental sciences, at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, looks into the history of Central Park. Tuesday Marian Reven, clinical education assistant professor in the health sciences department at West Virginia University, discusses a simple way to help…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.10.16-2023.10.20
The Academic Minute from 10.16 – 10.20 Monday Heather Vough – George Mason University Why People Don’t Call Themselves Entrepreneurs Heather Vough is an associate professor of management at the George Mason University School of Business and a Ph.D. in Business Program Director. Her research interests include identity construction and sensemaking in organizations, professions, and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.16)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.10.16 Monday Heather Vough, associate professor of management at George Mason University, says many entrepreneurs don’t call themselves entrepreneurs when they should. Tuesday Sunmin Lee, professor in the department of medicine at the University of California, Irvine, explores the relationship between chronic diseases and sleep. Wednesday…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.10.09-2023.10.13
The Academic Minute from 10.9 – 10.13 Monday Kerry Dean Carso – SUNY New Paltz Follies in America Kerry Dean Carso is professor of art history at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she teaches courses on American art and architecture. She is the author of American Gothic Art and Architecture…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.09)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.10.09 Monday Kerry Dean Carso, professor of art history at SUNY New Paltz, delves into the history of follies in America. Tuesday Donald Lamkin, assistant professor of psychiatry & biobehavioral sciences at the University of California Los Angeles, explores why it not be as simple as just…