Category: Academic Minute
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The Academic Minute for 2023.07.24-2023.07.28
The Academic Minute from 7.24 – 7.28 Monday Robin Morrison – University of Zurich Overcoming Adversity Robin Morrison is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich and an Affiliate Scientist at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda. She uses long-term data from wild gorillas to examine the…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.24)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.24 Monday Robin Morrison, senior researcher at the University of Zurich and affiliate scientist at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, determines how gorillas foster resilience. Tuesday Patrick James, Dana and David Dornsife Dean’s Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California, considers the lessons the U.S. can…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.07.17-2023.07.21
The Academic Minute from 7.17 – 7.21 Monday Linda Charmaraman – Wellesley College When It Comes to Teens and Screens, Pets Can Have Surprising Benefits Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College and director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab. Her research interests…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.17)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.17 Monday Linda Charmaraman, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, details how pets can help teens with screen time. Tuesday Paula Rochon, professor in the department of medicine at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto,…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.07.10-2023.07.14
The Academic Minute from 7.10 – 7.14 Monday Mark Warschauer – University of California, Irvine Improving Children’s Learning Through Interactive TV Shows Dr. Warschauer is a professor of education and informatics and has worked with students at all levels since 1977. Outside of teaching, Dr. Warschauer is the director of the Digital Learning Lab where…
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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 2023.07.03-2023.07.07
The Academic Minute from 7.3 – 7.7 Monday Gail Sahar – Wheaton College The Psychology of Blame Gail Sahar (pron.: suh-HARR) is the Jane Oxford Keiter Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where she teaches courses on social psychology, political psychology, and statistics. Her research focuses on attitudes toward controversial social issues, such as…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.03)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.03 Monday Gail Sahar, Jane Oxfor Keiter professor of psychology at Wheaton College, examines how politicians can do better when it comes to interacting with the public. Tuesday Michael Zalot, assistant professor of business and director of the MBA program in the department of Business, Management and…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.06.26-2023.06.30
The Academic Minute from 6.26 – 6.30 Monday Sophie Chao – University of Sydney Why Mourning Matters in the Anthropocene Sophie Chao is an anthropologist interested in the intersections of Indigeneity, ecology, capitalism, health, and justice in the Pacific. She is author of In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.06.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.06.26 Monday Sophie Chao, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow and Lecturer in the Discipline of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, says humans react to environmental change in many forms. Tuesday Joanne Dickson, professor of psychology and mental health at Edith Cowan University, determines the best way…