Category: Academic Minute

  • The Academic Minute for 2022.10.03-2022.10.07

    The Academic Minute for 2022.10.03-2022.10.07

      The Academic Minute from 10.03 – 10.07 Monday, October 3rd Daniel George – Penn State College of Medicine The Power of Music: Effects of a Personalized Music Intervention for Persons with Dementia and their Caregivers Daniel R. George, Ph.D, M.Sc is Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Public Health Sciences at Penn…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.10.03)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.10.03)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.10.03   Monday, October 3rd Daniel George, associate professor in the department of humanities and public health sciences at the Penn State College of Medicine, explores one way to helps those in elder care have a better quality of life.   Tuesday, October 4th Thomas Doyle, associate professor of political…

  • The Academic Minute for 2022.09.26-2022.09.30

    The Academic Minute for 2022.09.26-2022.09.30

      The Academic Minute from 09.26 – 09.30 Monday, September 26th Frank McAndrew – Knox College Is Physically Risky Heroism a ‘Guy Thing’? Frank McAndrew is the Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College, a blogger for Psychology Today Magazine, and an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and several other scholarly…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.26)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.26)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.09.26   Monday, September 26th Frank McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College, explores why men feel the need for physical bravery more often.   Tuesday, September 27th Magnus Course, senior lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, explores the old and the new meanings of…

  • The Academic Minute for 2022.09.19-2022.09.23

    The Academic Minute for 2022.09.19-2022.09.23

      The Academic Minute from 09.19 – 09.23 Monday, September 19th Alana Jaydel – Fresno City College 2022: The Year of the Female Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Alana Jeydel (Ph.D., Political Science) teaches at Fresno City College. She has published two books and numerous refereed journal articles in the area of women and politics. Dr. William…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.19)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.19)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.09.19   Monday, September 19th Alana Jeydel, professor of political science at Fresno City College, discusses how more glass ceilings can and will be broken this November.   Tuesday, September 20th Zachary Neal, associate professor of psychology and global urban studies at Michigan State University, looks at reproductive rights…

  • The Academic Minute for 2022.09.12-2022.09.16

    The Academic Minute for 2022.09.12-2022.09.16

      The Academic Minute from 09.12 – 09.16 Monday, September 12th Aviva Philipp-Muller – Simon Fraser University Why are People Anti-Science and What Can We Do About It? Aviva Philipp-Muller is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Philipp-Muller’s research investigates attitude strength, persuasion, and consumer…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.12)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.12)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.09.12   Monday, September 12th Aviva Philipp-Muller, assistant professor of marketing at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, explains changing a person’s attitude on a subject can be tricky.   Tuesday, September 13th Markus Baer, professor of organizational behavior at the Olin Business School at Washington…

  • The Academic Minute for 2022.09.05-2022.09.09

    The Academic Minute for 2022.09.05-2022.09.09

      The Academic Minute from 09.05 – 09.09 Monday, September 5th Elizabeth Tricomi – Rutgers University Newark Pandemic Decision Making Is Difficult and Exhausting Elizabeth Tricomi received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006. Her dissertation research focused on how the brain responds to positive and negative feedback during learning.  She…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.05)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.05)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.09.05   Monday, September 5th Elizabeth Tricomi, associate professor of psychology at Rutgers University – Newark, examines why pandemic decision-making is so exhausting and difficult.   Tuesday, September 6th Suzanne McLeod, assistant Professor in the department of teaching, learning, and educational leadership at Binghamton University, looks at ways to…