Category: Academic Minute
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.08.08)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.08.08 Monday, August 8th Karen Cerulo, full professor of sociology at Rutgers University, explains how striving to achieve our dreams can make things better for everyone. Tuesday, August 9th John Tures, professor of political science at LaGrange College, examines whether red flag laws help lower gun deaths…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.08.01-2022.08.05
The Academic Minute from 08.01 – 08.05 Monday, August 1st Lynn Addington – American University Pandemic Planning With Older Adults in Mind Lynn A. Addington, JD, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology at American University in Washington, D.C. Her research focuses on fatal and non-fatal violent victimization (with…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.08.01)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.08.01 Monday, August 1st Lynn Addington, professor of justice, law and criminology at American University, discusses how to make the next pandemic easier for one group. Tuesday, August 2nd Josh Draper, lecturer in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, discusses how to make dining out…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.07.25-2022.07.29
The Academic Minute from 07.25 – 07.29 Monday, July 25th Joe Laycock – Texas State University Why Exorcism Won’t Go Away Joseph P. Laycock is the author of several books on religious history including The Penguin Book of Exorcisms. Tuesday, July 26th Evan Larson – University of Wisconsin Platteville Bringing People into the Wilderness…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.07.25)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.07.25 Monday, July 25th Joe Laycock, associate professor of religious studies at Texas State University, determines why exorcisms are staying with us. Tuesday, July 26th Evan Larson, professor of environmental sciences & society at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, looks at how we think of certain spaces may…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.07.18-2022.07.22
The Academic Minute from 07.18 – 07.22 Monday, July 18th Benjamin Weissman – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Emoji: Language or Communication? Benjamin Weissman is a leading expert in the field of emoji. Weissman’s research focuses on meaning in conversation from a cognitive and linguistic perspective. With a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Illinois…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.07.18)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week on The Academic Minute 2022.07.18 Monday, July 18th Benjamin Weissman, lecturer of cognitive science, discusses whether emojis are a language unto themselves. Tuesday, July 19th Robert Karlicek, Professor and Director of the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications, examines light sculpting. Wednesday, July 20th Susan Smith, lecturer…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.07.11-2022.07.15
The Academic Minute from 07.11 – 07.15 Monday, July 11th Teddy Wilson – University at Albany The Co-Occurrence of Illegal Gun Carrying and Gun Violence Exposure Theodore “Teddy” Wilson is an assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice in Rockefeller College at the University at Albany, SUNY. Teddy’s primary research interests include decision…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.07.11)
Rockefeller College Of Public Affairs & Policy Week on The Academic Minute 2022.07.11 Monday, July 11th Teddy Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice, examines efforts to limit the number of guns on the street. Tuesday, July 12th Patricia Strach, professor of political science and public administration & policy, explains how…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.07.04-2022.07.08
The Academic Minute from 07.04 – 07.08 Monday, July 4th Jay Zagorsky – Boston University Fireworks I am a cross-disciplinary researcher who has spent over two decades of researching a wide variety of personal wealth topics. I try to explain why some people become rich, others are poor and some move between these two…