Category: Academic Minute

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.05.03)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.05.03)

    University of Houston Clear Lake Week on The Academic Minute 2021.05.03   Monday, May 3rd William Powers, associate professor of history, determines the benefits of education in correctional facilities. Tuesday, May 4th Isabelle Kusters, assistant professor of exercise and health science, examines how COVID-19 has brought many unseen social impacts to the fore. Wednesday, May…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.04.26-2021.04.30

    The Academic Minute for 2021.04.26-2021.04.30

      The Academic Minute from 04.26 – 04.30 Monday, April 26th Ashley Lytle – Stevens Institute of Technology In-Shoe Sensors and Robot Companions Research topics:  Stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, intergroup relations, STEM engagement and retention, health, gender, sexual orientation, age, race/ethnicity, belief systems. Tuesday, April 27th Nadia Singh – University of Oregon How Organisms Cope With Environment…

  • Katelyn Knox, University of Central Arkansas – Race and National Identity in Contemporary France

    Katelyn Knox, University of Central Arkansas – Race and National Identity in Contemporary France

    How do you fight racism in a supposed post-racial society? Katelyn Knox, associate professor in the department of languages, linguistics, literatures and cultures at the University of Central Arkansas, examines one instance in Europe. I’m an Associate Professor of French at the University of Central Arkansas, where I specialize in 20th- and 21st-century French and…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.04.26)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.04.26)

    Kent State University Week on The Academic Minute 2021.04.26   Monday, April 26th Ashley Lytle, assistant professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, looks into in-shoe sensors and robot companions for seniors. Tuesday, April 27th Nadia Singh, associate professor of biology at the University of Oregon, looks to fruit flies to find out if environment…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.04.19-2021.04.23

    The Academic Minute for 2021.04.19-2021.04.23

      The Academic Minute from 04.19 – 04.23 Monday, April 19th Joshua Albrecht – Kent State University Music and the Language of Emotion Dr. Joshua Albrecht joined the Kent State University School of music’s theory faculty in 2019. Previously, he taught at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor for seven years as an associate professor of music…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.04.19)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.04.19)

    Kent State University Week on The Academic Minute 2021.04.19   Monday, April 19th Joshua Albrecht, assistant professor in the school of music, wonders why music affects our emotions. Tuesday, April 20th Colleen Novak, professor of biological sciences, examines a mechanism that might just help everyone lose that COVID-15. Wednesday, April 21st Angela Ridgel, professor of…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.04.12-2021.04.16

    The Academic Minute for 2021.04.12-2021.04.16

      The Academic Minute from 04.12 – 04.16 Monday, April 12th Bill Goffe – Penn State University Deliberate Practice and Teaching Bill Goffe (PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is a Teaching Professor at Penn State. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Economic Education and recently rotated off the American Economic…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.04.12)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.04.12)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.04.12   Monday, April 12th Bill Goffe, teaching professor of economics, explores how we make students more active in their learning. Tuesday, April 13th Justine Lindemann, assistant professor in community development and resilience, finds out what professors can learn by seeing how students are interacting. Wednesday, April 14th Katherine…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.04.05-2021.04.09

    The Academic Minute for 2021.04.05-2021.04.09

      The Academic Minute from 04.05 – 04.09 Monday, April 5th Matt Hendley – SUNY Oneonta What if the U.S. Followed the U.K. Parliamentary Model Dr. Matthew Hendley is Chair and Professor of History at the State University of New York – College at Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta).  Educated in Canada, he is a specialist in Modern…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.04.05)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.04.05)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.04.05   Monday, April 5th Matthew Hendley, professor of history at SUNY Oneonta, delves into the contrasting styles of governance between the U.S. and the U.K. Tuesday, April 6th Ryan Meldrum, associate professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice at the Florida International University, says negative messages…