Category: Academic Minute
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Most Popular Segment Award: Kevin Cokley, University of Texas at Austin – Imposter Syndrome
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute: For the Most Popular Segment Award: Kevin Cokley, distinguished teaching professor at the University of Texas at Austin, examined imposter syndrome and why college students often have this feeling. Kevin Cokley’s research can be broadly categorized in the area of African American psychology, with a focus…
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Commissioner’s Choice Award: Gretchen Sorin, Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta – Driving While Black
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute: For the Commissioner’s Choice Award: Gretchen Sorin, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor at the Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta, explored how Black Americans have had a different experience with cars. Gretchen Sullivan Sorin is Director and Distinguished Service Professor at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, a training…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.12.28)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2020.12.28 Monday, December 28th For the Commissioner’s Choice Award: Gretchen Sorin, distinguished professor at the Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta, explored how Black Americans have had a different experience with cars. Tuesday, December 29th For the Most Popular Segment Award: Kevin Cokley, distinguished teaching professor at the University…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.12.21-2020.12.25
The Academic Minute from 12.21 – 12.25 Monday, December 21st Rosalyn LaPier – University of Montana Solstice Rosalyn is an award winning Indigenous writer, ethnobotanist and environmental activist with a BA in physics and a PhD in environmental history. She works to revitalize Indigenous & traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), to address environmental justice &…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.12.14)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2020.12.14 Monday, December 14th Janet Donohoe, professor of philosophy, examines the role monuments play in a society. Tuesday, December 15th Kelly Dyar, assistant professor of nursing, looks at one way to get returning male veterans employed in a new field. Wednesday, December 16th Nisha Gupta, assistant professor of psychology,…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.12.07-2020.12.11
The Academic Minute from 12.07 – 12.11 Monday, December 7th Naminata Diabate – Cornell University Naked Agency Naminata Diabate is an associate professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University. A native of Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa, Naminata Diabate is a scholar of African and African diaspora studies with an emphasis on questions of sexuality and gender…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.12.07)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2020.12.07 Monday, December 7th Naminata Diabate, associate professor of comparative literature, explores a different kind of protest is happening in public. Tuesday, December 8th Derrick Spires, associate professor of English, determines how Black voices communicated through antebellum social media in the 1830s. Wednesday, December 9th Daniel Gallagher, senior lecturer, makes…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.11.30-2020.12.04
The Academic Minute from 11.30 – 12.04 Monday, November 30th Nancy D. Campbell – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Naloxone Professor Nancy Campbell is the Department Head in the Department of Science and Technology Studies. She is a historian of science, technology, and medicine who focuses on legal and illegal drugs, drug science, policy, and treatment,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.11.30)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2020.11.30 Monday, November 30th Nancy D. Campbell, professor the department of science and technology studies, discusses why naloxone-for-all is a tough sell. Tuesday, December 1st Nishtha Langer, assistant professor of business analytics, says despite the challenges women face in IT jobs, they may be more likely to get promoted…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.11.23-2020.11.27
The Academic Minute from 11.23 – 11.27 Monday, November 23rd Gretchen Sorin – Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta Driving While Black There are many studies that address the significant role that the automobile played in American life. But, that research is confined to the way the automobile affected white Americans. African American newspapers,…