Category: Academic Minute

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.05.10)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.05.10)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.05.10   Monday, May 10th Robert Edgell, professor of technology management at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, looks beyond our planet for innovation. Tuesday, May 11th Elizabeth Kiester, associate professor of sociology at Albright College, determines the reasons immigrant communities have been hit hard by the pandemic. Wednesday, May 12th Joseph…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.05.03-2021.05.07

    The Academic Minute for 2021.05.03-2021.05.07

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      The Academic Minute from 05.03 – 05.07 Monday, May 3rd William Powers – University of Houston Clear Lake The Transformative Effects of Higher Education for Incarcerated Students Dr. William Powers, Jr.  completed his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University in May 1993 in the field of 20th Century US History, specifically– the Petroleum Industry.  His dissertation,…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.05.03)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.05.03)

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    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

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      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

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    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)

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    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

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      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)

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    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

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      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)

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    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…