Category: Academic Minute

This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.11.25   Monday Matthew Powers, associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington in Seattle, explores one vocation under constant pressure and why some are still called to do it.   Tuesday Zach Kowaleski, assistant professor of accounting at the University of Texas at Austin,…

The Academic Minute from 11.18 – 11.2 Monday Gale Sinatra – University of Southern California If You Want Americans To Pay Attention to Climate Change, Call it Climate Change Dr. Gale Sinatra is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Education and the Stephen H. Crocker Professor at the USC Rossier School of Education. Her areas…

This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.11.04   Monday Simon Blanchard, provost’s distinguished associate professor and dean’s professor at the McDonagh School of Business at Georgetown University, determines one area where mindfulness can particularly useful   Tuesday Irina Troconis, assistant professor of Latin American Studies at Cornell University, explores how Venezuelans are living with the…

The Academic Minute from 10.28 – 11.01 Monday Klint Kanopka – New York University Social-Emotional Skills in Education Klint Kanopka is an applied statistician who uses computational models to solve problems in educational and psychological measurement. His recent work includes the development of a mixture item response model that accounts for effects caused by variation…