Category: This Week

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.05.08)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.05.08)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.05.08   Monday Miriam Wallace, professor of English and gender studies at New College of Florida, explores why exercising rights can be key to a healthy society.   Tuesday Brad Garner, associate professor of education and digital learning scholar in residence at Indiana Wesleyan University, explores how faculty can…

  • The Academic Minute for 2023.05.01-2023.05.05

    The Academic Minute for 2023.05.01-2023.05.05

    The Academic Minute from 5.01 – 5.05 Monday Carolyn Fornoff – Cornell University Greening Mexican Cinema Carolyn Fornoff is assistant professor of Latin American studies at Cornell University. Her work examines how Mexican and Central American cultural production responds to environmental crisis. She is the co-editor of two volumes in the environmental humanities: Timescales: Thinking Across…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.05.01)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.05.01)

    Cornell University Week on The Academic Minute 2023.05.01   Monday Carolyn Fornoff, assistant professor of Latin American Studies, examines how cinema can go green.   Tuesday David Shoemaker, professor and interim chair of the Sage School of Philosophy, explores why psychopaths lack a sense of humor.   Wednesday Debanjan Chowdhury, assistant professor of physics, determines…

  • The Academic Minute for 2023.04.24-2023.04.28

    The Academic Minute for 2023.04.24-2023.04.28

    The Academic Minute from 4.24 – 4.28 Monday Cailyn Green – SUNY Empire State College The Impact of Employment on Treatment Completion Rates with DWI Offenders Cailyn Green, MS, Ph.D., CASAC is the Assistant Professor of Addiction Studies at the State University of New York, Empire State College. She has been a part of the…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.04.24)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.04.24)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.04.24   Monday Cailyn Green, assistant professor of addiction studies in the School of Human Services at SUNY Empire State College, discusses one way to cut down on recidivism for those driving under the influence.   Tuesday Lingyao Yuan, assistant professor in the department of information system and business…

  • The Academic Minute for 2023.04.17-2023.04.21

    The Academic Minute for 2023.04.17-2023.04.21

    The Academic Minute from 4.17 – 4.21 Monday Robin Craig – University of Southern California Without Water, Native American Tribes Hit Hard by the Pandemic Robin Craig is the Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where her research focuses on “all things water,” especially…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.04.17)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.04.17)

    University of Southern California Week on The Academic Minute 2023.04.17   Monday Robin Craig, Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and professor of environmental law, explores how a lack of water affects fighting COVID-19 for Native American tribes.   Tuesday Thomas Petersen, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, delves in to find out…

  • The Academic Minute for 2023.04.10-2023.04.14

    The Academic Minute for 2023.04.10-2023.04.14

    The Academic Minute from 4.10 – 4.14 Monday Kate Mulligan – University of Toronto Loneliness as a Health Issue Dr. Kate Mulligan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and the Senior Director of the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing. Her work focuses on advancing community-scale leadership and intervention in health and health…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.04.10)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.04.10)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.04.10   Monday Kate Mulligan, assistant professor of social and behavioral health sciences at the University of Toronto, says loneliness is a growing health problem, but how do medical professionals treat it?   Tuesday Joanne Dickson, professor of psychology and mental health at Edith Cowan University, explores how mental flexibility can…

  • The Academic Minute for 2023.04.03-2023.04.07

    The Academic Minute for 2023.04.03-2023.04.07

    The Academic Minute from 4.03 – 4.07 Monday Sarah Abreveya Stein – University of California Los Angeles The Intersectional Space of a Vichy French WWII Labor Camp in the Algerian Sahara Sarah Abrevaya Stein is Professor of History, Sady and Ludwig Kahn Director of the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, and Viterbi Family…