Category: This Week
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.10)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.10 Monday Mark Warschauer, professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine, explores how to make characters interact with the kids watching them on television. Tuesday Dennis McCarty, lecturer at the University at Albany, says we all have a role to play in our…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.07.03-2023.07.07
The Academic Minute from 7.3 – 7.7 Monday Gail Sahar – Wheaton College The Psychology of Blame Gail Sahar (pron.: suh-HARR) is the Jane Oxford Keiter Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where she teaches courses on social psychology, political psychology, and statistics. Her research focuses on attitudes toward controversial social issues, such as…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.03)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.03 Monday Gail Sahar, Jane Oxfor Keiter professor of psychology at Wheaton College, examines how politicians can do better when it comes to interacting with the public. Tuesday Michael Zalot, assistant professor of business and director of the MBA program in the department of Business, Management and…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.06.26-2023.06.30
The Academic Minute from 6.26 – 6.30 Monday Sophie Chao – University of Sydney Why Mourning Matters in the Anthropocene Sophie Chao is an anthropologist interested in the intersections of Indigeneity, ecology, capitalism, health, and justice in the Pacific. She is author of In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.06.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.06.26 Monday Sophie Chao, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow and Lecturer in the Discipline of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, says humans react to environmental change in many forms. Tuesday Joanne Dickson, professor of psychology and mental health at Edith Cowan University, determines the best way…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.06.19-2023.06.23
The Academic Minute from 6.19 – 6.23 Monday John Cigliano – Cedar Crest College Microplastics John A. Cigliano, Ph.D., is a professor of biology and director of environmental conservation at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He also serves as an Earthwatch Institute principal investigator and as adjunct research faculty at the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park in Maine. Cigliano, who…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.06.19)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.06.19 Monday John A. Cigliano, professor of biology and director of environmental conservation at Cedar Crest College, explores how microplastics move through the ecosystem. Tuesday Ryayo Terao, associate professor in the department of entertainment technology at New York City College of Technology at the City University of…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.06.12-2023.06.16
The Academic Minute from 6.12 – 6.16 Monday Cailyn Green – Empire State University Defining Polysubstance Use in Adolescents 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 SUNY academic team since 2014. She earned…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.06.12)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.06.12 Monday Cailyn Green, assistant professor of addiction studies at SUNY Empire State College, examines the health effects of teen substance use. Tuesday Stephen McNeill, senior lecturer of communication at Kennesaw State University, examines one technology that can let you know if you’re getting too much sun exposure. …
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The Academic Minute for 2023.06.05-2023.06.09
The Academic Minute from 6.05 – 6.09 Monday Saurabh Chatterjee – University of California, Irvine How Blue-Green Algae Can Increase Severity of Liver Disease Dr. Chatterjee is a human physiologist with specialized training in immunology. After completing his PhD in inflammation biology, he pursued his postdoctoral work at NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences…