Category: This Week
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The Academic Minute for 2018.11.12-11.16
Academic Minute from 11.12 – 11.16 Monday, November 12th Kirsten Read – Santa Clara University Effect of Rhyming Books on Children’s Vocabularies Dr. Kirsten Read is an Assitant Professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University, specializing in cognitive psychology, research methods, and child development. She earned a doctorate in Psychology and a PhD Minor…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.11.12)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.11.12 Monday, November 12th Kirsten Read of Santa Clara University discusses the effect rhyming books have on a child’s vocabulary. Tuesday, November 13th Kelsey Lucca of the University of Washington delves into the persistence of infants. Wednesday, November 14th Tim Clydesdale of The College of New Jersey examines learning…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.11.05-11.09
Academic Minute from 11.05 – 11.09 Monday, November 5th Nathan Grawe The Great Recession and Higher Education Nathan is a labor economist with particular interests in how family background–from family income to number of siblings–shapes educational and employment outcomes. Many of his works study whether access to financial resources significantly limit these important measures…
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Carleton College Week on The Academic Minute (2018.11.05)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.11.05 Monday, November 5th Nathan Grawe of Carleton College examines how the Great Recession will affect higher education into the future. Tuesday, November 6th Jeffrey Snyder of Carleton College explores bias incidents on campus. Wednesday, November 7th Rika Anderson of Carleton College discusses hydro-thermal vents on the sea floor.…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.10.29-11.02
Academic Minute from 10.29 – 11.02 Monday, October 29th Minita Sanghvi – Skidmore College Gender and Biases in Politics Minita Sanghvi, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Management and Business Department at Skidmore College, where she teaches business, marketing, and a Scribner Seminar on gender and politics to first-year students. She specializes in…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.10.29)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.10.29 Monday, October 29th Minita Sanghvi of Skidmore College examines the gender biases women candidates face in politics. Tuesday, October 30th Ken Gobbo of Landmark College explores neurodiversity. Wednesday, October 31st John Loike of Touro College discusses using xenotransplantation to help reduce the lengthy organ donation waiting lists. Thursday,…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.10.22-10.26
Academic Minute from 10.22 – 10.26 Monday, October 22nd Ashley Taylor – Colgate University Intellectual Disability and the Producation of Knowledge I am Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at Colgate University. I teach educational foundations courses in disability studies, inclusive education, and philosophy of education. I received my Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.10.22)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.10.22 Monday, October 22nd Ashley Taylor of Colgate University examines who can be a producer of knowledge. Tuesday, October 23rd Joe Erlichman of St. Lawrence University explores if a new treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease could be on the way. Wednesday, October 24th Suman Seth of Cornell University discusses…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.10.15-10.19
Academic Minute from 10.15 – 10.19 Monday, October 15th David Jones – Amherst College Vulcanism and Mass Extinctions I am a geologist with interests in surface Earth history. I use stratigraphy and geochemistry to address questions about the co-evolution of life and Earth’s surface environments in deep time. Most of the rocks I study…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.10.15)
Amherst College Week on The Academic Minute 2018.10.15 Monday, October 15th David Jones examines if volcanoes are responsible for the mass extinctions in Earth’s history. Tuesday, October 16th Sheila Jaswal explores how to retain more women and underrepresented minorities in STEM programs. Wednesday, October 17th Josef Trapani discusses how hair cells do more than put…