Category: This Week
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.15)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.04.15 Scripps College Week Monday Ken Gonzales-Day, professor and Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art, explores how photography can reveal many hidden things from the past. Tuesday Myriam Chancy, Guggenheim Fellow and Hartley Burr Chair in the Humanities, looks into the history of Caribbean women through their writing.…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.04.08-2024.04.12
The Academic Minute from 4.08 – 4.12 Monday Moira Marsh – Indiana University Bloomington Celestial Creatures and the Mythology Behind the Solar Eclipse Moira Marsh is a folklorist and librarian at Indiana University Bloomington. She earned both her Ph.D. in folklore and M.L.S. from Indiana University and has published research on folklore and humor theory.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.08)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.04.08 Monday Moira Marsh, researcher and folklore librarian at Indiana University Bloomington, uses mythology to tell the story of the darkened daytime sky. Tuesday Megan Bryson, Lindsay Young associate professor of religious studies and chair of Asian studies at the University of Tennessee, examines Buddhism and gender…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.04.01-2024.04.05
The Academic Minute from 4.01 – 4.05 Monday Philip Powell – Indiana University Bloomington Economic Impact of a Solar Eclipse Executive Director of the Indiana Business Research Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He is also an associate editor of Business Horizons,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.01)
Indiana University’s Total Solar Eclipse Week on The Academic Minute 2024.03.25 Monday Philip Powell, clinical assistant professor of business economics and public policy at the Kelley School of Business, looks into the effects of eclipse tourism. Tuesday Kimberly Rosvall, associate professor of biology, asks for help in finding out what animals may do…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.03.25-2024.03.29
The Academic Minute from 3.25 – 3.29 Monday Garriy Shteynberg – University of Tennessee-Knoxville Sharing Attention Across Societal Divides Garriy Shteynberg is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Garriy received his PhD in psychology from the University of Maryland, and a Master’s in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Oxford University.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.03.25)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.03.25 Monday Garriy Shteynburg, associate professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, explores how shared attention can be key to bridging the gaps between us in society. Tuesday Laurence Hurst, professor of evolutionary genetics at the University of Bath, explores the differences between those who…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.03.18-2024.03.22
The Academic Minute from 3.18 – 3.22 Monday Elise Sobo – San Diego State University What is a South Bath? Guidelines For Getting a Good One Elisa (EJ) Sobo, PhD, is a professor of anthropology at San Diego State University. Past President of the Society for Medical Anthropology, Sobo has published thirteen books and numerous…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.03.18)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.03.18 Monday Elisa Sobo, professor of anthropology at San Diego State University, discusses sound baths and how to get a good one. Tuesday Shuang-Ye Wu, professor and chair of the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences at the University of Dayton, breaks down why global warming has…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.03.11-2024.03.15
The Academic Minute from 3.11 – 3.15 Monday Daniel Newton – University of Iowa How to Make “Jeopardy!” Work for Your Career Daniel Newton is an assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of speaking up at…