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  • The Academic Minute for 2017.3.20-3.24

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    Academic Minute from 3.20 – 3.24 Monday, March 20th Michael Mann – George Washington University Local Weather and Belief in Climate Change Michael Mann is an Assistant Professor of Geography at The George Washington University.   Here he teaches classes on GIS, Python programming, and spatial modeling.  His research has focused on the application of spatial…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.3.20)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.3.20 Monday, March 20th Michael Mann of George Washington University discusses if your local weather can affect your belief in climate change. Tuesday, March 21st Melissa Armstrong of the University of Florida looks into what you’re not telling your doctor. Wednesday, March 22nd Uriel Cohen Priva of Brown University examines…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.3.13-3.17

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    Academic Minute from 3.13 – 3.17 Monday, March 13th Jennifer Mueller – University of San Diego Leadership Resisting Creativity My research examines the biases people have against creative ideas and creative people. I wrote a paper, “The Bias Against Creativity” that went viral and was downloaded more than 65,000 times. Before joining the faculty at the…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.3.13)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.3.13 Monday, March 13th Jennifer Mueller of  the University of San Diego discusses business leaders rejecting creativity even when it could benefit them. Tuesday, March 14th Kishwar Rizvi of Yale University looks at art from Iran in the time of kings and queens. Wednesday, March 15th Yanmei Zheng of…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.3.6-3.10

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    Academic Minute from 3.6 – 3.10 Monday, March 6th Leigh Schmidt – Washington University in St. Louis Distrust in Non-Believers in America Leigh Eric Schmidt is the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics in 2011. From…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.3.6)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.3.6 Monday, March 6th Leigh Schmidt of Washington University in St. Louis discusses atheism and non-believers in America. Tuesday, March 7th Jeffrey Hall of the University of Kansas looks into having a sense of humor in relationships. Wednesday, March 8th Laura Gee of Tufts University examines which social ties…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.2.27-3.3

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    Academic Minute from 2.27 – 3.3 Monday, February 27th Isabel Gauthier – Vanderbilt University Sex Differences in Facial Recognition Gauthier studies visual object recognition, with particular emphasis on the plasticity of recognition mechanisms and their neural substrate. One issue that is of particular interest to her is how the visual system organizes itself into what…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.2.27)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.2.27 Monday, February 27th Isabel Gauthier of Vanderbilt University determines if there are sex differences in facial recognition. Tuesday, February 28th David Yamane of Wake Forest University looks into religion and guns. Wednesday, March 1st Erin Godfrey of New York University delves into civic engagement among youth. Thursday, March…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.2.20-2.24

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    Academic Minute from 2.20 – 2.24 Monday, February 20th Christopher Salas-Wright – University of Texas at Austin/Boston University Immigrant Mischaracterization 2016-present Assistant Professor School of Social Work, Boston University 2013-2016 Assistant Professor School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin 2015-2016 Faculty Research Associate Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.2.20)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.2.20 Monday, February 20th Christopher Salas-Wright of the University of Texas at Austin discusses immigrant mischaracterization. Tuesday, February 21st Peggy Albers of Georgia State University examines children and stories. Wednesday, February 22nd Matthew DeLisi of Iowa State University talks homicidal ideation. Thursday, February 23rd Ameae Walker of the University of…