Category: This Week

  • 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…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.2.13-2.17

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    Academic Minute from 2.13 – 2.17 Monday, February 13th Akira O’Connor – University of St. Andrews Deja Vu I am interested in how contextual information and our expectations help (and hinder) the judgements we make about our memories. My research employs laboratory, online and neuroscientific experiments. In my spare time I enjoy running – I…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.2.13)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.2.13 Monday, February 13th Akira O’Connor of the University of St. Andrews discusses deja vu. Tuesday, February 14th Ryan Kelly of the University of Washington talks on how telling a good story is a good idea even in a science research paper. Wednesday, February 15th Kevin Caskey of SUNY…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.2.6-2.10

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    Academic Minute from 2.6 – 2.10 Monday, February 6th Indranil Goswami – University at Buffalo How to Boost Charitable Giving Indranil Goswami, assistant professor of marketing in the University at Buffalo School of Management, teaches marketing research and studies pro-social behavior, choice architecture, judgement and decision-making, and motivation and self-control. His research has been covered…