Category: This Week
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.09.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.9.26 Monday, September 26th Stephen Kane of San Francisco State University explores the cosmos for Second Earth candidates. Tuesday, September 27th Richard Stevens of the University of Connecticut examines if artificial light is disrupting our circadian rhythms. Wednesday, September 28th Stephanie Pfirman of Barnard College details if making a game of it…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.09.19-09.23
Academic Minute from 9.19 – 9.23 Monday, September 19th Claire Vallotton – Michigan State University Dads Mental Health Matters Dr. Vallotton earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Simpson College, and a Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of California, Davis, mentored by Larry Harper, Linda Acredolo, and Kathy Conger. Following a year as…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.09.19)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.9.19 Monday, September 19th Claire Vallotton of Michigan State University discusses the importance of fathers on a baby’s well being. Tuesday, September 20th Lorraine Maxwell of Cornell University examines if the condition of a school is representative of the quality of learning done within it. Wednesday, September 21st Andrew…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.09.12-09.16
Academic Minute from 9.12 – 9.16 Monday, September 12th Scott Campbell – University of Michigan Solitude Scott W. Campbell, PhD is Pohs Professor of Telecommunications and Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. His research helps explain mobile communication behaviors and consequences. Campbell’s work is published in Journal of Communication, Human Communication…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.09.12)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.9.12 Monday, September 12th Scott Campbell of the University of Michigan discusses solitude and how it’s disappearing in today’s connected world. Tuesday, September 13th Charles Mitchell the University at Buffalo details why mass extinction takes longer than an blink-of-the-eye event. Wednesday, September 14th Mary Steffel of Northeastern University examines…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.09.05-09.09
Academic Minute from 9.05 – 9.09 Monday, September 5th James Kimble – Seton Hall University Who was the real Rosie the Riveter? Most of my scholarship involves domestic propaganda and the way it helps to construct a rhetorical community even as it fosters depictions of an enemy or Other. The discourse of the World War…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.09.05)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.9.5 Monday, September 5th James Kimble of Seton Hall University determines who is the real Rosie The Riveter. Tuesday, September 6th Frank McAndrew of Knox College details why high school never ends. Wednesday, September 7th Vanessa Brown of Nottingham Trent University examines why fashion models don’t smile. Thursday, September 8th…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.08.29-09.02
Academic Minute from 8.29 – 9.02 Monday, August 29th Sasha Dall – University of Exeter Genes As Cues For Development The primary aim of my research is to explore how animals cope with the unexpected opportunities and dangers they face in their day-to-day lives. To this end, I study how animals collect and provide information…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.08.29)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.8.29 Monday, August 29th Sasha Dall of the University of Exeter examines why genes are a cue for development. Tuesday, August 30th Peter Weiss of the University of California Santa Cruz details why there is mercury in California’s fog. Wednesday, August 31st Joseph Dwyer of the University of New…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.08.22-08.26
Academic Minute from 8.22 – 8.26 Monday, August 22nd Julia Jaekel – University of Tennessee Knoxville Refugee Mother’s Child Care Practices Dr. Julia Jaekel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. She studied developmental psychology and received her PhD titled “Familial developmental factors of…