Category: This Week
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.08.22)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.8.22 Monday, August 22nd Julia Jaekel of the University of Tennessee Knoxville examines the child care practices of refugee mothers. Tuesday, August 23rd Guillermo Aguilar of the University of California Riverside details a window to the brain. Wednesday, August 24th John Cummings of Siena College discusses the neutrino. Thursday,…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.08.15-08.19
Academic Minute from 8.15 – 8.19 Monday, August 15th Thomas Brown – McGill University Risky Drivers Thomas G. Brown, Ph.D. and his team of students and collaborators are developing psychosocial interventions to combat substance abuse. They also aim to identify individual characteristics of vulnerability in order to optimally provide the most suitable intervention. In addition,…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.08.15)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.8.15 Monday, August 15th Thomas Brown of McGill University examines the different types of risky drivers. Tuesday, August 16th Robert Brinkmann of Hofstra University explores deep underground and whether caves can help us prepare for life in outer space. Wednesday, August 17th Kim Burchiel of Oregon Health & Science…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.08.08-08.12
Academic Minute from 8.8 – 8.12 Monday, August 8th Heather Reid – Morningside College Commercialism of the Olympics Heather Reid is a scholar of the philosophy of sport at Morningside College in Iowa https://www.morningside.edu/ and is the author of six books related to sports philosophy and the Olympics. Reid, who was recently voted distinguished scholar…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.08.08)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.8.8 Monday, August 8th Heather Reid of Morningside College examines the commercialization of the Olympic Games. Tuesday, August 9th Marcus Crede of Iowa State University explores if grit is overrated. Wednesday, August 10th Victoria Vieira-Potter of University of Missouri delves into the gut to see what exercise does for…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.08.01-08.05
Academic Minute from 8.1 – 8.5 Monday, August 1st Adrianne John Galang – De La Salle University Of Creativity and Psychopaths I have taught at the leading university in the Philippines (the University of the Philippines) and at De La Salle University (DLSU), the most productive private research university. I have taught undergraduate and graduate…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.08.01)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.7.25 Monday, August 1st Adrianne John Galang of De La Salle University discusses why creativity and psychopathy may go together. Tuesday, August 2nd Robert Edgell of SUNY Polytechnic Institute explores seeing in 3D. Wednesday, August 3rd Barbara Looney of Black Hills State University delves into re-learning conversation skills. Thursday,…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.07.25-07.29
Academic Minute from 7.25 – 7.29 Monday, July 25th Jonathan Wynn – University of Massachusetts Amherst Festivals Jonathan Wynn works at the intersection of urban and cultural sociology. His two major publications are The Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York (2011, University of Chicago Press, Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries Series) and Music/City (2015, University…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.07.25)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.7.25 Monday, July 25 Jonathan Wynn of the University of Massachusetts Amherst discusses why festivals are better for cities than building more concrete buildings. Tuesday, July 26 Henna-Riikka Peltola of the University of Jyvaskyla explores sadness in music. Wednesday, July 27 Andrew Ching of the University of Toronto examines…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.07.18-07.22
Academic Minute from 7.18 – 7.22 Monday, July 18th Gary Lewandowski – Monmouth University Should I Stay or Should I Go? Dr. Lewandowski’s research focuses on self and intimate relationships. He has published over 20 journal articles, over a dozen book chapters, received 12 grants, and given over 80 conference presentations (the vast majority of…