This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.09.20)
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This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.09.20 Monday, September 20th Clifford F. Thies, professor of economics and finance at Shenandoah University, considers if war is good for a country’s economy. Tuesday, September 21st Tim Franz, professor of psychology at…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.09.13-2021.09.17
The Academic Minute from 09.13 – 09.17 Monday, September 13th Dana Ferraris – McDaniel College Discovering Anti-Viral Drugs to Treat COVID-19 Dana Ferraris, associate professor of Chemistry and the John Desmond Kopp Professorship in the Sciences, began teaching at…
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Eban Goodstein, Bard College – Educators and Climate Change
Everyone has a role to play in fighting climate change. Eban Goodstein, professor of economics at Bard College, explores the role educators can play. Goodstein is an economist and Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and the MBA in…
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Torsa Ghosal, California State University Sacramento – What Contemporary Literature and Science Tell Us about Forgetting
We don’t need to remember everything. Torsa Ghosal, assistant professor of English at California State University, Sacramento, examines why forgetting may be a good thing from time to time. Torsa Ghosal is an assistant professor of English at California State…
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Ryan Romine, Shenandoah University – A Radical Investment in Learning through Collaborative Exploration in the Arts
Positive student outcomes can be achieved in many different ways. Ryan Romine, associate professor of bassoon at Shenandoah University, examines one. Bassoonist, educator, and administrator Ryan D. Romine is Assistant Dean for Recruitment at Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, VA, USA), where…
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Kenneth Sider, Skidmore College – Confronting Whiteness in the Teacher Education Classroom
Who is hired as teachers has a big impact. Kenneth Sider, visiting assistant professor at Skidmore College, explains why. Dr. Kenneth Sider has served as a public-school teacher in upstate New York, an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick…
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Dana Ferraris, McDaniel College – Discovering Anti-Viral Drugs to Treat COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is offering a great teaching opportunity for faculty. Dana Ferraris, associate professor of chemistry at McDaniel College, discusses why. Dana Ferraris, associate professor of Chemistry and the John Desmond Kopp Professorship in the Sciences, began teaching at…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.09.13)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.09.13 Monday, September 13th Dana Ferraris, associate professor of chemistry at McDaniel College, discusses why the COVID-19 pandemic is offering a great teaching opportunity for faculty. Tuesday, September 14th Kenneth Sider, visiting assistant…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.09.06-2021.09.10
The Academic Minute from 09.06 – 09.10 Monday, September 6th Meredith Kneavel – LaSalle University Athletic Trainers: Unseen Healthcare Workers of the Pandemic Dr. Meredith Kneavel, Ph.D., has training as a biopsychologist whose foundational work was in the study…
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Mark Miller, Hokkaido University – Warping Effects of Social Media
The ills of social media are becoming more apparent by the day. Mark Miller, assistant professor at the Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience at Hokkaido University, looks inside to find another. Mark Miller is a philosopher of…