Ken Gonzales-Day, Scripps College – Queer-ish
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On Scripps College Week: Photography can reveal many hidden things about the people who lived centuries ago. Ken Gonzales-Day, professor and Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art, looks back at some. Ken Gonzales-Day is a Los Angeles based artist whose…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.15)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.04.15 Scripps College Week Monday Ken Gonzales-Day, professor and Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art, explores how photography can reveal many hidden things from the past. Tuesday Myriam Chancy, Guggenheim Fellow and Hartley…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.04.08-2024.04.12
The Academic Minute from 4.08 – 4.12 Monday Moira Marsh – Indiana University Bloomington Celestial Creatures and the Mythology Behind the Solar Eclipse Moira Marsh is a folklorist and librarian at Indiana University Bloomington. She earned both her Ph.D. in…
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Annabelle Roberts, University of Texas at Austin – Why We Hate to Wait
We’re all tired of waiting. Annabelle Roberts, assistant professor of marketing at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, says we’re most impatient right before we get what we want. Annabelle Roberts is an assistant…
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Eranda Jayawickreme, Wake Forest University – How Can You Become a Good Thinker?
How can you become a good thinker? Eranda Jayawickreme, Harold W. Tribble professor of psychology at Wake Forest University, uses some brainpower to find out. Eranda Jayawickreme is the Harold W. Tribble Professor of Psychology and Senior Research Fellow at…
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Thi Tran, Binghamton University – Creating Tools to Better Track Online Misinformation
Which misinformation will cause the most harm is important to figure out. But how? Thi Tran, assistant professor of management information systems at Binghamton University, looks for a little help. Thi Tran is currently an assistant professor of management information…
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Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee – Buddhism and Gender Fluidity
Gender fluidity may be part of the current zeitgeist, but it’s not a wholly new topic. Megan Bryson, Lindsay Young associate professor of religious studies and chair of Asian studies at the University of Tennessee, examines one historical example. Dr.…
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Moira Marsh, Indiana University Bloomington – Celestial Creatures and the Mythology Behind the Solar Eclipse
On today’s Indiana University’s Total Solar Eclipse segment: Humans have long used stories to explain things we can’t understand, and an eclipse is no different. Moira Marsh, researcher and folklore librarian, uses mythology to tell the story of the darkened…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.08)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.04.08 Monday Moira Marsh, researcher and folklore librarian at Indiana University Bloomington, uses mythology to tell the story of the darkened daytime sky. Tuesday Megan Bryson, Lindsay Young associate professor of religious…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.04.01-2024.04.05
The Academic Minute from 4.01 – 4.05 Monday Philip Powell – Indiana University Bloomington Economic Impact of a Solar Eclipse Executive Director of the Indiana Business Research Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the…