Lisa Huisman Koops, Case Western Reserve University – Mobile Music Making
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Car rides might be the optimal time to engage children musically. Dr. Lisa Huisman Koops, associate professor of Music Education at Case Western Reserve University, details the closed environment of the car as an ideal location to musically bond with…
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Robin Soster, University of Arkansas – The Bottom Dollar Effect
Is the satisfaction of one’s purchase dependent upon the money left after the transaction is complete? Dr. Robin Soster, professor in The Walton College‘s Department of Marketing at The University of Arkansas, discusses the bottom dollar effect. Dr. Robin Soster…
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Amanda Kibler featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts…
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Kirstin Matthews, Rice University – Biomedical Patents
With new technological advances come unforeseen legal issues. Dr. Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at Rice University, addresses the patenting process in the biotechnology field. Dr. Kirstin Matthews‘ research focuses on ethical and policy issues related to…
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Patrick Forber, Tufts University – Evolution of Spite
Evolutionary theorists, by contrast, are studying what might be viewed as the brighter side of spite, and the role it may have played in the origin of admirable traits like a cooperative spirit and a sense of fair play –…
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William Alex Pridemore, GSU – Incarceration and Early Death
The health care of prisoners is a topic familiar to the The Academic Minute. Where the previous segment focused on the positives of expanding health care for the incarcerated, Dr. William Alex Pridemore, criminologist at Georgia State University, discusses the…
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Ching-Hua Chuan, University of North Florida – Composing with Computers
If you’ve seen the Academy Award winning film Amadeus, you’ll recall the laborious depictions of Mozart as he composed his musical masterpieces using pen and ink. Dr. Ching-Hua Chuan, assistant professor of computing at The University of North Florida, is…
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Hawley Montgomery-Downs, WVU – Sleep Disruption
The image of the sleep-deprived parent tending to a middle-of-the-night feeding is a common one when you think about caring for an infant child. However, as Dr. Hawley Montgomery-Downs, a psychologist at West Virginia University, will tell us, fragmented sleep…
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Kirsten Beyer featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts…
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Radu Sporea, University of Surrey – Engineering Complexity
That smart-phone in your pocket is one amazing device. Dr. Radu Sporea, The Academic Minute‘s resident technology guru, discusses the astonishing intricacies of technology that we often take for granted. Dr. Radu Sporea is Royal Academy of Engineering Academic Research Fellow in…