Tag: Boston
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.11.18)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.11.18 Monday Gale Sinatra, distinguished professor and Stephen H. Crocker chair professor of education and psychology dean for research at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, says using complex jargon can lessen the impact of a message. Tuesday Marcos Fernandez-Tous, assistant professor…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.02.26-2024.03.01
The Academic Minute from 2.26 – 3.01 Monday Greeshma Gadikota – Cornell University Lowering the Carbon Footprint of Cement Dr. Greeshma Gadikota is an Associate Professor and Croll Sesquicentennial Fellow in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a field appointment in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. Dr.…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.11.27-2023.12.01
The Academic Minute from 11.27 – 12.01 Monday Jay Zagorsky – Boston University Can Important Unions Collapse and Disappear? Jay Zagorsky is an economist who teaches at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. This summer he taught his 10,000th Boston University student. Professor Zagorsky has published three books and is working on his fourth entitled…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.11.27)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.11.27 Monday Jay Zagorsky, clinical associate professor at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, examines how one union that came and went due to technological inventions. Tuesday Marie-Claire Beaulieu, associate professor of classical studies at Tufts University, explores the mythology present in your garden. …
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The Academic Minute for 2022.07.04-2022.07.08
The Academic Minute from 07.04 – 07.08 Monday, July 4th Jay Zagorsky – Boston University Fireworks I am a cross-disciplinary researcher who has spent over two decades of researching a wide variety of personal wealth topics. I try to explain why some people become rich, others are poor and some move between these two…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.06.27-2022.07.01
The Academic Minute from 06.27 – 07.01 Monday, June 27th Trudi Jacobson – North-West University Students Reflect on Their Roles and Responsibilities as Wikipedia Editors Trudi Jacobson holds the rank of Distinguished Librarian Emerita at the University at Albany. Her career has focused on the intersections of pedagogy and information literacy. She is the co-author…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.06.27)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.06.27 Monday, June 27th Trudi Jacobson, extraordinary professor at North-West University, explores what responsibilities authors have on a public forum. Tuesday, June 28th Zachary McDowell, assistant professor in the department of communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, discusses representation on Wikipedia. Wednesday, June 29th Naniette…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.11.22-2021.11.26
The Academic Minute from 11.22 – 11.26 Monday, November 22nd Kerry Whigham – Binghamton University Reparations Kerry Whigham is Assistant Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University’s Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP). He received a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University. He has published articles in…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.10.25-2021.10.29
The Academic Minute from 10.25 – 10.29 Monday, October 25th Daniel Braaten – Texas Lutheran University What Influences Immigration Judges Daniel Braaten is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2012 and his Bachelor’s Degree in…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.10.25)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.10.25 Monday, October 25th Daniel Braaten, associate professor of political science at Texas Lutheran University, looks into what influences immigration judges. Tuesday, October 26th Ricardo Azziz, research professor in the school of public health at the University at Albany, says mergers are not always a bad thing. Wednesday,…