Tag: Colgate University
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Robert Garland 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 and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1413), Bob has selected…
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Krista Ingram, Colgate University – The Decision Making of Early Birds and Night Owls
Early bird or night owl? Krista Ingram, associate professor of biology at Colgate University, examines how when you go to sleep or wake up can affect your decision making process throughout the day. Research interests include social behavior, chronobiology, human behavior, molecular ecology, tropical conservation genetics, and comparative sociogenomics. Teaching interests include animal behavior, evolutionary…
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Robert Garland, Colgate University – Refugees Past and Present
The refugee crisis is ongoing. Robert Garland, professor of the classics at Colgate University, examines a past refugee crisis, and connects it to our present. Dr. Robert S.J. Garland is the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University. He earned his B.A. in Classics from Manchester University, his M.A.…
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Erin Cooley, Colgate University – Groups and Sympathy
Be careful how you talk about groups of people. Erin Cooley, assistant professor of psychology at Colgate University, delves into how language affects what we think of people and their experiences. My research examines the cognitive, affective, and physiological mechanisms behind intergroup conflict and discrimination. I am particularly focused on understanding factors that lead people…
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Susan Thomson, Colgate University – 20th Anniversary of Genocide in Rwanda
It has been 20 years since the genocide in Rwanda. Susan Thomson, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies at Colgate University, examines life in the African nation since those tragic days. Susan Thomson is assistant professor of peace and conflict studies at Colgate University. She is author of Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to…