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The Academic Minute for 2023.12.25-2023.12.29
The Academic Minute from 12.25 – 12.29 Monday Bryant Simon – Temple University The History of Public Bathrooms, a Story of Inequality A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Bryant Simon is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of History at Temple University. He is the author of four books about US History,…
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Best-Of 2023 Week: David Shoemaker, Cornell University – Why Psychopaths Have Bad Senses of Humor
On Cornell University Week: The lack of a sense of humor could mean bad things. David Shoemaker, professor and interim chair of the Sage School of Philosophy, explores why. David Shoemaker is a Professor and Interim Chair of the Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University. His research focuses on humor and morality, agency and responsibility,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.12.25)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.12.25 Monday Bryant Simon, professor of history at Temple University, looked at why public restrooms can cause such an issue in society. Tuesday Ellen Meiser, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, explored how abusive behavior has become the norm in restaurants. …
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The Academic Minute for 2023.05.01-2023.05.05
The Academic Minute from 5.01 – 5.05 Monday Carolyn Fornoff – Cornell University Greening Mexican Cinema Carolyn Fornoff is assistant professor of Latin American studies at Cornell University. Her work examines how Mexican and Central American cultural production responds to environmental crisis. She is the co-editor of two volumes in the environmental humanities: Timescales: Thinking Across…
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David Shoemaker, Cornell University – Why Psychopaths Have Bad Senses of Humor
On Cornell University Week: The lack of a sense of humor could mean bad things. David Shoemaker, professor and interim chair of the Sage School of Philosophy, explores why. David Shoemaker is a Professor and Interim Chair of the Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University. His research focuses on humor and morality, agency and responsibility,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.05.01)
Cornell University Week on The Academic Minute 2023.05.01 Monday Carolyn Fornoff, assistant professor of Latin American Studies, examines how cinema can go green. Tuesday David Shoemaker, professor and interim chair of the Sage School of Philosophy, explores why psychopaths lack a sense of humor. Wednesday Debanjan Chowdhury, assistant professor of physics, determines…