Tag: Emily Bernate

  • Roanoke College Week on The Academic Minute (2018.12.17)

    Roanoke College Week on The Academic Minute (2018.12.17)

    Roanoke College Week on The Academic Minute 2018.12.17 Monday, December 17th Chris Lassiter discusses how estrogen helps out organs get in the right place. Tuesday, December 18th Lindsey Osterman delves into the perceptions of certain actors after the #MeToo movement. Wednesday, December 19th Steven Hughes examines how to improve LED technology. Thursday, December 20th Brooks…

  • The Academic Minute for 2018.12.10-12.14

    The Academic Minute for 2018.12.10-12.14

      Academic Minute from 12.10 – 12.14 Monday, December 10th Mark West – University of North Carolina Charlotte The Humanities and STEM Disciplines as Overlapping Circles Mark I. West is a Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he has taught since 1984. …

  • Emily Bernate, St. Edwards University – Politeness in U.S. Spanish

    Emily Bernate, St. Edwards University – Politeness in U.S. Spanish

    Emily Bernate, assistant professor of Spanish at St. Edward’s University, looks at softening our requests to sounds more polite. Emily Bernate is an assistant professor of Spanish at St. Edwards University. Her research interests include sociolinguistics and pragmatics, particularly gender differences in language and politeness norms. She has taught second-language and heritage languages courses in Spanish…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.12.10)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.12.10)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.12.10 Monday, December 10th Mark West of the University of North Carolina Charlotte discusses whether the Humanities and STEM disciplines can work together as overlapping circles. Tuesday, December 11th Celene Reynolds of Yale University delves into Title IX. Wednesday, December 12th Emily Bernate of St. Edwards University examines politeness…