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  • The Academic Minute for 2017.8.28-9.1

    The Academic Minute for 2017.8.28-9.1

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    Academic Minute from 8.28- 9.1 Monday, August 28th Mark Canada – Indiana University Kokomo The Danger of Fake News Mark Canada, Professor of English and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Indiana University Kokomo, has drawn on his own experience in both journalism and literature to write extensively about the intersections of the two…

  • Erin Cooley, Colgate University – Groups and Sympathy

    Erin Cooley, Colgate University – Groups and Sympathy

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    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…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.28)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.28)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.8.28 Monday, August 28th Mark Canada of Indiana University Kokomo discusses the lure and danger of ‘fake news.’ Tuesday, August 29th Sahana Mukherjee of Gettysburg College explores how photos of the past can influence our national identity today. Wednesday, August 30th R. Khari Brown of Wayne State University examines how…