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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: Ellen Meiser, University of Hawaii at Hilo – Enduring the Heat of the Kitchen
It gets hot in the kitchen for many reasons. Ellen Meiser, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, explores how abusive behavior has become the norm in restaurants. Ellen is an Alaska-grown sociologist interested in qualitative research, social psychology, emotions, and the culinary industry. She is an assistant professor of sociology…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.07.10-2023.07.14
The Academic Minute from 7.10 – 7.14 Monday Mark Warschauer – University of California, Irvine Improving Children’s Learning Through Interactive TV Shows Dr. Warschauer is a professor of education and informatics and has worked with students at all levels since 1977. Outside of teaching, Dr. Warschauer is the director of the Digital Learning Lab where…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.10)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.10 Monday Mark Warschauer, professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine, explores how to make characters interact with the kids watching them on television. Tuesday Dennis McCarty, lecturer at the University at Albany, says we all have a role to play in our…