Tag: Indiana
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The Academic Minute for 2024.04.08-2024.04.12
The Academic Minute from 4.08 – 4.12 Monday Moira Marsh – Indiana University Bloomington Celestial Creatures and the Mythology Behind the Solar Eclipse Moira Marsh is a folklorist and librarian at Indiana University Bloomington. She earned both her Ph.D. in folklore and M.L.S. from Indiana University and has published research on folklore and humor theory.…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.05.08-2023.05.12
The Academic Minute from 5.08 – 5.12 Monday Miriam Wallace – New College of Florida Free Speech and the 1780s Elocution Movement Miriam L. Wallace is Professor of English and Gender Studies at New College of Florida where she has taught English literature from 1660 forward since 1995. She is the author of Revolutionary Subjects in the…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.01.24-2022.01.28
The Academic Minute from 01.24 – 01.28 Monday, January 24th Peter F. Cannavo – Hamilton College Climate Migration: Facing the Inevitable Peter F. Cannavò works and teaches in the areas of political theory; environmental theory and politics; climate politics; and geography and the politics of place. Cannavò is the author of The Working Landscape:…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.11.01-2021.11.05
The Academic Minute from 11.01 – 11.05 Monday, November 1st Richard Aronson – Florida Institute of Technology Understanding the Impact of Climate Change on Sea Life His research explores the response of marine communities to environmental changes in deep time. His primary focus is on coral reefs and subtidal communities in Antarctica and on…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.11.01)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.11.01 Monday, November 1st Richard Aronson, professor and head of the Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences department at the Florida Institute of Technology, dives in to look at the effects of climate change on sea life. Tuesday, November 2nd Filippo Menczer, professor of informatics and computer science at…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.09.27)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.09.27 Monday, September 27th Amy Lueck, associate professor of rhetoric and composition at Santa Clara University, explains why English professors don’t only study books. Tuesday, September 28th Allison BrckaLorenz, associate research scientist at Indiana University Bloomington, explores what contributes to a motivated teaching environment in higher education. Wednesday,…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.05.17-2021.05.21
The Academic Minute from 05.17 – 05.21 Monday, May 17th Barbara Rumain – Touro College Teenagers are More Susceptible to Getting COVID-19 than Older Adults Dr. Barbara Rumain received a B.A. in mathematics from Columbia University and then a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from New York University. Her areas of interest include: how people learn…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.05.17)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.05.17 Monday, May 17th Barbara Rumain, associate professor of psychology at Touro College, examines whether teenagers are more susceptible to contracting COVID-19. Tuesday, May 18th William D. Ramos, associate professor in the department of health & wellness design at Indiana University Bloomington, explains why water safety continues to…
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The Academic Minute for 2019.05.27-05.31
The Academic Minute from 05.27 – 05.31 Monday, May 27th Lorie Vanchena – University of Kansas World War I Poetry Lorie A. Vanchena, associate professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures at the University of Kansas, is author of a monograph and articles on 19th-century German political poetry. She also published Anton in America: A Novel from…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.05.27)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.05.27 Monday, May 27th Lorie Vanchena of the University of Kansas examines the poetry written during of World War I. Tuesday, May 28th Stephanie Carr of Hartwick College discusses what microorganisms are doing for you. Wednesday, May 29th Travis Fox of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism explores…