Tag: Laura Van Berkel

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.8.14-8.18

    The Academic Minute for 2017.8.14-8.18

    Academic Minute from 8.14 – 8.18 Monday, August 14th Donald Schaffner – Rutgers University Hand Washing Dr. Donald W. Schaffner is Extension Specialist in Food Science and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. His research interests include quantitative microbial risk assessment, predictive food microbiology, handwashing and cross-contamination. Dr. Schaffner has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications,…

  • Laura Van Berkel, University of Cologne – Men and Masculinity are Seen as American

    Laura Van Berkel, University of Cologne – Men and Masculinity are Seen as American

    Is America seen as a masculine country? Laura Van Berkel, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cologne, determines if citizens feel gender inequality is ingrained in our national identity. Laura Van Berkel is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Cologne in Cologne, Germany. She earned her doctorate from the University of Kansas in 2016.…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.14)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.14)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.8.14 Monday, August 14th Donald Schaffner of Rutgers University discusses the best way to wash our hands. Tuesday, August 15th Brock Bastian of the University of Melbourne explores why searching for happiness could be leading us to depression. Wednesday, August 16th Jessica Oster of Vanderbilt University delves underground to look…