Tag: MCLA
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The Academic Minute for 2025.11.17-2025.11.21
Monday Imran Mirza – Miami University Realistic Quantum Optical Models Dr. Imran Mirza is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Miami University of Ohio. Before his appointment at Miami, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University…
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Mohamad Junaid, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts – Ecological Disaster and Cultural Imagination
How do we tell if a pattern of ecological disasters is new or old? Mohamad Junaid, associate professor of sociology, anthropology and social work at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, looks through history to explore this. I am an anthropologist with a strong belief in teaching as crucial to creating a just, sustainable, and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.11.17)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.11.17 Monday Imran Mirza, associate professor of physics at Miami University, explores the future of computer science through quantum computing. Tuesday Alexis Redding, faculty co-chair of Higher Education and Lecturer on education at Harvard University, examines the W-curve of college life. Wednesday Mohamad Junaid, associate professor…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.09.22-2025.09.26
Monday Kent Kauffman – Purdue University Fort Wayne The Legal Standard that Safeguards Faculty When Students Sue Because of a Bad Grade Kent Kauffman is associate professor of Business Law and Ethics, and is the MBA Programs Faculty Liaison in the Doermer School of Business at Purdue University Fort Wayne, where he teaches in the undergraduate…
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Jenna Grace Sciuto, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts – Intersecting Colonial Worlds: Iceland and the US South
Two places on the globe that seem far apart may have more in common than previously thought. Jenna Grace Sciuto, professor of global anglophone literature at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, explores a couple. Jenna Grace Sciuto is a professor of English at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She received her BA from…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.09.22)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.09.22 Monday Kent Kauffman, associate professor of business law and ethics at Purdue University Fort Wayne, asks “What if a student sues a professor because of a bad grade?” Tuesday Timothy Williamson, assistant professor of psychological science at Loyola Marymount University, discusses how to replace stigma with…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.10.30-2023.11.03
The Academic Minute from 10.30 – 11.03 Monday Marjan Ehsassi – Johns Hopkins University Putting the Public Back in Policy Dr. Marjan H. Ehsassi is a Berggruen Future of Democracy Fellow (non-resident) and Strategic Director of the Democratic Action Fund. A former litigator and governance practitioner, she is an expert in citizen participation, democratic innovations,…
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Lisa Donovan, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts – Studying the Arts and Deep Learning
Studying the arts can lead to deep, rigorous learning. Lisa Donovan, professor of arts management at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, explores how arts can help the cause of academic rigor. Dr. Lisa Donovan is a professor in the Fine and Performing Arts Department at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Previously she served…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.30)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.10.30 Monday Marjan Ehsassi, Berggruen Future of Democracy fellow and research and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, details why U.S. citizens feel like they are not being heard in politics. Tuesday Sarah Seymour, expat specialist and lecturer at Chiang Mai University, examines how humans are always…
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The Academic Minute for 2019.04.01-04.05
The Academic Minute from 04.01 – 04.05 Monday, April 1st Michele Gilman – University of Baltimore School of Law Gender Pay Gap Michele Gilman is the Venable Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Professor Gilman directs the Civil Advocacy Clinic, where she supervises students representing low-income individuals and community groups…