Tag: Miami

  • The Academic Minute for 2024.09.23-2024.09.27

    The Academic Minute for 2024.09.23-2024.09.27

    The Academic Minute from 9.23 – 9.27 Monday Matt Knutson – University of North Dakota Arcade Games and Accessible Sport Matt Knutson (he/him) is an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota, where he directs the academic program in esports. His research focuses on the temporality of competitive gaming and the pre-history of esports.…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.23)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.23)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.09.23   Monday Matt Knutson, assistant professor at the University of North Dakota, looks into how accessible competitive gaming is a growing industry.   Tuesday Anthony James, professor and interim chair of family science and social work at Miami University, details how to fight back against chronic absenteeism in…

  • The Academic Minute for 2022.08.15-2022.08.19

    The Academic Minute for 2022.08.15-2022.08.19

      The Academic Minute from 08.15 – 08.19 Monday, August 15th Ranjith Ramasamy – University of Miami The Impacts of COVID-19 and its Vaccines on Male Fertility Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D., is an associate professor and director of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Reproductive Urology program. His extensive research in male fertility has…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.08.15)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.08.15)

    University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Week on The Academic Minute 2022.08.15   Monday, August 15th Ranjith Ramasamy, associate professor and director of reproductive urology, looks into whether COVID-19 vaccines harm male fertility.   Tuesday, August 16th Luanda Grazette, professor of medicine, examines why More patients are surviving heart failure than ever before.  …

  • The Academic Minute for 2022.07.25-2022.07.29

    The Academic Minute for 2022.07.25-2022.07.29

      The Academic Minute from 07.25 – 07.29 Monday, July 25th Joe Laycock – Texas State University Why Exorcism Won’t Go Away Joseph P. Laycock is the author of several books on religious history including The Penguin Book of Exorcisms. Tuesday, July 26th Evan Larson – University of Wisconsin Platteville Bringing People into the Wilderness…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.06.06)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.06.06)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.06.06   Monday, June 6th Vaishali Raval, professor of psychology at Miami University, explores if white families are having conversations about race with their children.   Tuesday, June 7th Christopher Junium, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at Syracuse University, explains why the asteroid that heralded the end…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.08.23-2021.08.27

      The Academic Minute from 08.23 – 08.27 Monday, August 23rd Ximena Garcia-Rada – Texas A&M University Consumers Value Effort over Ease When Caring for Closer Others I am an assistant professor of marketing at Mays Business School, Texas A&M University researching consumer behavior and well-being with an emphasis on close, personal relationships. ​I use a wide range…

  • The Academic Minute for 2020.07.13-2020.07.17

    The Academic Minute for 2020.07.13-2020.07.17

      The Academic Minute from 07.13 – 07.17 Monday, July 13th Suzanne Marchand – Louisiana State University Porcelain Suzanne Marchand received her BA from UC Berkeley in 1984 and her PHD from the University of Chicago in 1992.  She was assistant and associate professor at Princeton University between 1992 and 1999, at which time she…

  • The Academic Minute for 2019.10.14-10.18

    The Academic Minute for 2019.10.14-10.18

    The Academic Minute from 10.14 – 10.18 Monday, October 14th Megan Gerhardt – Miami University Managing Generational Differences in the Workplace Megan received her doctorate at the University of Iowa in 2003 in organizational behavior and human resource management. She is currently a Professor of Management at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she also…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.28)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.28)

    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…