Tag: Ronald Pies

  • Ronald Pies featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    Ronald Pies featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this weekā€˜s edition (#1389), Bob has selected…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.4.17-4.21

    The Academic Minute for 2017.4.17-4.21

    Academic Minute from 4.17 – 4.21 Monday, April 17th Corey BrettschneiderĀ – Brown University Travel Ban Legality Corey Brettschneider is professor of political science at Brown University, where he teaches courses in constitutional law and political theory. He is currently also a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Brettschneider was a visiting professor…

  • Ronald Pies, Tufts University – Alternative Facts: A Psychiatrist’s Guide

    Ronald Pies, Tufts University – Alternative Facts: A Psychiatrist’s Guide

    Weā€™ve all heard about alternative facts by now. Ronald Pies, professor of psychiatry at Tufts University, explores how we can tell whether someone is lying or just stating a falsehood? I am a psychiatrist and ethicist affiliated with SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; and Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. I write on…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.4.17)

    This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.4.17)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.4.17 Monday, April 17th Corey BrettschneiderĀ of Brown UniversityĀ discusses the legality of the recent travel ban from majority Muslim countries. Tuesday, April 18th Daniel OrensteinĀ of the University of California San Francisco explores a lesser known part of the failed American Health Care Act. Wednesday, April 19th Aaron KnochelĀ of Penn State…