Tag: Saida Heshmati

  • Saida Heshmati featured on The Best of our Knowledge

    Saida Heshmati 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 week‘s edition (#1440), Bob has selected…

  • The Academic Minute for 2018.04.02-04.06

    The Academic Minute for 2018.04.02-04.06

      Academic Minute from 3.26 – 3.30 Monday, April 2nd Shannon Pruden – Florida International University Gender Gap in STEM Dr. Pruden’s primary research interests lie at the intersection between developmental psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, and education. Employing a variety of methodologies (e.g., eye-tracking and naturalistic studies of language), and age groups (0-5 years), her…

  • Saida Heshmati, Penn State University – Felt Love

    Saida Heshmati, Penn State University – Felt Love

    What makes you feel loved? Saida Heshmati, postdoctoral research scholar at Penn State University, looks into whether actions really do speak louder than words. I am a postdoctoral research scholar in positive and Quantitative Psychology at Penn State University. I am interested in finding objective methods to measure complex cognitive and emotional behavior to examine…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.04.02)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.04.02)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.04.02 Monday, April 2nd Shannon Pruden of Florida International University examines how to reduce the gender gap in the STEM fields. Tuesday, April 3rd David Schultz of Hamline University discusses the benefits of getting involved in your local government. Wednesday, April 4th Anjali Joseph of Clemson University explores how…