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  • Branwen Williams, Scripps College – Global Warming

    Branwen Williams, Scripps College – Global Warming

    On Scripps College Week:  How much of recent global warming would have happened without humans? Branwen Williams, associate professor of environmental science, looks into the data to find the answer. Dr. Branwen Williams’s research develops the techniques that we use to generate records of our past ocean and climate variability, and uses these records to understand…

  • Jennifer Groscup, Scripps College – Consent to Search

    Jennifer Groscup, Scripps College – Consent to Search

    On Scripps College Week:  Do you have to let the government search you? Jennifer Groscup, associate professor of psychology, has the answer. My primary area of research interest is in the intersection of psychology and law. I am particularly interested in legal decision making, expert evidence, scientific evidence, and the affect of attitudes and pre-existing…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.06.01)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.06.01)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.06.01 Monday, June 1st Jennifer Groscup, associate professor of psychology, discusses citizen’s knowledge and use of the Fourth Amendment. Tuesday, June 2nd Branwen Williams, associate professor of environmental science, looks into how much of recent global warming would have occured without humans. Wednesday, June 3rd Nicholas Kacher, assistant professor…