Tag: Texas
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The Academic Minute for 2024.06.10-2024.06.14
The Academic Minute from 6.10 – 6.14 Monday Bruce Johnson – Centre College Benefits of Public Goods Do Not Justify Stadium Subsidies Bruce K. Johnson is the James Graham Brown Professor of Economics at Centre College, where he has taught since 1987. He became interested in sports economics when he developed a baseball salary model…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.04.08-2024.04.12
The Academic Minute from 4.08 – 4.12 Monday Moira Marsh – Indiana University Bloomington Celestial Creatures and the Mythology Behind the Solar Eclipse Moira Marsh is a folklorist and librarian at Indiana University Bloomington. She earned both her Ph.D. in folklore and M.L.S. from Indiana University and has published research on folklore and humor theory.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.08)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.04.08 Monday Moira Marsh, researcher and folklore librarian at Indiana University Bloomington, uses mythology to tell the story of the darkened daytime sky. Tuesday Megan Bryson, Lindsay Young associate professor of religious studies and chair of Asian studies at the University of Tennessee, examines Buddhism and gender…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.17)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.17 Monday Linda Charmaraman, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, details how pets can help teens with screen time. Tuesday Paula Rochon, professor in the department of medicine at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto,…
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The Academic Minute for 2022.12.05-2022.12.09
The Academic Minute from 12.05 – 12.09 Monday, December 5th Saif Mehkari – University of Richmond Why Does Money Exist? Saif Mehkari is a macroeconomist specializing in Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from The Ohio State University and his B.A. (with majors in Economics, Computer Science,…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.12.27-2021.12.31
The Academic Minute from 12.27 – 12.31 Monday, December 27th Carolyn Henne – Florida State University Art and Science Collaboration with Oysters Carolyn Henne earned her BA in Fine Arts and Economics from the College of William and Mary in 1983. She worked as an Agricultural Economist until she left to study and work at…
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The Academic Minute for 2021.11.29-2021.12.03
The Academic Minute from 11.29 – 12.03 Monday, November 29th David Bray – Florida International University Mexico’s Community Forests David Barton Bray is a professor in the Earth and Environment Department at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami. He carries out research on community forest management in Mexico and Central America. He has taught…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.09.28-2020.10.02
The Academic Minute from 09.28 – 10.02 Monday, September 28th Jeanne Carey Ingle – Bridgewater State University Teaching in the Time of COVID-19 Jeanne Carey Ingle, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Bridgewater State University (MA). She is relatively new to higher education after working for many years…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.09.28)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.09.28 Monday, September 28th Jeanne Carey Ingle, associate professor in the department of elementary and early childhood education at Bridgewater State University, details some challenges and strategies educators have used to keep everyone’s heads above water while teaching during COVID-19. Tuesday, September 29th Jodie N. Mader, associate professor of…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.01.27-2020.01.31
The Academic Minute from 01.27 – 01.31 Monday, January 27th Kevin Cokley – University of Texas at Austin Impostor Syndrome Kevin Cokley’s research can be broadly categorized in the area of African American psychology, with a focus on racial and ethnic identity development, academic motivation and academic achievement. A theme of much of his research…