Tag: Tufts
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The Academic Minute for 2024.05.27-2024.05.31
The Academic Minute from 5.27 – 5.31 Monday Ernesto Sagas – Colorado State University The Haitian Crisis and Foreign Intervention Dr. Ernesto Sagás is Professor of Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University. He has a Ph.D. in political science from University of Florida with a concentration in Latin American studies. Dr. Sagás is the author…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.05.27)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.05.27 Monday Ernesto Sagas, professor of ethnic studies at Colorado State University, looks at the complexities of the political situation in Haiti amidst the current crisis. Tuesday Sophia Tintori, postdoctoral associate in the biology department at New York University, heads to Chornobyl to find out what worms…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.11.27-2023.12.01
The Academic Minute from 11.27 – 12.01 Monday Jay Zagorsky – Boston University Can Important Unions Collapse and Disappear? Jay Zagorsky is an economist who teaches at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. This summer he taught his 10,000th Boston University student. Professor Zagorsky has published three books and is working on his fourth entitled…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.11.27)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.11.27 Monday Jay Zagorsky, clinical associate professor at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, examines how one union that came and went due to technological inventions. Tuesday Marie-Claire Beaulieu, associate professor of classical studies at Tufts University, explores the mythology present in your garden. …
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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…
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The Academic Minute for 2019.04.29-05.03
The Academic Minute from 04.29 – 05.03 Monday, April 29th Anne Roschelle – SUNY New Paltz The Humanitarian Crisis at the Border Anne R. Roschelle is a Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Dr. Roschelle’s research and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.04.29)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.04.29 Monday, April 29th Anne Roschelle of SUNY New Paltz examines the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Tuesday, April 30th Marlene Daut of the University of Virginia discusses the history of Haiti, once the Wakanda of the Western Hemisphere. Wednesday, May 1st Jordan DeVylder of Fordham University explores…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.09.17-09.21
Academic Minute from 9.17 – 9.21 Monday, September 17th Steven Pirutinsky – Touro College Benefits of Volunteering for Older Adults Steven Tzvi Pirutinsky has a B.T.S. from Beth Medrash Govoha, an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Teachers College – Columbia University, and a Ph.D. Columbia University. He joined Touro Graduate School of Social Work…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.09.17)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.09.17 Monday, September 17th Steven Pirutinsky of Touro College explores if volunteering will provide benefits for all older adults. Tuesday, September 18th Jamie Maguire of Tufts University examines post-partum depression. Wednesday, September 19th Elizabeth Anderson of Florida International University determines if dams are changing the rivers of the Amazon…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.5.29-6.2
Academic Minute from 5.29 – 6.2 Monday, May 29th Keren Ladin – Tufts University Liver Transplants and Geography Dr. Ladin incorporates quantitative, qualitative, and normative approaches to study how systemic disadvantage affects health and the ability of individuals to make and pursue lifeplans. Specifically, her research aims to better understand how social networks impact health disparities,…