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  • The Academic Minute for 2021.11.08-2021.11.12

    The Academic Minute for 2021.11.08-2021.11.12

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      The Academic Minute from 11.08 – 11.12 Monday, November 8th Allison Weidhaas – Rider University Red Zone: Sexual Assaults on College Campuses Allison Weidhaas, PhD, is an associate professor and program director for the Communication master’s programs at Rider University. Weidhaas studies gender and communication, including female business owners and gender-based violence. She has…

  • Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, UMass Amherst – Can We Become an Equal Opportunity Society?

    Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, UMass Amherst – Can We Become an Equal Opportunity Society?

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    Can we become an equal opportunity society? Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has more. Tomaskovic-Devey studies workplace inequalities in multiple forms. His research utilizes large scale data on workplace employment diversity and discrimination charge processing from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has also worked as an expert…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.07.12-2021.07.16

    The Academic Minute for 2021.07.12-2021.07.16

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      The Academic Minute from 07.12 – 07.16 Monday, July 12th RonNell Anderson – University of Utah The U.S. Supreme Court’s Characterizations of the Press Professor RonNell Andersen Jones is an Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and the Teitelbaum Chair and Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.07.12)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.07.12)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.07.12   Monday, July 12th RonNell Andersen Jones, professor of law at the University of Utah, takes a look at how the U.S. Supreme Court talks about the press. Tuesday, July 13th Timothy Frye, professor of post-soviet foreign policy at Columbia University, examines what pitfalls a despot may encounter to stay…

  • The Academic Minute for 2016.12.19-12.23

    The Academic Minute for 2016.12.19-12.23

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    Academic Minute from 12.19 – 12.23 Monday, December 19th Evelyn Johnson – Boise State University Reading Disorders Evelyn received her Doctor of Education degree from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1999 and holds the position of Professor of Special Education, and Executive Director of Lee Pesky Learning Center, a non-profit organization whose mission is…

  • The Academic Minute for 2016.07.25-07.29

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    Academic Minute from 7.25 – 7.29 Monday, July 25th Jonathan Wynn – University of Massachusetts Amherst Festivals Jonathan Wynn works at the intersection of urban and cultural sociology. His two major publications are The Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York (2011, University of Chicago Press, Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries Series) and Music/City (2015, University…

  • Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst – Festivals

    Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst – Festivals

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    Bringing people together for a weekend can be better for a city than building a museum. Jonathan Wynn, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discusses how more performances and less concrete can lead to fewer problems for cities. Jonathan Wynn works at the intersection of urban and cultural sociology. His two…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.07.25)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.7.25 Monday, July 25 Jonathan Wynn of the University of Massachusetts Amherst discusses why festivals are better for cities than building more concrete buildings. Tuesday, July 26 Henna-Riikka Peltola of the University of Jyvaskyla explores sadness in music. Wednesday, July 27 Andrew Ching of the University of Toronto examines…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.12.21)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2015.12.21 Monday, December 21 Melissa Wooten of the University of Massachusetts Amherst delves into why black colleges are necessary for African-American students. Tuesday, December 22 Jon Morris of the University of Florida will examine the emotional appeal of Donald Trump. Wednesday, December 23 Martin Edwards of Seton Hall University informs us about how Americans view the United…

  • The Academic Minute for 2015.06.15 – 06.19

    The Academic Minute for 2015.06.15 – 06.19

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    Catch up with The Academic Minute from 6.15- 6.19   Monday, June 15 Robert Pallitto – Seton Hall University 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta Robert Pallitto is a political science professor at Seton Hall University and a former public interest lawyer. He received his B.A. cum laude from Rutgers University, his law degree from…