Tag: UMBC
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.11.18)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.11.18 Monday Gale Sinatra, distinguished professor and Stephen H. Crocker chair professor of education and psychology dean for research at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, says using complex jargon can lessen the impact of a message. Tuesday Marcos Fernandez-Tous, assistant professor…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.08.12-2024.08.16
The Academic Minute from 8.12 – 8.16 Monday Michael Hoberman – Fitchburg State University Jews in the North American Wilderness Michael Hoberman is a professor of American literature at Fitchburg State University. He is the author of several books on Jewish history in the US, including New Israel/New England: Jews and Puritans in Early America and A Hundred Acres of…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.08.12)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.08.12 Monday Michael Hoberman, professor of English studies at Fitchburg State University, explores how we know the name John Muir, but others came before him. Tuesday Donna Nelson, professor of chemistry at the University of Oklahoma, examines how the opioid crisis has been reported, but maybe not…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.07.22-2024.07.26
The Academic Minute from 7.22 – 7.26 Monday Loren Henderson – University of Maryland Baltimore County Centering the Voices of Black Farmers Henderson’s research interests include diversity issues, stratification and inequality, health disparities, race, class, gender, and sexuality. She is the current executive officer of the Association of Black Sociologists (2021-Present). Listen to Dr. Henderson talk…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.07.22)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.07.22 Monday Loren Henderson, associate professor of public policy and incoming director of the school of public policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, centers the voices of black farmers. Tuesday Sarah Raskin, Charles A. Dana professor of psychology and neuroscience at Trinity College, details other…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.10.23-2023.10.27
The Academic Minute from 10.23 – 10.27 Monday Dawn Biehler – University of Maryland Baltimore County Learning From Central Park’s History Dawn Biehler is Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, and Affiliate Faculty in Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies, at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is author of Pests in the City: Flies,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.23)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.10.23 Monday Dawn Biehler, associate professor of geography and environmental sciences, at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, looks into the history of Central Park. Tuesday Marian Reven, clinical education assistant professor in the health sciences department at West Virginia University, discusses a simple way to help…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.10.16-2023.10.20
The Academic Minute from 10.16 – 10.20 Monday Heather Vough – George Mason University Why People Don’t Call Themselves Entrepreneurs Heather Vough is an associate professor of management at the George Mason University School of Business and a Ph.D. in Business Program Director. Her research interests include identity construction and sensemaking in organizations, professions, and…
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Mejdulene Shomali, University of Maryland Baltimore County – Challenging Misconceptions about Queer Sexualities in Arab Cultures
How do we challenge misconceptions of queer sexualities in Arab cultures? Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, assistant professor in women’s & sexuality studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has some suggestions. Mejdulene Bernard Shomali is a queer Palestinian poet and assistant professor of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.16)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.10.16 Monday Heather Vough, associate professor of management at George Mason University, says many entrepreneurs don’t call themselves entrepreneurs when they should. Tuesday Sunmin Lee, professor in the department of medicine at the University of California, Irvine, explores the relationship between chronic diseases and sleep. Wednesday…