Tag: UNC Chapel Hill
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The Academic Minute for 2016.11.14-11.18
Academic Minute from 11.14 – 11.18 Monday, November 14th Ed Hirt – Indiana University Self-Sabotage Ed Hirt is a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington.As a researcher, Hirt is interested in issues related to motivation and performance, including how mental depletion can negatively…
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Nicole Gardner-Neblett, University of North Carolina – Storytelling and African-American Children
Can telling stories help improve literacy? Nicole Gardner-Neblett, research assistant professor in the department of psychology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, explores how African-American children benefit from this activity. Nicole Gardner-Neblett, Ph.D., is an Investigator at FPG Child Development Institute and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at The University of…
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The Academic Minute for 2015.6.8 – 6.12
Catch up with The Academic Minute from 6.8- 6.12 Monday, June 8 Lori Hunter – University of Colorado Boulder Environmental Migration Dr. Lori Hunter is Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder and Faculty Research Associate in the Institute of Behavioral Science. Hunter’sresearch and teaching focus on population-environment interactions with her primary research…
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Brian Southwell, UNC Chapel Hill – Misinformation
How accurate is your information? Brian Southwell, research professor of mass communication at UNC Chapel Hill, explores the spread of information, and often, just how wrong it can be. Dr. Brian Southwell is Director of the Science in the Public Sphere Program in the Center for Communication Science at RTI International. Southwell also is a…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.06.08)
This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.06.08) Monday, June 8 Lori Hunter of UC Boulder explores the relationship shared by migration and climate change. Tuesday, June 9 Brian Southwell of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examines the dissemination of misinformation. Wednesday, June 10 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Sarah Allen discusses the…
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Brian Southwell, UNC at Chapel Hill – Social Media Disparity
The manner by which information travels on social media tends to corrode it’s accuracy. Dr. Brian Southwell, research professor of mass communication and health behavior at the University of North Carolina, discusses the disparity of shared information on the internet. Dr. Brian Southwell is Director of the Science in the Public Sphere Program in the…