Tag: University of Southern California
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Megan Carroll, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences – Incidental Activists
On this Student Spotlight during USC Dornsife Week: Not all activism happens in the streets. Megan Carroll, PhD candidate in sociology, looks at “incidental activism.” Megan Carroll is a PhD Candidate in sociology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Art and Sciences, specializing in gender, sexuality, family, and social movements. Her research projects range…
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Arie Kapteyn, University of Southern California – Americans Activity Levels
Americans are not very good at determining how active they are. Arie Kapteyn, research professor of economics at the University of Southern California, explores why. Arie Kapteyn is a Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters Arts and Sciences and Executive Director of the Center for Economic and Social…
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Martin Krieger, University of Southern California – We Professors
Education is always an important topic. Martin Krieger, professor of planning at the University of Southern California, examines the work of academic professors. Martin Krieger’s current work is on defense and military policy, and on uncertainty and ambiguity. He has done social-science informed aural and photographic documentation of Los Angeles, including storefront houses of worship…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.08.22-08.26
Academic Minute from 8.22 – 8.26 Monday, August 22nd Julia Jaekel – University of Tennessee Knoxville Refugee Mother’s Child Care Practices Dr. Julia Jaekel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. She studied developmental psychology and received her PhD titled “Familial developmental factors of…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.5.30)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.5.30 Monday, May 30 Allison Webel of Case Western Reserve University discusses living with HIV. Tuesday, May 31 Daniel Klessig of Cornell University examines how aspirin works in our bodies. Wednesday, June 1 Jeff Iliff of Oregon Health & Science University delves into how the brain’s janitorial system does…