Tag: Wake Forest
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The Academic Minute for 2024.04.08-2024.04.12
The Academic Minute from 4.08 – 4.12 Monday Moira Marsh – Indiana University Bloomington Celestial Creatures and the Mythology Behind the Solar Eclipse Moira Marsh is a folklorist and librarian at Indiana University Bloomington. She earned both her Ph.D. in folklore and M.L.S. from Indiana University and has published research on folklore and humor theory.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.08)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.04.08 Monday Moira Marsh, researcher and folklore librarian at Indiana University Bloomington, uses mythology to tell the story of the darkened daytime sky. Tuesday Megan Bryson, Lindsay Young associate professor of religious studies and chair of Asian studies at the University of Tennessee, examines Buddhism and gender…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.12.18-2023.12.22
The Academic Minute from 12.18 – 12.22 Monday Bryan Acton – Binghamton University Unveiling Blind Spots in Leadership Evaluations Dr. Bryan Acton is an Assistant Professor at the Binghamton University School of Management and a Fellow of the Bernard M. & Ruth R. Bass Center for Leadership Studies. He holds a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech…
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The Academic Minute for 2019.05.13-05.17
The Academic Minute from 05.13 – 05.17 Monday, May 13th Annmarie Cano – Wayne State University Decision-Making Annmarie Cano, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology and Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Faculty Success at Wayne State University. Dr. Cano conducts research on emotion regulation and intimacy in couples facing chronic illness and has developed a mindfulness-based…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.05.13)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.05.13 Monday, May 13th Annmarie Cano of Wayne State University examines the decision-making process. Tuesday, May 14th Leonard Jason of DePaul University discusses the oft maligned chronic fatigue syndrome. Wednesday, May 15th Antje Graul of Utah State University explores the sharing economy. Thursday, May 16th Bradley Hart of Fresno…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.02.26-03.02
Academic Minute from 2.26 – 3.02 Monday, February 26th Christian Miller – Wake Forest University The Character Gap Christian B. Miller holds a B.A. in philosophy from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. His main areas of research are meta-ethics, moral psychology, moral character, action theory, and philosophy of…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.02.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.02.26 Monday, February 26th Christian Miller of Wake Forest University explores the character gap inside all of us. Tuesday, February 27th Kate Manne of Cornell University discusses misogyny and how our attitudes still need a change on sexual assault. Wednesday, February 28th Christine Blackburn of Texas A&M University explains…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.9.25-9.29
Academic Minute from 9.25 – 9.29 Monday, September 25th Simon Haeder – West Virginia University Lessons From the Past on Healthcare Simon F. Haeder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science in the John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy & Politics at West Virginia University. His teaching and research interests include…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.9.25)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.9.25 Monday, September 25th Simon Haeder of West Virginia University discusses the rare occasions when the government has taken away healthcare. Tuesday, September 26th Abraham Rutchick of California State University Northridge examines if killing from afar is easier than being in the same room with the target. Wednesday, September 27th…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.2.27-3.3
Academic Minute from 2.27 – 3.3 Monday, February 27th Isabel Gauthier – Vanderbilt University Sex Differences in Facial Recognition Gauthier studies visual object recognition, with particular emphasis on the plasticity of recognition mechanisms and their neural substrate. One issue that is of particular interest to her is how the visual system organizes itself into what…