Tag: Yale

  • The Academic Minute for 2018.04.30-05.04

    The Academic Minute for 2018.04.30-05.04

      Academic Minute from 4.30 – 5.04 Monday, April 30th David Kastan – Yale University The Politics of Red and Blue David Scott Kastan is currently the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Columbia and at Dartmouth College. Among his books are Shakespeare and the Shapes of Time, Shakespeare after Theory, Shakespeare…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.04.30)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.04.30)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.04.30 Monday, April 30th David Kastan of Yale University examines the politics of red and blue. Tuesday, May 1st Arie Kapteyn of the University of Southern California delves into how active Americans really are vs their perceived activity levels. Wednesday, May 2nd Amelia Reigstad of the University of Wisconsin…

  • The Academic Minute for 2018.01.29-02.02

    The Academic Minute for 2018.01.29-02.02

      Academic Minute from 1.29 – 2.02 Monday, January 29th Chelsea Good Abbas – Widener University What Happens in Latin American when the U.S. Tightens its Borders Chelsea Good Abbas, an anthropology instructor at Widener University, received a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology and Bachelor of Science in international area studies from Drexel University in December…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.01.29)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.01.29)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.01.29 Monday, January 29th Chelsea Good Abbas of Widener University explores what happens in Latin America when the U.S. tightens its borders. Tuesday, January 30th Rachel Perry of Yale University discusses treating Type-2 diabetes. Wednesday, January 31st Jenna Gallegos of Colorado State University examines cyberbiosecurity and if its possible to…

  • Christina Starmans featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    Christina Starmans featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1391), Bob has selected…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.5.1-5.5

    The Academic Minute for 2017.5.1-5.5

    Academic Minute from 5.1 – 5.5 Monday, May 1st Max Levine – Siena College Nausea Dr. Levine received a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.S. from The Pennsylvania State University in biological psychology. He also earned his Ph.D. in biological psychology from Penn State and held a post-doctoral fellowship there. He served as…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.5.1)

    This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.5.1)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.5.1 Monday, May 1st Max Levine of Siena College examines nausea and its effects on sufferers. Tuesday, May 2nd Christina Starmans of  Yale University discusses how adults and children differ in their perceptions of immorality. Wednesday, May 3rd Rebecca Scott of Cardiff University explains why some people pay for painful experiences. Thursday, May 4th Stephen Yoshimura of the University of…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.3.13-3.17

    The Academic Minute for 2017.3.13-3.17

    Academic Minute from 3.13 – 3.17 Monday, March 13th Jennifer Mueller – University of San Diego Leadership Resisting Creativity My research examines the biases people have against creative ideas and creative people. I wrote a paper, “The Bias Against Creativity” that went viral and was downloaded more than 65,000 times. Before joining the faculty at the…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.12.26)

    This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.12.26)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.12.26 Monday, December 26th Florin Dolcos of the University of Illinois explored anxiety disorders and optimism. Tuesday, December 27th Andrew Stokes of Boston University detailed the obesity paradox. Wednesday, December 28th Michael Kraus of Yale University examined if the clothes really do make the man. Thursday, December 29th Jack Gilbert of…

  • The Academic Minute for 2016.11.7-11.11

    The Academic Minute for 2016.11.7-11.11

    Academic Minute from 11.7 – 11.11 Monday, November 7th Sherry Linkon – Georgetown University Working Class Voters I do research in two areas: working-class studies and scholarship of teaching and learning. In working-class studies, much of my work explores the cultural meaning and social costs of deindustrialization. I’m currently working on a study of contemporary…