The Academic Minute for 2025.06.30-2025.07.04

Monday
Rae Robertson-Anderson University of San Diego
Learning From Biology to Design Self-Healing Infrastructure
Robertson-Anderson is Associate Provost for Engaged Scholarship at University of San Diego, where she has been a Professor of Physics and Biophysics since 2009. Robertson-Anderson received her BS in Physics from Georgetown University in 2003, funded by a Clare Boothe Luce Scholarship. She earned her PhD in Physics from University of California, San Diego in 2007, funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, after which she was awarded an NIH fellowship to pursue a molecular biology postdoc at The Scripps Research Institute.

Robertson-Anderson joined the faculty at University of San Diego with the goal of engaging undergraduates in cutting-edge research and shaping undergraduate physics programs and research at a national level. She served as department Chair for eight years, overhauling the physics curriculum and research culture, and establishing an interdisciplinary Biophysics BS that has served as a model for liberal arts institutions nationally.

Tuesday
Boris Maciejovsky – University of California Riverside
Salary Transparency Can Bring Unintended Consequences
Boris Maciejovsky is an award winning researcher and teacher, a TEDx speaker, and an Associate Professor of Management. His research interests are decision-making in economic, social, and organizational contexts. He is particularly interested in developing novel laboratory paradigms that help to isolate important aspects of real-world phenomena to study how such features influence decisions, processes, and outcomes.  His work sheds light on (i) group decisions, learning, and knowledge transfer; (ii) information aggregation in social and organizational environments, and (iii) bargaining and negotiation.

Professor Maciejovsky received his Ph.D. in marketing from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Vienna. Before joining UCR, he was a faculty member at Imperial College London, the London School of Economics, the Max Planck Institute of Economics, and the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Wednesday
Andria L. Ford – Washington University in St. Louis
How Sickle Cell Disease and Socioeconomic Status Impact Brain Aging
Dr. Andria L. Ford is a neurologist at WashU Medicine specializing in stroke, cerebrovascular diseases, and the neurological complications of sickle cell disease. Her research focuses on stroke prevention, vascular cognitive impairment, and the impact of chronic illness and socioeconomic status on brain health. Dr. Ford’s work aims to improve the understanding of how these factors affect brain structure and cognitive function, particularly in young adults and individuals facing economic deprivation.

Thursday
Julia Khrebtan-Horhager – Colorado State University
Femicide in Italy
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager is an Associate Professor of Communication at Colorado State University and a Director of Education Abroad programs in Europe. She is a holder of three International Communication Association Top Paper Awards, CSU College of Liberal Arts Best Teacher Award, and four Capstone Awards. Her research interests are in intercultural and international communication, European studies, global conflict, international cinematography, Othering, and critical media studies. She is the author of two books, Communicating the Other across Cultures and Migrant World Making, and has published numerous articles and book chapters in edited volumes. Julia’s non-academic experiences include serving as a peace corps liaison in Ukraine, a creative director at an international children’s center in Crimea, an interpreter for a technology company in Germany, a founding partner of a consulting group, and a program director of ACT Human Rights Film Festival in the USA. Dr. Khrebtan-Hörhager is fluent in seven languages and is often called “a cultural mentor” and “an intercultural ambassador” by her colleagues and students.

Friday
Tirumala Chimpiri – Stony Brook University
How AI Can Reshape Universities’ Student Information Systems
Tirumala Rao Chimpiri is a Senior Programmer Analyst and Independent Researcher at Stony Brook University, NY. He is a seasoned software professional with over 26 years of experience, specializing in enterprise technology & solutions, and cloud-based applications, with a primary focus on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Actively engaged in the tech community, he serves as a committee member for various national and international conferences, as well as a reviewer and judge for industry awards evaluating innovative technologies. His publications on ERP, Higher Education, Artificial Intelligence, and cloud computing have been featured in prestigious technology journals, highlighting his contributions to ERP and Higher Education.

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