This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.12.29
Best Of The Academic Minute for 2025
Monday
Pamela Prickett, associate professor of sociology at Pomona College, examines the rise of unclaimed deaths in the United States.
Tuesday
Deborah Finkel, research professor at the center for economic and social research and department of psychology at the University of Southern California Dornsife, examines why childhood money stress can have a lasting impact.
Wednesday
Christopher Baldassano, associate professor of psychology at Columbia University, looks into meaningful event memories.
Thursday
Daile Zhang, assistant professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of North Dakota, explores the connection between thunderstorms and a parasitic fungus.
Friday
Johanna Smith, professor of theater education and entrepreneurship at California State University, San Bernardino, finds a way to incorporate joy into education.
