On SUNY Polytechnic Institute Week: Why do people run red lights? Abolfazl Karimpour, assistant professor in the engineering department, examines the data. Dr. Karimpour is an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute. Previously, he held positions as Manager and Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona’s Center for Applied […]

On SUNY Polytechnic Institute Week: Nostalgia can be big business. Ryan Lizardi, associate professor of digital media and humanities, says the window is now wide open for millennials. Ryan Lizardi is Associate Professor of digital media and humanities at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. He focuses his research on media encouraged nostalgia, including his books Mediated Nostalgia (2014), Nostalgic Generations […]

On SUNY Polytechnic Institute Week: Is it time to reimagine our educational institutions? Robert Edgell, professor of technology management, suggests a creative approach. Dr. Edgell is a Professor of Technology Management in the College of Business at SUNY Polytechnic Institute where he received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has been a Visiting […]

On SUNY Polytechnic Institute Week: Those behind the scenes don’t usually get their time in the limelight. Andrew Russell, officer-in-charge and professor of history, explores this in a digital context. Andrew Russell is Officer-in-Charge at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, on leave from his position as Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at SUNY Poly. […]

On University of St. Thomas Week: College athletes getting paid to play is inevitable, so how should it work? David Grenardo, professor of law, looks into the options. David A. Grenardo is the Associate Director of the Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions and Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas […]

On University of St. Thomas Week: Sleep can have a big impact on college students. Roxanne Prichard, professor of psychology, explores why. Roxanne Prichard received her BA in biopsychology and women’s studies from Transylvania University and her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on sleep as a modifiable protective factor […]

On University of St. Thomas Week: What is a microgrid? Mahmoud Kabalan, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has more. Dr. Mahmoud Kabalan is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Center for Microgrid Research (CMR) at the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, MN. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER award […]

On University of St. Thomas Week: Who you are influences how you teach. Chelda Smith Kondo, assistant professor of education, explores the effects. Chelda Smith Kondo, Ph.D., (she/her/hers) identifies as a cisgender, able-bodied, Americanized Haitian woman. Chelda is an Associate Professor of Education specializing in Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy at the University of St. Thomas (UST). […]

On University of St. Thomas Week: Healing racial trauma can make a big impact. Bryana French, associate professor of psychology, determines the framework to do so. Bryana H. French, PhD, LP, is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of St. Thomas. Her research, teaching, and clinical practice focuses […]

On University of Maryland Baltimore County Week:  Financial fraud may be in the news, but it’s also old news. Today on The Academic Minute: Amy Froide, professor of history and chair of the department of history, examines past wrongdoings. Professor Amy Froide is Chair of the History Department at UMBC where she teaches courses in […]