The Academic Minute

Mental health challenges affect everyone. Toria Herd, postdoctoral research fellow at Penn State University, discusses the issues facing one group. Dr. Toria Herd received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from Virginia Tech in 2021. She received her M.S. in Developmental Psychology at Virginia Tech and her B.A. in Psychology from the State University of New […]

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Get up and move – it’s good for you. Keith Diaz, Florence Irving associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, explores the health harms of sitting. Keith Diaz is a certified exercise physiologist and an Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.  His research focuses on elucidating the role […]

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Women are still face divides in the workplace. Beth Livingston, Ralph L. Sheets assistant professor of industrial relations at the Tippie college of business at the University of Iowa, develops a way to combat this. Beth A. Livingston is the Ralph L. Sheets Associate Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College […]

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A.I. is now a part of our daily lives. Nir Eisikovits, professor of philosophy and founding director of the Applied Ethics Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston, considers the impacts. Nir Eisikovits is professor of philosophy and founding director of the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston. Professor Eisikovits’ research focuses on the moral and […]

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The definition of “place” can be a complex question when it comes to the history of racism in the United States. Barbara Combs, professor of sociology and chair of the department of sociology and criminal justice at Kennesaw State University, looks into this question. Barbara Harris Combs, J.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology and Chair […]

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What are those two doing together? Pankhuri Malhotra, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Oklahoma, applies this question to brands. Dr. Pankhuri is a computational social scientist with an interest in graph-based methods for improving and scaling marketing research. Her current research applies combined methods from marketing, network and data science for mining […]

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We remember many heroes in the United States, but some still remain to be celebrated. Cynthia Orozco, professor of history and humanities at Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso, examines the life of one. Author of No Mexicans, Women or Dogs Allowed: the Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement and Agent of Change: Adela […]

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On this Student Spotlight: Images are everywhere in today. Parichehr Kazemi, 5th-year PhD candidate in political science at the University of Oregon, explores how they can be for protest. Parichehr Kazemi is a 5th-year PhD Candidate in political science at the University of Oregon. Her research interests fall at the intersection of social movements and […]

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It’s hard to police everything that happens on the oceans. Heather Welch, project scientist at the University of California Santa Cruz, looks to help illuminate some of the issues faced in this endeavor. Heather Welch is a project scientist at the University of California Santa Cruz, and is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

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Smartphones are everywhere, including the classroom. Melissa Huey, assistant professor of behavioral sciences at the New York Institute of Technology, examines how it affects students. Melissa Huey, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of behavioral sciences at New York Institute of Technology. Huey’s research interests are twofold. The first area focuses on parenting and the impact […]

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