The Academic Minute

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Kathrin Stanger-Hall of the University of Georgia reveals the connection between abstinence-only sex education and teen pregnancy rates.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Amy Smith of the University of the Pacific probes the international appeal of the characters that populate the work of Jane Austen.

Amy Smith is an associate professor of English at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. In addition to a course in technical communication, she also teaches a popular course on Jane Austen.

About Dr. Smith

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Amy Sliva of Northeastern University explains how advances in computing power are allowing for an artificially intelligent approach to cyber security.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Terry Gates of Ohio University reveals how shifting geographic features contributed to the creation of two distinct groups of North American dinosaurs.

Terry Gates is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Research Scientist in the Department of Biology at North Carolina State University. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Utah.

Read the article in PLoS ONE

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Sharon Kim of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School explains the psychological response that often turns social outsiders into successful entrepreneurs.

Sharon Kim is an assistant professor of business at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Her expertise is in the areas of individual and group creativity in organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Cornell University.

About Dr. Kim

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. David Shoham of Loyola University of Chicago reveals how an adolescent’s circle of friends can influence their weight and health.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Harry Ostrer of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University explains how genetic analysis is shedding light on the global history of entire peoples.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. David Bottjer reveals how past periods of global warming caused mass extinctions and how similar patterns are appearing in the oceans today.