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May 10, 2024

Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor of Philosophy Martin Glazier

As a philosophy professor, Martin Glazier has two main goals in the classroom: “First, I try to communicate to students that many of the most important and foundational questions we can ask about ourselves and our world are totally open. Second, I try to show them that this realization shouldn’t cause paralysis.”

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May 9, 2024

Stacey Wood’s Psychology Today Article on Fake Job Scams

In her Psychology Today article, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood discusses the rising number of scams targeting college students with fake job offers.

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May 7, 2024

Capstone Day 2024 Highlights Senior Theses

Scripps’ 2024 Capstone Day event celebrated the research and hard work that graduating seniors have dedicated to their theses and final projects in pursuit of their degrees.

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May 6, 2024

Stacey Wood Authors Psychology Today Piece on Scams

Stacey Wood, Scripps’ Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, authored a piece for Psychology Today, “Why and How Impersonation Scams Thrive.”

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April 19, 2024

The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Sarah Marzen

Assistant Professor of Physic Sarah Marzen discusses how we can combat confirmation bias and polarization in today’s divided social environment in her episode of The Academic Minute for Scripps’ week-long takeover of the podcast.

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April 18, 2024

Professor of American Studies Wendy Cheng, Author of ‘Island X,’ Discusses Geographies of Race, Empire, and Resistance

Wendy Cheng, professor of American studies at 61´«Ã½, published Island X in November 2023 with the University of Washington Press—a story that delves into the compelling political lives of […]

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The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Stacey Wood

Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood discusses why society needs to overhaul its practices for dealing with fraud in her episode of The Academic Minute for Scripps’ week-long takeover of the podcast.

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April 17, 2024

The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Patrick Ferree

Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Ferree talks about “how certain chromosomes selfishly hijack reproductive development to gain a transmission advantage” for his episode of Scripps’ takeover of The Academic Minute podcast.

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April 16, 2024

The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Myriam J. A. Chancy

Hartley Burr Chair in the Humanities Myriam J. A. Chancy is the second guest for Scripps’ takeover of The Academic Minute podcast. In her episode, she examines “how fiction can bring truth to the fore.”

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April 15, 2024

The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Ken Gonzales-Day

Fletcher Jones Chair in Art Ken Gonzales-Day discusses how “photography can reveal many hidden things about the people who lived centuries ago” in the first episode of Scripps’ week-long takeover of The Academic Minute podcast, which features researchers from colleges and universities around the world as they update listeners on what’s new in academic research.

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