Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

MerrillSinger, PhD, University of Connecticut The COVID-19 pandemic brought enhanced global attention to the anthropological concept of syndemics. A pivotal moment occurred when Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet , one of the worlds highest-impact academic journals, declared: COVID-19 is not a pandemic. It is a syndemic. When this assertion by an eminent health scholar appeared in the midst of the global spread of a deadly disease, it garnered widespread interest.

Teaching 130

Teaching Anthropology Archival Research Psychology 130

The Effortful Educator

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Attention Contagion in the Virtual Classroom Attention contagion is the spread of attentive and/or inattentive behaviors among students in a learning environment (1). Classroom teachers are very familiar with this phenomenon; especially when its the spread of inattentive behaviors. It looks like one student feeling and hearing the buzz of their cellphone in their backpack and those around losing focus on the lesson.

Tradition 79

Tradition Psychology Research Teaching 79

Living Geography

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The final Monday night lecture for this term was held at the RGS on Monday night this week. The speaker was Tim Marshall - best-selling author of 'Prisoners of Geography' - and a fellow Leeds United fan. The Ondaatje Theatre was packed out and there were a similar number joining online. He told us that 'Prisoners of Geography' had now passed the three million mark in terms of sales.

Geography 52

Geography History 52

Political Science Now

DECEMBER 13, 2024

How Do Simulations Affect Career Decision Making? The Case of Model Turkish Diplomacy By usta Carranza Ko and Michael Shochet , University of Baltimore Diplomacy is undeniably one of the best-known IR degree jobs. What do IR students think about the challenges associated with the diplomacy profession? What is their perception of diplomatic skills? Lacin Idil Oztigs article titled How do Simulations Affect Career Decision Making?

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Political Science Teaching Education 44

Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This Special Issue grapples with the challenges of working with, on, and alongside trauma in anthropology. It shares experiences from doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, early career scholars, and established academics to reflect on our practices. We consider the needs of students, research participants, and our own wellbeing, and consider new ways of engaging traumatising topics.

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Anthropology Research Teaching 130

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2024

While applying to colleges last year, Hamza Parker became a casualty of one of the more tangible aspects of the conservative Supreme Courts landmark decision to end affirmative action in college admissions: sudden cutbacks in race-based scholarships. Parkers college advisor, Atnre Alleyne, had steered him toward a host of campuses that once provided generous scholarships for Black students, including the College of Wooster in Ohio.

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Cultures Sociology Economics Government 65