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Students learn the art of dealmaking can involve much more than money.
Science fiction does more than entertain – it can also be used to better understand the political forces that shape the societies in which we live.
Mindfulness is everywhere in pop culture today, but that doesn’t mean people agree on what it means.
An education professor explains how a hit TV show about a struggling school became a jumping-off point for a course about urban education.
A sociology professor uses the popular ‘Boondocks’ cartoon to explore contemporary issues of race in American society.
Many genocide classes review the Holocaust or Cambodia’s Killing Fields. A scholar wanted to show that genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing still happen today.
A university course teaches students why people believe false and evidence-starved claims, to show them how to determine what’s accurate and real and what’s neither.
Support for strong gun ownership rights is often associated with conservative Christian views, but religion and self-defense have a much longer history in the United States.
Social isolation and loneliness in aging adults have been linked to numerous physical and mental health ailments. Teaching students how to listen deeply to older people can lessen those effects.
Spacecraft are just a small part of what it takes for humans to become an interplanetary species. A political science professor explains how there is much more to creating a spacefaring society.
Avoiding failure by playing it safe may limit opportunities for learning and growth.
Books are one of the oldest forms of communication ‘technology,’ a scholar writes, and understanding how they’ve evolved over time provides insights into their role in society.
Swift, like all writers, draws from her literary forebears to craft new works.
Pictures of women in war play a pivotal role in the battlefield of political ideas, argues a feminist historian who examines how images and attire are used and seen in war zones and occupied lands.
Is business education too focused on money and not humanity? A business professor weighs in.
Views on death and the afterlife vary from person to person and culture to culture. This course gives US Air Force cadets a broad perspective on mortality and its effects on people and society.
Ronald Reagan may have been known as ‘The Great Communicator,’ but rap artists don’t view his legacy through such rose-colored glasses. A professor of Black studies and history takes a closer look.
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Professor of Curriculum Studies and Philosophy of Education, Indiana University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Black Studies and History, Amherst College
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
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Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, State University of New York Cortland
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Professor of Management & Organizations, University of Michigan
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Professor of Pedagogy in Biology, Emory University
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Adjunct Professor of Genocide Studies and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy
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Director of Religious Studies and Instructor of Philosophy, University of Memphis
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Head of Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, University of Richmond
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Assistant Professor of Geriatric Education, University of North Dakota
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Assistant Professor of History, Morgan State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
