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Examining the Complexity of Ethics With Tristram McPherson
Tristram McPherson, Professor of Philosophy, examines foundational philosophical questions about ethics, specifically meta-ethics; epistemology; and conceptual ethics. He looks at whether there are et
What Can Minions Reveal About Child Language Acquisition? John Grinstead Explains
John Grinstead, Professor and Interim Chair in Spanish and Portuguese, researches developmental linguistics, developmental semantics and pragmatics, and childrens comprehension of syntax. Ten years a
Virginia Rich Looks At How the Earth’s Biosphere Will React to Climate Change
Virginia Rich, Associate Professor of Microbiology and the Director of the eMERGE Biology Integration Institute, studies global change microbiology, microbial meta-omics, and “Genes-to-Ecosystems” inq
“History Is Detective Work,” Says Historian Sam White
Sam White, Professor of History, studies environmental history and uses natural and human records to reconstruct past climate variability and extreme weather. He discusses the methods that historians
David Steigerwald Asks, “How In Control Are You of Your Life?”
Professor of History David Steigerwald teaches courses in 20th-century American history from World War I through the 1960s. He also researches and writes about alienation, a composite term that refers
Richard Samuels On “Why Are We Able to Count?”
Richard Samuels, Professor of Philosophy, researches cognitive development, reasoning, computational models of psychological capacities, and modular theories of cognition. He describes why cognitive s
Richard Samuels on "Why are we able to count?"
Richard Samuels, professor of philosophy, researc…
“What Was Reality in the Past?” Greg Anderson Asks
Greg Anderson, Professor of History, specializes in ancient Greek history, historical thoughts, and critical theory. In his most recent book The Realness of Things Past, he proposes a new way of doing
"What was reality in the past?" Greg Anderson asks
Greg Anderson, professor of history, specializes …
Alex Thompson looks at how climate change agreements have evolved
Alexander Thompson, professor of political scienc…