Tagged: Academic Minute

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Heath Brown of Seton Hall University explores how some immigrant-serving organizations work to encourage voting.

Heath Brown is an assistant professor of political science at Seton Hall University, where his current research focuses on nonprofits, interest groups, and the presidency. In 2012 he published Lobbying the New President: Interests in Transition and he recently received a grant to study immigrant groups and the 2012 election.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Steve Yetiv of Old Dominion University explains why U.S. foreign policy is closely tied to foreign and domestic oil production.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Aron Barbey of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign explains efforts to understand emotional intelligence.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Neil McLachlan of the University of Melbourne reveals the learned nature of pleasing music.

Neil McLachlan is an associate professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His research in the Music and Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory examines the neurocognitive mechanisms involved in auditory perception.

About Dr. McLachlan

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Hans Larsson of McGill University discusses the evolutionary pressures that influenced the development of flight in birds.