Siena College was spotlighted in a weeklong takeover of “The Academic Minute,” a national radio production that features outstanding faculty from colleges and universities around the world, keeping listeners up to date on the ways new academic research contributes to solving problems and serving the public good.
Siena College Week aired July 23-27 on Albany’s National Public Radio affiliate WAMC, and more than 50 other NPR affiliates across the country.
The following Siena faculty and their research were featured. Click on the links and you can hear their broadcasts:
Carla Sofka, Ph.D., professor of social work: “Thanatechnology”
Chester Brearey, Ph.D., C.P.A., associate professor of accounting: “The Future of Data Science Jobs”
Each segment aired twice, and is linked to the website Inside Higher Ed and archived at WAMC.
This weeklong takeover is not the first time Siena faculty have been featured on “The Academic Minute.” In the past two years alone, the program has also spotlighted the research of these professors:
Beverly Thompson, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, “Women Covered in Ink”
Max Levine, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, “Nausea”
Raymond Boisvert, Ph.D. “Gratitude and Giving Thanks”
John Cummings, Ph.D, dean of the School of Science and associate professor of physics, “Neutrinos”
(Above: Bellis, Brearey, and Garces Below: Lewis and Sofka)
