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Five Swarthmore Professors Featured on ‘Academic Minute’ Podcast

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Swarthmore College was recently a featured institution on The Academic Minute, a podcast that showcases professors and their scholarship in daily bite-size clips. The project is supported by the Association of American Colleges & Universities and presented on WAMC radio in Albany, N.Y.

Assistant Professor of Economics Syon Bhanot,  Professor of Studio Art Syd Carpenter, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies Edwin Mayorga, Assistant Professor of Sociology Nina Johnson, and Henry C. and J. Archer Turner Professor of Engineering Art McGarity all appeared on episodes. Listen below:

Assistant Professor of Economics Syon Bhanot on “Putting Behavioral Science to Work”:

Professor of Studio Art Syd Carpenter on “Art and the Black Farmer”:

Assistant Professor of Educational Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies Edwin Mayorga on “Mental Health of Latinx Youth”:

Assistant Professor of Sociology Nina Johnson on “The Impact of Mass Incarceration”:

Henry C. and J. Archer Turner Professor of Engineering Art McGarity on “Green Infrastructure to Reduce Water Pollution”:

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