As many of you know, the tropical-storm-turned-nasty-disaster-sometimes-known-as-Frankenstorm-AKA-Hurricane Sandy is pummeling the East Coast at this very minute. Fear not, I have a plan to combat her. The storm is upon is. And in this desperate time, I’m afraid chaos will rule the day. I tremble thinking about Sandy’s icy...
Read MoreVideo of the Week: Predictably Irrational
This video is a couple of years old. It’s a talk Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University, presented in which he examines the natural irrationality of humans. Spolier alert: we are all completely ridiculous. And our decisions oftentimes seem rational, but are quite the opposite. His research is absolutely fascinating —...
Read MoreUndergraduate Communication Research Conference–exciting title, I know.
I was extremely honored to have my paper accepted to the 21st Annual Undergraduate Communication Research Conference today. There was a lot of really smart thinkers in attendance and it’s so refreshing to hear about the great work they’re doing. I did some research last fall based around millennial opinions on the growing product placement...
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