Virtual Classroom
Head back to class with these video lectures by LBC faculty members.
Topic: WWII History
LBC faculty member: Naoko Wake
Discussion of Japanese-American citizens living in Japan during World War II when atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
American Citizens in Hiroshima & Nagasaki video link
Topic: Psychiatry in the Mid-20th Century
LBC faculty member: Naoko Wake
Emerging theories and treatments for mental illness during and after World War II. Discussion on how soldiers suffering from both mental and physical injuries faced difficulties reintegrating into society and how gender norms changed due to women’s contributions to the war.
Psychiatry in the Mid-20th Century video link
Topic: Controversy and the Development of Behavioral Genetics
A series of lectures on the book Misbehaving Science: Controversy and the Development of Behavioral Genetics by Aaron Panofsky. Lectures posted on VoiceThread.
LBC faculty member: John Jackson
- Introduction: The evolution of the theory of behavioral genetics since the 1990's
- Chapter 1: Sociological study of behavioral genetics
- Chapter 2: Founding the field of behavioral genetics to avoid controversy
- Chapter 3: How Arthur Jensen singlehandedly disrupted the field of behavioral genetics
Topic: Virus Basics
Faculty members: Peter White, J.P. Lawrence, Shahnaz Masani, Jenifer Saldanha
Presented for the Introductory Cellular and Molecular Biology courses in Spring 2020.
Virus Basics - Part 1: What is a Virus?
Answers the questions: (1) What is a virus? (2) How are viruses classified? (3) What do viruses look like?
Virus Basics - Part 2: The Virus Life Cycle
This video answers the following questions: (1) How do viruses enter a host cell? (2) How do viruses replicate inside a host cell? (3) How do viruses spread out from host cells?
Virus Basics - Part 3: Killing Viruses
This video answers the following questions: (1) What does soap do to viruses? (2) What does hand sanitizer do to viruses? (3) What does bleach do to viruses?