Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer ( Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies) recently was selected by the University of California, Irvine Alumni Association to be interviewed for an alumni data confirmation and oral history initiative. She was the first Black/African American woman to receive a Ph.D., magna cum laude, in psychology from UCI.…

Katie Walker (English) published the book Shakespeare and Science: A Dictionary with the Arden Shakespeare Dictionary Series. The book traces early modern science and Shakespeare's engagement with the natural philosophy of his time. 

David J. Morris (English) was quoted in The New Yorker magazine in an article on the culture of trauma. 

Matthew S. Dentice (English) has had a poem, "The Migrations Period," included in Calling the Beginning, an anthology of poetry that reflects on the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages. Calling the Beginning is published by Wingless Dreamer and was released Dec. 1. 

  David Morris,(English) was interviewed by The Nation magazine for an article on Kurt Vonnegut, World War II and PTSD.     

Kaitlin Clinnin (English) recently published the article "In the Event of an Emergency: Crisis Management for Writing Program Administrators" in the Fall 2021 issue of the journal WPA: Writing Program Administration. The article details Clinnin's experience leading the UNLV Composition Program through the 1 October shooting and Spring 2020 COVID-…

Iram Gonzalez (English and Philosophy) was chosen as the recipient of the first Sam Lieberman Memorial Scholarship, which was awarded by the College of Liberal Arts. Gonzalez was chosen for the $1,500 award for his campus engagement and leadership. He served as vice president of Phi Sigma Tau honor society and editor of its student research…

John M. Bowers (English) had his book Tolkien's Lost Chaucer (Oxford University Press) recognized by the Mythopoeic Society's 2021 award for scholarship in inkling studies.

Christopher Perkins (English) published "Love Letter to Great Salt Lake" in The Salt Lake Tribune. The newspaper published the letter as a special column. The letter hopes to raise awareness around the fragility of a uniquely remarkable lake and appreciation for how commercial activity and a changing climate are impacting it. 

Anne Stevens (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies; English) published the revised second edition of Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction. The second edition features new or expanded coverage of affect theory, critical race theory, disability studies, ecocriticism, posthumanism, and transgender studies.

Anne Savage (Art) and Lauren Paljusaj (English) have installed their planned photographic research exhibition in the display cases outside Special Collections entrance on the Library's third floor. "Intimate Nevada" reflects on the hisotry of Southern Nevada through photographs of early settlers and architecture. Accompanying content to the…

Timothy Erwin (English) has given several recent talks at online meetings, speaking in Paris on “The Discourse of the Eye: Romeo and Juliet and Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode” for the Société Française Shakespeare last March; on “The Sister Arts in The Deserted Village” for the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies last…