Pearl Kim and Haniyeh Shariatmadari (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research), along with their collaborators at the Optum Care, recently published an article, "Socioeconomic factors associated with use of telehealth services in outpatient care settings…

Brittani Sterling (Libraries) is the winner of the UNLV Libraries inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. She was nominated for the major contributions she has made to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the areas of job performance, scholarship, and service in addition to honors that have been bestowed upon her like being the…

Doctoral student Paula Ramirez (Radiochemistry) has been selected for a fellowship under the Department of Energy's University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP), becoming the eighth student from UNLV to win the prestigious award. The highly competitive graduate fellowship program will fully fund Ramirez's research over a three-year period…

Jeff Schauer (History) organized a panel on converging and competing knowledge systems and conservation in southern Africa at the meeting of the American Society for Environmental History in Denver. Schauer's own paper was titled "Tracking Puku: Traditional knowledge, skills, and the crafting of Zambian wildlife science." The paper used the…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on informed informality, his blog that considers people, culture, conflict, and history, among other things. The post uses the writing of Mary Rowe as a springboard to explore the role of bystanders in addressing wrongdoing, considering what they need before they speak out. For more information…

  Keith Rogers (Student Affairs), vice president for Student Affairs, was named the 2024 Tyrone Thompson Emerging Leader Awardee. Rogers is one of six trailblazers the city honored. The city is honoring these community leaders before another highly-anticipated event — the Legacy Park induction ceremony. Learn more about the…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Face as a multidimensional construct: Cross-cultural validation of the Loss of Face Scale in Taiwan and the United States," in Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 

Sarah Wolff (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was awarded second place for research presented at the UNLV Postdoctoral Research showcase in collaboration with Jonathan Hilpert, Vanessa Vongkulluksn and their colleagues at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The research, "Self-efficacy inertia: The role of…

Chyllis E. Scott (Teaching and Learning) and her colleagues, Diane M. Miller (University of Houston), and UNLV alumni Matt Albert (Teaching and Learning, '23 PhD) recently published an edited book titled, Cultivating Literate Citizenry Through Interdisciplinary Instruction with IGI Global. The book focuses on literacy instruction that extends…