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…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Gambling in a U.S. Census Matched Sample: Examining Interactions between Means and Motives in Predicting Problematic Outcomes," in the Journal of Gambling Studies. 

Łukasz Sznajder (Biochemistry) received a High Priority, Short-Term Project Award from the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation to study myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2). DM2 has garnered less attention than myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), lacking approved treatments or clinical trials. The uncertainty persists in applying DM1 therapeutic strategies to…

Sean Kennedy (Libraries) is the 2024 recipient of the Libraries' Administrative Faculty Award. He was nominated for his leadership and collaborative work to bring acclaim on the UNLV campus and throughout Southern Nevada to the collections, programs, initiatives, and the individuals that make up UNLV Libraries including the We Need to Talk…