Manuel Rodríguez, Jesús Galindo, and José Galindo (all World Languages and Cultures) presented at the 4th annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities: "World Cinema," last month at California State University, Sacramento. All three are graduate students.

Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) co-authored an article, “Gendered ‘Long Arm’ of Parental Education?: Life Course Influences on Functional Limitations Among Older Adults in India,” that was published in the Journal of Aging and Health. Bhatta also co-authored a chapter with Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) and Moushumi Roy (Michigan State University), “The…

Michael J. Alarid (History) presented "Beyond Banditry: Everyday Larceny in Territorial New Mexico" at the Zimmerman Library on the campus of the University of New Mexico earlier this month. His invited talk was part of the fall 2018 People and Places series at the University Libraries Center for Southwest Research & Special…

Joanne Goodwin (History) presented at the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference in San Francisco Nov. 15.  The paper discussed the new research on women's suffrage activists in Nevada and her work to create a website on the Nevada suffrage network. Doctoral student Christine Lamoureux provided research…

Tarryn E. McGhie (Office of Online Education), Rebekah Piper (Texas A&M-San Antonio), and Myah Stanford (Winthrop University) presented their research "Multicultural Content, Pedagogy, and Dialogue: Preparing Teachers to Shape the Future of Literacy Education" at the National Council for Teachers of English annual convention in Houston. This…

Barbara St. Pierre Schneider (Nursing) was inducted into the 2018 inaugural cohort of the Hall of Fame at the Louisiana State University Health School of Nursing in New Orleans. The School of Nursing Hall of Fame recognizes alumni, faculty or student achievements that have made an enduring contribution to the nursing profession…

Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented a poster, "Spatial variation of ZIKV incidence associated with meteorological measurements," in the 2018 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in San Diego.  

Debra Martin (Anthropology) and Cheryl Anderson, recipient of last year's UNLV outstanding Ph.D. thesis award and co-edited Massacres: Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Approaches (University of Florida Press, 2018), which was released this week. This volume represents case studies of massacres from ancient to modern times. By…

Dave Loeb (Music) and the UNLV School of Music, Division of Jazz and Commercial Music, received another outstanding review for its latest release, Fascinating Rhythm/Latin Journey IV on Vegas Records, in the  November Education issue of Jazz Times. "There’s an abundance of riches on this two CD-set from UNLV’s jazz program. It includes…