Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) recently passed the National Counselor Examination and is now a Nationally Certified Counselor demonstrating her professional identity and commitment to professional counseling. 

Alona Angosta and Rhigel A. Tan (Nursing) with collaborator, Daniel Heil of Montana State University, and  graduate student, Wei Zhu, recently published an article, "The Energy Expenditure of Tinikling: A Culturally Relevant Filipino Dance," in the International Journal of Exercise Science. This article examines the energy…

Chris Hudgins, Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts, served as distinguished scholar in residenceat Davidson College, his alma mater, for the Anthony Abbott Honors Program from Jan. 21-23.  Under the umbrella title "From Davidson to Stockholm," Hudgins taught two classes and delivered the Abbott Lecture, "Three Unpublished Film…

Tiffiany Howard (Political Science) has been selected as a finalist for the 2019-2020 Council on Foreign Relations-International Affairs Fellowship. The selection process is highly competitive and the selection committee chooses approximately 10 finalists to be fellows. The program awards a stipend of $100,000.

Scott Menter and Frank Alaimo (both Office of Information Technology) will present at the Integrated Systems Europe conference in Amsterdam next month. They will discuss the classroom technology services team's experience building an enterprise audiovisual system for the university as part of the "What's Next ... Higher Education Integrated…

Jeff Schauer (History) published Wildlife between Empire and Nation in Twentieth Century Africa with Palgrave Macmillan. This book recounts the emergence of wildlife policy in eastern and central Africa against the backdrop of colonial conquest, the consolidation of colonial rule, the process of decolonization, and the period of national…

Shon M. Reed and M. Alexis Kennedy (Criminal Justice) recently published an article with two collaborators, Andrea Cimino and Michelle Decker of Johns Hopkins University, in Child Abuse & Neglect.  The article,  "Friends, Family, and Boyfriends: An Analysis of Relationship Pathways Into Commercial Sexual Exploitation,"…

Melva Thompson-Robinson and Carolee Dodge Francis (Environmental and Occupational Health), and doctoral student Philip Danquah were notable participants at the 2019 HIV Next Generation Conference at UCLA's Center for HIV identification, Prevention and Treatment Services. The theme was "Addressing Disparities in HIV and Comorbidities…

Sara Hunt and Katherine Hertlein (both Medicine) collaborated with Noelle Lefforge and Michelle Paul (both Psychology) on an article that's been published in the Community Mental Health Journal. The article, "A University-Based Transdisciplinary Approach to Mental Health Workforce Shortages," describes UNLV's efforts to train…