Starr Hoffman and Samantha Godbey (both Libraries) recently published "US Academic Libraries' Staffing and Expenditure Trends (1996–2016)" in Library Management. This paper explores trends over time in library staffing and staffing expenditures among two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States, based on data from the…

Ching-Chen Chen, Jared Lau (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), along with George Richardson from the University of Cincinnati, recently published their paper, "Measurement Invariance Testing in Counseling," in the Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory &…

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) created and launched the Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals's Animal Ethics from the Margins (AEfM) project, which highlights the work of underrepresented voices in the animal ethics literature. The AEfM website features an early career bibliography, classic texts about animals (books and journal…

Pete Castro (Art) has created artworks that will be on the Las Vegas Raiders inaugural season tickets. His colorful, graffiti-inspired design shows Allegiant Stadium, the Strip, the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, and the surrounding desert landscape. He is a junior pursuing a degree in art history.

Anthony King, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, and Aldo Barrita (Psychology) recently published "Risk Factors of Problem Gaming and Gambling in US Emerging Adult Non-Students: The Role of Loot Boxes, Microtransactions, and Risk-Taking" in Issues in Mental Health Nursing. This study examined the potential comorbidity between internet…

Rajiv Kishore (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently had his co-authored paper, “Effects of Structural and Trait Competitiveness Stimulated by Leaderboard and Points on User Engagement and Performance Growth: A Natural Experiment with Gamification in an Informal Learning Environment,”  accepted by the European Journal of…

Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) with his colleagues at Louisiana State University published a paper, "Feasibility and Implications of the Modular Construction Approach for Rapid Post-Disaster Recovery," in the International Journal of Industrialized Construction. 

Alexa Bejinariu and M. Alexis Kennedy (both Criminal Justice), along with Andrea N. Cimino of the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University, published a manuscript,  "They Said They Were Going to Help Us Get Through This...": Documenting Interactions between Police and Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth in the Journal of Crime and…

Ashley Doughty (Art) is interviewed on the "Art People" podcast. She talks about her latest exhibition, “Kept to Myself,” at the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and the concepts behind this work. Listen in as we learn about her history, her love for teaching, and how she shares her experience as a Black woman through the art that she creates.