John Starkey (Business) recently was elected chair of the Administrative Faculty Committee (AFC) for 2022-23. Starkey has been a member of the AFC representing Lee Business School, Harrah Hospitality College and Boyd School of Law. The remainder of the 2022-23 Executive Committee will be elected at the June meeting. The AFC is a standing…

Maria B. Roberts (Education) has been selected for the second cohort of the UNLV Search Advocate Pilot Program. As a search advocate, she will play an important role in aiding search committees with diversifying candidate pools, ensuring equity in the search process, and collaborating with Human Resources to ensure compliance with university…

Dr. Aditi Singh and Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (both Medicine), along with former School of Medicine faculty member Dr. Miriam Bar-on, presented their initiative, "Wellness on a Budget," as a poster at the Association for Hospital Medical Education's Annual AHME Institute and at the American Association of American Medical Colleges…

Karen Callahan (Environmental & Occupational Health) and Sfurti Maheshwari (Public Health) along with co-authors published an article on "Elevated Breast Cancer Mortality among Highly Educated Asian American Women" in the journal PLOS One.  The study found that postmenopausal breast cancer (PMBC) mortality for higher educated Asian women…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, "Development of Nutrition Literacy Scale for Middle School Students in Chongqing, China: A Cross-Sectional Study" in the journal, Frontiers in Nutrition in association with co-authors from Chongqing Medical University and Qatar University.  The article presents a valid and…

Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) had a paper, "Temporary or Permanent Social Media Post? The Impact of Product Type," accepted in Psychology & Marketing journal with her co-author Sevinc Ulu (New Jersey City University). The article demonstrates the product display duration on social media (temporary via stories vs.…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) recently was appointed to the editorial board of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, where she will serve as a section editor for Latin American and Iberian philosophy. 

Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) wrote a book chapter, "Let the Students Speak: African American Males with Disabilities' Perspectives of Behavior Intervention Acceptability in Schools and the Implications for Cultural Validity," which has been published in the book, Discipline Disparities Among…

William E. Brown, Jr. (Brookings Mountain West) and Caitlin J. Saladino (Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute) recently authored "Time to Turn the Corner on Nevada’s Mental Health Crisis," which was published in the Nevada Current. Their piece discusses Nevada's chronic shortage of mental health and social work professionals for adults…