Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently contributed to a workshop on research methodology in social sciences and humanities at the International Federation for Fitness, Health, and Physical Education and Iron Games. The overarching goal of this workshop was to describe guidelines for designing and conducting interdisciplinary and evidence-based…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article entitled, “A theory-based analysis of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among African Americans in the United States: A recent evidence” in co-authorship with Ravi Batra (Coforge) in the journal Healthcare. The article lends support to…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented at the Bridging Equity Into Action Summitt on Sept. 25. The invited presentation was titled "'Why Not Me?' Minoritized Communities, Leadership Development, and the Equity-Focused School Leader." The presentation abstract:  Minoritized populations have long been the…

Hal Berghe (Computer Science) published an article, "A Collapsing Academy, Part II: How Cancel Culture Works on the Academy," in the October 2021 issue of IEEE Computer.

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) and colleagues have published two articles: "Contributions and Challenges in Health Lifestyles Research" in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior Special Issue on Findings, Challenges, and Future Directions in Medical Sociology and "Postsecondary Educational Attainment and Health among Younger U.S…

Jennifer Byrnes (Anthropology) has co-authored an article that appears in the journal Science & Justice. The article, "Multi-Agent Scavenging Patterns in Hawai‘i: A Forensic Archaeological and Skeletal Case Study," co-authored with William Belcher (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), presents archaeological and anthropological…

Katelin Gilbertson (Economics, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute) recently had her Op-Ed, "Microchip manufacturing could boost Nevada economy" published in the Nevada Independent. Gilberton discusses how the expanding global microchip shortage presents a premier opportunity to augment Nevada’s strong economic diversification efforts.

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) was recently appointed by the National Association of Social Workers to be a member of its Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Specialty Practice Section Committee. The group is the largest association of professional social workers in the United States. The appointment is a two-year term.

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) has published a chapter, "The Dazed and Dangerous Delinquents of Sin City: Policing and Detaining Juvenile Delinquents in 20th Century Las Vegas," in the edited volume, History & Crime: A Transdisciplinary Approach (Emerald Publishing, 2021), edited by Thomas J Kehoe and Jeffrey E Pfeifer.