Fourth-year medical students from the Class of 2026 — Philip John Borsellino, Savannah Schauer, Axel Rivas, and Karl Aharonian published, "Clinical Ophthalmology: Filling in the Blind Spot: Integrating Charles Bonnet Syndrome Screening in Ophthalmology." Thomas A. Vida (Medicine) served as the faculty mentor and advisor while the students drove…

Cristina Hernandez (Social and Behavioral Health) recently presented, "A novel model of scholarship program to increase lactation workforce in Nevada," at the 2025 annual American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, D.C. This presentation is a culmination of the Nevada Lactation Hub Scholarship program led by Gabriela Buccini and Rikki…

Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching & Learning) recently served as the lead external academic program review evaluator for the Department  of Organization, Workforce, and Leadership Studies (OWLS) at Texas State University. The OWLS department prepares adult learners for career success through interdisciplinary research, teaching, and service…

Doctoral student, Amanda Castelo Saragosa, along with Jason Flatt and Gabriela Buccini (all Social and Behavioral Health) published: Using concept mapping to co-create implementation strategies to address maternal-child food insecurity during the first 1,000 days of life. This peer-reviewed publication showcases the EARN-FS project and describes…

Grace Adu Buabeng (Public Health) presented her thesis, Maternal Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Food Insecurity: A Cross-Sectional Study, at the 2025 annual American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, DC.

Michelle Tusan (History) delivered the Presidential address, sponsored by the Royal Historical Society, at the annual North American Conference on British Studies in Montreal. Her talk was entitled: ‘What Liberalism Requires: The Very Victorian Marriage of J.S. Mill and Harriet Taylor.’ She will now serve as Immediate Past President of NACBS.

Alexandra Nur (Criminal Justice) recently published an article that explores the potential for prison misconduct processing to instigate further misconduct rather than deter future misconduct. In the article entitled "The (Non)Deterrent Potential of Prison Sanction Structure: A Review of Deterrence and Rational Choice in the Prison Context,"…

Doris Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been appointed to the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Book of the Year Committee as Chair Elect & Chair for the term of November 15, 2025, through November 18, 2028.  

Richard Chang (Psychology) presented a paper presentation, "Between Two Palms: Podcasting to empower emerging scholars," at the 2025 Biennial Diversity Challenge Graduate Student Conference, hosted by Boston College's Institute for the Study of Race and Culture on Nov. 15.