Sapria Cheuk and Emily Budd (both Art) along with alumni Holly Lay, '19 MFA Art; Karin Miller, '13 BA Art; Mary Sabo, Art; Sierra Slentz, '01 MFA Art; and Mikayla Whitmore, '10 BFA Art, are participating in the first Bullfrog Biennial at the Goldwell Open Air Museum and Red Barn Art Center in Beatty, Oct. 25 - 27, curated by a panel of artists,…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology & Educational Leadership) and co-author Elizabeth Domangue, superintendent in the Manitou Springs School District in Colorado, published in the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership by SAGE Publishing. The article, “Leadership for Social Justice in High-Poverty Schools: Exploration of Equity and…

John Curry (History) has just published an invited chapter surveying a collection of scholarship published on recently scholarly debates in Ottoman social and religious history. "Some Reflections on the Fluidity of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in an Ottoman Sunni Context,” appears in the edited volume Beyond Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: New Perspectives…

The Department of Political Science and Pi Sigma Alpha (both Political Science) have published the 2019 volume of Governance: The Political Science Journal at UNLV. The publication showcases the latest undergraduate research in the various subfields of political science. Pi Sigma Alpha is the political science honor society. Nerses…

Danielle Jones (Medicine) has had her research published in the American Journal of Perinatology Reports. Co-authors are Dr. David L. Howard (Medicine), who is her research mentor; Samantha O. Haikal; and Megan D. Whitham.The project, "Universal versus Risk-Based Management of Unknown Group B Streptococcus Status at Term," compared the…

Charlotta Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) and co-author Mark Sanders published a book on nuclear waste management. The book, Nuclear Waste Management Strategies: An International Perspective, presents insights into nuclear waste management from a technical engineering perspective, with consideration for important legal aspects. It provides…

Tevfik Demirciftci and Amanda Belarmino (both Hospitality) presented “Competitive Intelligence in the Hospitality Industry. Perspectives of Turkish Revenue Managers, A Pilot Study“at the 2019 Global Conference on Business and Economics (GLOBE) in Istanbul.  Additionally, Demirciftci, a Ph.D. student, has successfully defended his dissertation…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently gave an invited presentation to a visiting management group from London's Hippodrome Casino. The talk, “Parallels between the United Kingdom and Las Vegas Gaming Markets, 1950 to Now," positioned the current UK gaming market in the context of past and current trends in Las Vegas, and offered…

Colleen Hall-Patton (Sociology) made a poster presentation called "Wait! What? Modern Quilting in the 1950s?" at the American Quilt Study Group conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.