Peter Kaufmann, Sara Rosenkranz (both Integrated Health Sciences), and Nicole Short (Psychology) proudly represented UNLV during the NIH’s Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials in Washington, D.C. The Summer Institute, created by Kaufmann in 2001 when he served as NIH’s acting director of the Office of Behavioral and Social…

Kenyon Lee Whitman and graduate student Rachel De Vera (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published an op-ed in The Imprint, exploring the challenges and solutions that contribute to educational (in)equity for foster youth in the state of Nevada.

Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published with colleagues a book chapter titled, "Race-Conscious Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education in an Era of Pronounced White Racial Backlash," in the edited book, The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education, (3rd ed.). In this chapter, they…

Dr. Diana Lopez (UNLV Alumni), Dr. Hassan Ziada, and Dr. Neamat Hassan (both Dental) published a research article titled, “Influence of thermal aging on the marginal integrity of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing fabricated crowns." The article was published online in the Journal of Dental Sciences. The study showed that…

Jyoti Mago (Clinical Sciences, Dental) recently gave a Keynote Presentation on, "Usefulness of ChatGPT in oral and maxillofacial radiology," at Global Tech Summit, Paris, 2023.

David R. Gruber (Communication Studies) recently published an article titled, "Toward a Rhetorical Theory of the Face: Algorithmic Inequalities and Biometric Masks as Material Protest." The article draws on rhetorical concepts and new materialist theory to think ecologically about the face and its role in communication. Despite the development of…

Taylor Flaherty (Anthropology) worked on a team of biological anthropologists who recently published their article, “Shifting the Forensic Anthropological Paradigm to Incorporate the Transgender and Gender Diverse Community,” in Humans. 

James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Dustin Davis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences postdoctoral scholar), Elias Malek (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Ph.D. student), and Bryson Carrier (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Ph.D. student) recently published a paper. Along with collaborators from California State University,…

Ashok K. Singh (Hospitality) published the study, "A Bayesian assessment of Casino promotions," in the Journal of Gambling Business and Economics 2023 Vol 16 No 1 pp 29-58, DOI: 10.5750/jgbe.v16i1.2047 Casinos use cash (free play), direct mail and email blasts, buffet coupons, and hotel marketing, among other offers in order to retain their loyal…