Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) and Curtis Chamblee (UNLV Communication Studies MA) have published an article titled, "Rhetorical fractals: An Afrocentric analysis of #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd," in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. The article develops the concept of "rhetorical fractals" to trace public responses to…

The College Radio Foundation is proud to announce this year’s College Radio Day USA Board. After interviewing candidates across the country, the new board features twelve students from college radio stations across the U.S. The task for the board will be to organize this year’s College Radio Day effort, which is happening on Friday, Oct. 6. Rob…

In the recent American Psychological Association (APA) Division 27 Community Psychology - Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) 2023 Biennial Conference, "Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures," which was held June 20-24, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia, Renato M. Liboro, Sherry Bell, and Brandon Ranuschio (all Psychology)…

Jared Lau (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) has been elected as the 2023-2026 secretary of Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ), an official national division of the American Counseling Association. CSJ works to promote social justice in our society through confronting oppressive systems of power and privilege that…

Candace Burton (Nursing) has received a research grant from the International Association of Forensic Nurses. The funded project, titled "Improving Strangulation Case Finding: A qualitative natural language study," will collect data from survivors of strangulation assaults to better understand how patients describe these experiences. Strangulation…

Richard R. Rosenkranz (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues at Kansas State University, published "Differences in physical activity behaviors between university women from metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas" in the Journal of American College Health.

Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) contributed a chapter, "Circumventing the Condemnation Imperative: The Figure of the Female Suicide Bomber in Akin and El Akkad," to The Figure of the Terrorist in Literature and Visual Culture (Edinburgh University Press).

David Tanenhaus (Law) is delivering a plenary address on Juvenile and Family Case Law since Dobbs at the 86th Annual Conference of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges on July 19.

Jaimi Garlington (Hospitality), Cass Shum (Hospitality), Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology), and Laura Book (Hospitality) recently published their paper, “'What it do?' The effects of racial code-switching on industry turnover intention," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. The paper questions the practice…