Bridget Cowan Longoria (Sociology) published an article, "The widowed identity: identity transformations of the silent generation and the influence of time" in the Journal of Women and Aging. Longoria is a doctoral student in sociology.

Chelsea Heinbach and Rosan Mitola (Libraries), with former UNLV librarian Erin Rinto, published a book, "Dismantling Deficit Thinking in Academic Libraries: Theory, Reflection, and Action," with Litwin Books and Library Juice Press. The book explores the history of deficit thinking in higher education and how it has negatively impacted…

Brookings Mountain West recently published a housing policy brief authored by colleagues from the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. The policy brief titled, "How Did Homelessness Change During the Great Recession and Recovery?" examines changes in homelessness rates from 2007 to 2020 within Las Vegas, Los Angeles,…

Gary Totten (English) has published a chapter, “Tour of Europe and Egypt,” in the book Frederick Douglass in Context, edited by Michaël Roy and published by Cambridge University Press. In the chapter, Totten argues that in Douglass’s travel diary for his 1886-87 tour of Europe and Egypt, his attention to his and others’ racialized…

Brent M. Drake (Decision Support) recently published the chapter "Momentum Stoppers and Equity Blockers. The Implications of Gateway Courses for Students at Their Transfer-Receiving Institutions" with his co-author Andrew K. Koch in the book The Transfer Expecrience: A Handbook for Creating a More Equitable and Successful Postsecondary…

Paul Werth (History) has published a review essay, "Russia's Borders in East and West," assessing recent scholarship on Russia/USSR's boundary with Korea, China, and Finland in Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. 

Dr. Marc J. Kahn, dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and vice president for health affairs worte a front-page editorial for the Aug. 8 edition of the Las Vegas Sun, "Altruism Offers a Path Out of the Pandemic," detailing the need for universal vaccination for COVID-19.

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) published an article, "The Process of Learning Mindfulness and Acceptance through the Use of a Mobile App Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Grounded Theory Analysis." This article is published as an advanced online publication in the journal, Issues in Mental Health Nursing.

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) publihed an article on "Associations of neonicotinoids with insulin and glucose homeostasis parameters in US adults: NHANES 2015-2016" in the journal, Chemosphere.  This study is the first to investigate whether neonicotinoids are associated with insulin and glucose homeostasis …