Addie Rolnick (Law) presented on Possibilities and Obstacles for Healing Through Tribal Justice Programs at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) UNITE Structural Racism and Health Workshop. 

Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, Blanca E. Rincón (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Brent M. Drake (formerly Decision Support), J. Judd Harbin (formerly Student Affairs Strategic Planning and Assessment), and Kyle Ethelbah (Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach) published a study, "Oceania in the Desert: A QuantCrit…

Tara McManus, with co-authors and MA graduates Brooke Wolfe and Hannah Novak (all Communication Studies), published an article, “Memorable Messages about Pregnancy and Abortion from the Perspective of College-Enrolled Emerging Adults,” in the journal Health Communication. The study found that college students remember messages about pregnancy that…

Tara McManus (Communication Studies) published the article, "Information Work with Friends Experiencing an Intimate Health Concern," in the journal Communication Reports. The study indicates that communication competence and personal experience increases the information shared when helping friends who are experiencing an intimate health…

Professor Nantiya Ruan (Law) presented on two panels, Making Meaning Throughout Your LRW Career and Professional Obligation to Participate in Legal Writing Scholarship at the 21st Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference. In addition, she was a leader for the Discipline Building Working Group.

Professor Rebecca Scharf (Law) presented on "At Risk: The Future of Legal Writing Scholarship without Professional Incentives" at the 21st Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference. 

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article titled, "Gestational exposure to environmental chemicals and epigenetic alterations in the placenta and cord blood mononuclear cells," in the journal Epigenetics Communications. Exposure to environmental chemicals such as phthalates, phenols, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons…

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology) was awarded the Charles and Shirley Thomas Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race, a division of the American Psychological Association. This award was created in honor of the significant contributions made by Charles and Shirley Thomas in the area of student…

John Mercer and UNLV alumnus Boram Lim (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published research titled, "Energetics and basic stroke kinematics of swimming with different styles of wetsuits," in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Mercer is Lim's doctoral advisor.