Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) presented a paper based on his project on animal rights/welfare activism in Ciudad Juárez, México, as part of a human rights panel, in the Society for Latin American Studies Virtual Conference. In this presentation, he explored how animal rights/welfare activists engage in discourses of human rights in their…

Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) has been elected to the executive committee of the Education, Training, and Workforce Development Division (ETWDD) of the American Nuclear Society. His three-year term will begin June 17. The ETWDD provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the…

Ching-Chen Chen, Jared Lau, and Chris Wood (all Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) presented a virtual educational session, "Promoting International Scholarly Collaborations and Counseling Internship Abroad," with two international scholars, Wei-Wen Chen (Macau) and Shu-Chung-Chen (Taiwan), at the 2021…

Patrice Leverett and Samuel Song (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published their article, "The Effect of Program Mission on Students: Developing a Program Assessment System for Social Justice Training," in School Psychology Training and Pedagogy. This article is about program evaluation for…

Monica Arebalos (Medicine), who is an MD candidate, was asked an unexpected number of questions about her recently published paper on sex trafficking red flags, "Sex Trafficking Red Flags: Confirming Presentation Patterns and Childhood Adversity Risk Factors," during her match interviews with emergency room departments around the country. The ER…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented commentary on Allison B. Wolf's Just Immigration in the Americas: A Feminist Account as part of a symposium organized by the department of philosophy and Centro de Estudios en Migración at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. 

Hans Rawhouser (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) and Ian McDonough (Economics) published a paper with Chris Sutter (Miami), "Venture Acceleration and Entrepreneurial Growth in Central America," about accelerators supporting entrepreneurs in the most recent issue of the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Using 24 months of…

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) recently had an article published by the U.S. Library of Congress as part of its National Recording Registry. This program honors 25 recordings each year that showcase "the range and diversity of American recorded sound heritage." The registry pursues this aim by preserving original media, making digital versions…

Brittany Paloma Fiedler and Brittani Sterling (both Libraries) will be presenting their contributed paper, "Conference Critique: An Analysis of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Programming," at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2021 Virtual Conference. Fiedler also will be presenting a contributed paper with UNLV…