Professor Shih-Chun "Steven" Chien (Law) presented his work in progress, "Spatial Criminal Procedure: Visuality, Space, and Reasonableness," at CrimFest 2026, held at Fordham University School of Law. CrimFest is an annual workshop where criminal law and procedure scholars from across the country gather to present and discuss works in progress.

Susanna Geiser (Law) co-presented "Language as Power: Using Legal Communication to Challenge Injustice and Build a More Equitable Legal System" at the 2026 Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Conference.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently co-authored 8 peer-reviewed publications this summer that advance research on behavioral addictions, sexual health, and mental health. Appearing in high-impact journals including Psychiatry Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, International Gambling Studies, Sexual Abuse, Journal of Sexual…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently appeared on The Last Show with David Cooper podcast, "How Depression and Pornography Use Are Linked," to discuss a recent article published in Psychiatry Research. 

Benjamin Edwards (Law) and Carliss N. Chatman (SMU’s Dedman School of Law) co-authored a blog post titled, “How Misinformation is Muddying the Dexit Debate,” for the CLS Blue Sky Blog.

Nantiya Ruan (Law) co-presented "Building Bridges to Strengthen the Discipline" alongside the Discipline Building Working Group at the 2026 Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Conference.

Cass Shum (Hospitality) and Ankita Ghosh, '20 Ph.D. Hospitality, received the Best Paper Award at the West Federation CHRIE 2026 Conference in Las Vegas for their research titled "Breaking rules won't stop them from hurting you: How and when pro-customer rule-breaking provokes customer mistreatment." The research suggests that even when…

Caitlin Saladino, David Damore, and William Brown (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) authored, "Strengthening our nonprofit sector to improve our communities," a commentary piece featured in the Nevada Current. Saladino, Damore, and Brown respond to challenges facing Southern Nevada's nonprofit sector that were discussed at a recent…

Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) served as a panelist and speaker on "Caring for Your Internal Community (Students, Staff, and Faculty)" at the 2026 ABA-AALS Deans' Week.