Dr. Tina Brandon Abbatangelo (Dental Medicine) accepted an invitation to be one of the featured “DENT Talks” speakers during SmileCon 2022. Sponsored by the American Dental Association, DENT Talks provide diverse viewpoints about different facets of dentistry. This year’s three themes were Human Challenge, Road Less Traveled, and Love of…

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) gave an invited paper presentation titled, "La otra verosimilitud cervantina," in the city of Alcázar de San Juan, Spain. The conference was hosted by the City of Alcázar de San Juan, the Grupo de Investigación Siglos de Oro of the University of Navarre, and the Sociedad Cervantina de Alcázar de San Juan…

Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute, College of Hospitality) collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of colleagues to review the current state of data science applications for responsible gambling. The article "Applications of data science for responsible gambling: a scoping review" is published in the journal International…

The following individuals have been elected to the 2022-2023 Delta Theta Delta Omega Chapter: President: Shawn Gersternberger (Public Health) President-elect: Kavita Batra Vice president: Timothy Grigsby  Secretary and treasurer: Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou Undergraduate student liaison: Sara Conners Graduate…

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) has published a chapter titled, "Psychological Errors and Digital Rumors: Revisiting Two of Shibutani's Contributions," in the volume, Neglected Social Theorists of Color, edited by David Dickens, Korey Tillman, and C. C. Herbison (Lexington).

Gary Totten (English) published a chapter, "Edith Wharton and the Narratives of Travel and Tourism," in The Bloomsbury Handbook to Edith Wharton, edited by Emily J. Orlando. Totten's chapter discusses how Wharton's travel writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century focuses on both the cultural value of serious travel and the…

Natalie Pennington (Communication Studies) was recently announced as the winner of the National Communication Association Master's Education Section Outstanding Mentor Award for 2022. Pennington will be honored for her work supporting graduate students at the national conference later this month in New Orleans, LA.

Sarah Wolff, president's UNLV Foundation graduate research fellow, and Dan Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "How feedback can affect metacomprehension and the decision to progress" in Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology. 

André Chiang, D.M.A., (Music, Voice) recently performed the title role in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Mississippi on October 27, 28, and 29 in Natchez and Jackson, MS. He also opens a production of La bohème performing Marcello with Opera Western Reserve in Youngstown, Ohio, on November 11.  Opera Mississippi is beginning…