Keyonna Summers

Senior Media Relations Specialist

702-895-0898
keyonna.summers@unlv.edu

Keyonna Summers writes about and connects journalists to UNLV experts in the following areas:

  • College of Education
  • College of Engineering
  • Division of Health Sciences (Dental School, School of Community Health Sciences, and Allied Health Sciences)
  • Research Division
  • Jean Nidetch Women's Center
  • Division of Student Affairs

Focus Areas

  • Diversity/Title IX Initiatives
  • Economic Development

Articles by Keyonna Summers

Divisive Dialogue: Why Do We Engage in Virtual Political Talk?
Research | October 14, 2020
UNLV social media expert Natalie Pennington explores the impact of politics and partisanship on online friendships.
Civil or At War? Mail-In Voting and the 2020 Election
UNLV professor Michael Green
Business and Community | October 12, 2020
Snail mail ballots have a long history of success, says UNLV historian Michael Green, so why all the controversy?
Supreme Court Nominations 101
UNLV professor Rebecca Gill
Business and Community | October 2, 2020
UNLV political and judicial expert Rebecca Gill explains the history of the United States’ contentious appointment process, how it differs from other nations, and the implications of a recent vacancy.
Presidential Debates in a Highly Polarized America
Arts and Culture | September 28, 2020
UNLV debate expert Jacob Thompson examines the impact a Trump-Biden matchup will have on the final election result.
Child Abuse and COVID-19
children standing on a playground with their backs to the camera and their backpacks visible
Business and Community | September 9, 2020
UNLV child advocacy expert Amanda Haboush-Deloye examines the pandemic’s impact on abused youth, and how medical professionals and others can help reverse the trend in unreported cases.
COVID-19 and the Future of Education
child using tablet for remote learning
Business and Community | September 1, 2020
UNLV College of Education professor Bradley Marianno examines the role of teachers and their unions in advocating for safety and equity in fall school return plans.
Study: Black Entrepreneurship in the United States
smiling black woman hangs "open" sign on the window of her business
Research | July 24, 2020
UNLV political science expert Tiffiany Howard examines the lag in U.S. Black business ownership and opportunities for closing the racial wealth gap.
UNLV Scientist on a Mission to the Red Planet
This artist's rendition depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying rocks with its robotic arm.
Research | July 6, 2020
Geoscientist Libby Hausrath gives an insider glimpse at her role as one of 15 scientists selected by NASA to work on Mars sample return on the 2020 Rover Mission.
Domestic Abuse and COVID-19
silhouette of man and woman arguing
Research | June 16, 2020
UNLV criminal justice professor Gillian Pinchevsky on the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on victims of intimate partner abuse and how society can help protect them in the future.