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Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies News

Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies allows students to create degree programs from courses across disciplinary boundaries, including cultural studies, linguistic studies, Asian studies, Latin American studies, multi-disciplinary studies, and social science studies.

Current Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies News

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Campus News | March 17, 2023

A roundup of news stories highlighting UNLV faculty and students who made headlines locally, nationally, and globally.

photo illustrations representing death across cultures
Campus News | December 9, 2022

From a new-found obsession with true crime podcasts to mourning rituals across cultures, this class examines the ways in which death captivates our attention.

Dancers with the U.N.L.V. Ewalu Club
Campus News | October 4, 2022

A collection of news stories highlighting research wins, expert insights, and academic achievement.

Remember sculptor Claes Oldenburg who created U.N.L.V.'s iconic Flashlight sculpture this month.
Campus News | August 3, 2022

A collection of news stories highlighting university experts’ insights on and contributions to health, environment, and society.

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People | July 26, 2022

The history-making program manager helps shape college women leaders and advocates for human rights.

2022 U.N.L.V. Spring Commencement Ceremony for the Graduate College.  May 13, 2022 (Josh Hawkins/UNLV)
Campus News | June 2, 2022

A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at UNLV.

Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies In The News

Defender
May 31, 2023

It’s no secret that in the Black community, when it came to mental health, silence ruled as many families adopted a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ mentality. Black folks didn’t talk about their “touched” uncle locked in the back room, or they urged their loved ones to “suck it up because if we made it through slavery, we could make it through anything.”

Post and Courier
May 22, 2023

A remark Gov. Henry McMaster has been making about Democrats at Republican events for the last three decades ignited outcry over the weekend as Democrats say the comment promotes violence and evokes South Carolina’s sordid history of slavery.

City Cast Las Vegas
April 24, 2023

Graduation season is upon us! We’re starting to see high schoolers and college grads descending on scenic spots around Las Vegas to take portraits — sometimes with elaborate additions to their stoles, gowns, and mortar board graduation caps.

KNPR News
March 3, 2023

The FBI says hate crimes against Asian Americans have increased 73%. In the last two years, that's compared to a 13% increase in hate crimes overall. And in January, the White House released its first ever national strategy to address several major issues in the Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities, including combating anti-Asian hate.

Yahoo!
March 2, 2023

The United States was built on more than just the work of our founding fathers. Channel 13 speaks with a UNLV professor who's making sure the Black perspective is not forgotten. Rachel Moore reports.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13
March 2, 2023

The United States was built on more than just the work of our founding fathers. There are, of course, men and women of different colors and races who helped form this country. Channel 13 speaks with a UNLV professor who's making sure the Black perspective is not forgotten.

Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Experts

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Recent Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Accomplishments

May 25, 2023
Alongside co-editor Robert Greene II (Claflin University), Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) participated in the roundtable, "Studying Slavery on Campus: Research, Reconciliation, and Public Engagement," published in the June 2023 issue of the Journal of the Civil…
May 22, 2023
Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by a journalist from Charleston, South Carolina's The Post and Courier about the remarks by Republican Governor Henry McMaster who "joked" about hunting Democrats with dogs. Parry provided context about the racist…
April 17, 2023
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) has been elected for a two-year term as president of the Western States Folklore Society. Starting in January 2023, she has also taken over as co-editor (with Elo-Hanna Seljamaa, University of Tartu) for the international journal Narrative Culture.
March 3, 2023
Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by journalist Rachel Moore of KTNV Channel 13 in Las Vegas about the history and value of Black Studies programs in American higher education, and how the African American and African Diaspora Studies Program at UNLV is…
February 27, 2023
On Feb. 27, Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on the radio program "Press Play with Madeleine Brand," on KCRW, the NPR station in Los Angeles. He discussed the long history of canine terror used against marginalized people, and provided comment on a new California…
February 27, 2023
On Feb. 24, 2023, Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on Channel 8 News discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Las Vegas, highlighting the accomplishments of James B. McMillan who led the protests during the 1950s and '60s.