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
A new book explores what Thai food in America can tell us about the people cooking it and the people consuming it.
Check out the exhibit at Lied Library to see what messages Latinx students have conveyed at commencement in recent years.
Through interviews and writing, this Research & Creative Honors Program participant discovered how storytelling empowers marginalized groups.
Books by UNLV professors deal with topics as disparate as Thai food and feminist-owned sex-toy stores and the impact both have had in the U.S.
Four students on the chances they’ve taken, the confidence they’ve gained, and the dreams they continue to chase.
Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies In The News
Her black hair falls on her face. A rose gold chain with a pendant rests on her denim dress. At first glance, the Instagram photo is nothing special. Indeed, nobody notices that this elegant pendant is a sex toy with a USB connection.
The newest sector that is upset by - especially female - designers and start-ups? Sex toys. These days they look like minimalist design objects.
Local business owner Woranuch Boonprakob has walked up and down the 5000 block of Hollywood Boulevard every day for the past 35 years, taking note of what’s different and what’s the same with every step. As Thai Town approaches its 20th anniversary at the end of the month, Boonprakob describes the neighborhood’s transformation into a cultural hub as “beautiful.” But unlike the tourists who simply marvel at the stylized lamp posts and golden Aponsi statues, Boonprakob is able to recall the tragedy and ensuing strife from which the beauty was born.
The ubiquitous masturbation device marketed to men was ahead of its time—and became the bellwether for a more fluid, inclusive future.
College of Southern Nevada grad Monique Moreno wasn’t afraid to put in the long hours she’d need to pay for college. After all, she’d been working since she was 14 — first alongside her mom in CSN’s computer lab, then scooping ice cream at Baskin-Robbins, before eventually becoming a field technician in a casino on the Strip — juggling jobs in addition to her classes.
The Henderson Libraries aims to be a comfortable and welcoming place for all populations and education is a major key to their goal.
