Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published a chapter titled, "Beyond the Deliberate Infector: Emergent Categories of Infector Narratives during COVID-19," in the edited volume, Behind the Mask: Vernacular Culture in the Time of COVID (University Press of Colorado).

Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) joined co-editor, Robert Greene, II of Claflin University to discuss their 2021 co-edited volume, Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina, on the New Books Network, a podcasting…

Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared in a documentary that examines the use of attack dogs in U.S. prisons, produced by the news site Insider.com. Parry provided historical context for the racist roots of canine-to-human violence, including the violent use of…

Sheila Bock (Liberal Arts) published her book, Claiming Space: Performing the Personal through Decorated Mortarboards (University Press of Colorado). Claiming Space examines the growing tradition of decorating mortarboards at college graduations, offering a performance-centered approach to these material sites of display. Taking mortarboard…

In the Desert Companion article, "Doctors Disbelieve, Patients (and Care) Suffer," by Stephanie Forté, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was quoted on the history of racial bias in medical education. In the article, Willoughby discusses the deep history of how gender bias in medicine became…

On Sept. 26, professor Christopher Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a lecture at Weill Cornell Medical School in New York City as a part of the Heberden Society’s annual History of Medicine Speaker Series. Based on his recent book, Willoughby spoke on the history of racial science and slavery in Manhattan’s medical…

On July 26, Christopher D.E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented on the history of racism and medical research in professor Elizabeth Chuang's Research Ethics Seminar at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition to his presentation, Willoughby led a discussion of how this history informs contemporary…

Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by Insider journalist Hannah Beckler about the use of attack dogs throughout American history, specifically their use against Black people throughout the era of slavery, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights movement, and…

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) and Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) co-authored the lead chapter in the edited volume, Wait Five Minutes: Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century (University Press of Mississippi, 2023). Combining rhetorical analysis with folklore studies, their chapter, "…

Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) contributed a chapter, "Circumventing the Condemnation Imperative: The Figure of the Female Suicide Bomber in Akin and El Akkad," to The Figure of the Terrorist in Literature and Visual Culture (Edinburgh University Press).

Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a public lecture at the Clark County Public Library, titled, "A History of Juneteenth: From Galveston, TX to Las Vegas, NV" on June 23, 2023, for the annual Juneteenth celebrations in Southern Nevada. Additionally, Parry…

Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) ppeared on KNPR's State of Nevada to discuss the history and significance of "Juneteenth" in Nevada and across the United States.