Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer (Psychology and Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) will present her research at the National Association of African American Studies Conference in February. The paper is titled “Ancestral 'Mixness' and 'Race Trauma:' The Monster Has No Name.” Her research is in review for publication by the University…

Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published "Negotiating Community in the Interregnum: Zombies and Others in Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead" in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Routledge). 

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented during two forums at the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society in Buffalo, New York, “Envisioning the Digital Folklore Archive as Process and Collaboration” and “Folklore and Enlightenment in America: A Conversation with Bill Ivey.”

Rochelle Walker (Fine Arts) and Samantha Carroll (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) created Living Your Best Life: Balancing School, Work, and Family Summit. It was created out of a graduate multicultural course project within the higher education leadership program. The goal was to provide UNLV student-parents a positive and…

Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published "Conceptual Confusion: The Ambiguities of the War on Terror in Roy-Bhattacharya's The Watch and O'Hagan's The Illuminations" in Terrorism and Literature (Cambridge University Press).

Kendra Gage (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) delivered a paper, "Rising as They Fall: Women of the NAACP," at the 1968 in the Americas: Impact, Legacies and Memory, which was held at the University College London Institute of the Americas. The presentation examined African-American women who led the NAACP during a transitional…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published "Body, Neuro-Diverse, and Ability-Centered Identities" in The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies, which is available on Oxford Handbooks Online.  

Nicole Espinosa and Erika Abad (both Interdisciplinary, Ethnic, and Gender Studies) participated in the second annual Clexacon, a lesbian and bisexual media convention, at the Tropicana earlier this month. Espinosa, a women's studies major, participated on the "Lexa's Legacy" panel. Professor-in-residence Abad participated on the "Queer Women of…

Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) has been elected co-chair of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Adult Film History Scholarly Interest Group. Her three year term begins in July. She is an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies.

Erika G. Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by the Las Vegas Review Journal for an article on the growing number of LGBT superheroes.

Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Interdisciplinary Studies, Gender and Sexuality) will be the keynote speaker this month on "Self-Creation: Black Women Identities of the Harlem Renaissance" for the Students Organizing Diversity Activities (SODA) and the International Council ”Black History Month Renaissance," which highlights the Harlem Renaissance.…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published an article, "Ku Klux Kasserole and Strange Fruit Pies: A Shouting Match at the Border in Cyberspace" in the Journal of American Folklore.