Olivia Cheche (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, and Honors College) and Joshua Padilla (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) recently co-authored, "Students Shortchanged by Lack of Oversight, Transparency at NSHE." Their Las Vegas Sun OpEd discusses the need to fix the culture within NSHE, citing current and past…

Robert Lang (The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West), David Damore (Political Science), and Karen Danielsen (School of Public Policy and Leadership) recently had a guest column featured in the Las Vegas Sun. Their piece "Bluelining and its Consequences: Nevada Edition," discusses the demographic, economic, geographic, and…

Kenneth Miller (Political Science) was interviewed on KTNV to discuss the increased importance of Latino voters in the upcoming presidential election, both in Nevada and nationally.

David Fott (Political Science) has been awarded a grant of $2,000 from the Jack Miller Center to host a guest lecture for Constitution Day. James W. Ceaser, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, will deliver the online lecture, "The Founder of Modern Founding," on Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. The lecture will be cosponsored by the Great Works…

Marie Falcone (Political Science and Brookings Mountain West) was named Pietro S. Nivola Intern at the Brookings Institution in recognition of her "commitment to the Brookings values of intellectual curiosity, collegiality, inclusion, and leadership." Marie is a 2020 summer intern with the Governance Studies program at the Brookings…

Jeremy Bowling (Political Science), Megan Becker, Elsa Dias, Donald Gooch, and John Ishiyama co-wrote and edited the track summary for the “Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major” track at the 2020 American Political Science Association (APSA) Teaching and Learning Conference. The track brought together students, administrators, and…

Robert Lang (The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West), William E. Brown, Jr. (Brookings Mountain West), and David Damore (Political Science) had a guest column published in the Las Vegas Sun titled, "Whom Do You Trust? Not NSHE or the Regents." The three discuss the recent special session of the Nevada Legislature, and examine the…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) co-authored the article "Analyzing Support for #TweetforTaiwan" on E-International Relations. This article analyzes the 40,000 tweets with #TweetforTaiwan hashtag in early May and reveals the online campaign collaboration among netizens from Taiwan, India, Thailand, the United States, and Hong…

Dan Lee (Political Science) published a co-authored article, "Coordination and Party Change in the United States" in American Politics Research. They use evolutionary game theory to explore the dynamics of party change. An empirical analysis of roll call voting on abortion and the environment since the 1970s illustrates those dynamics.

Christian Jensen, Michelle Kuenzi, and Dan Lee (all Political Science) published an article, "The Effects of Political Parties on Roll-Call Voting in Kenya's Parliament" in The Journal of Legislative Studies. They find that parties and coalitions induce structure to roll-call voting, although clientelism and ethnicity continue to influence the…

John Tuman (Political Science) has had an article, "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Labor Market Conditions in Nevada: A Preliminary Assessment," accepted for publication in the Journal of Labor and Society.  

Tiffiany Howard (Political Science), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation senior research analyst Naomi Smith, and foundation intern Uju Nwaigwe of Georgetown University have published "Banks and the Black Community: What Can Major Commercial and Retail Banking Institutions Do to Better Support Black Entrepreneurs and…