Richard Chang, Diana Beltran, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, and Rachael Robnett (all Psychology) recently published their paper entitled, "‘Feeling out of place’: A mixed methods investigation of the impostor phenomenon among BIPOC and LGBTQ STEM college students" in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. Their mixed-methods study…

Jesse Fitts' (Philosophy) paper, "ChatGPT Is Not Bullshit, nor Is It Not Not Bullshit," has been accepted for publication in Ethics and Information Technology.

Roberto Lovato (English) conducted a seminar — “Write Crisis: How to Write Your Truth Without Going Broke” — on May 2, 2026, at the Rooted and Written Conference, the first tuition-free professional writing conference and workshop for non-white writers in the United States. Lovato is the founder of Rooted and Written.

Roberto Lovato (English) participated on a panel about immigrant and non-immigrant resistance to ICE. The Migrant Realities of Work and Care Conference took place at Stanford University on May 1, 2026.

Roberto Lovato (English) delivered a talk-seminar — Poet Warriorship: Writing as a Form of Resistance — on April 29, 2026, to students and faculty at Stanford University's El Centro Chicano y Latino.

Paul Vincent Ruma (Anthropology) was an invited speaker at California State University, East Bay’s Music, Identity & Wellness Summit, held May 1, 2026. Ruma led a story-driven lecture and interactive workshop on mental health, resilience, and identity through Hip Hop culture, incorporating his co-authored book These Are the Breaks! as part of…

Rebecca Gill (Political Science) and coauthors Christopher Zorn (Penn State University) and Jennie Sweet-Cushman (Chatham University) won the 2026 Jewell Limar Prestage Best Paper Award from the Southwestern Political Science Association for their paper “Gender and the Misperception of Women’s Representation in State Legislatures and Congress…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) spoke with KTNV, Channel 13 News in Las Vegas. I provided reflections upon Ruby Duncan's legacy of activism in the Las Vegas valley, noting it is important to continue her human rights campaign in the modern era.

Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) was invited to participate at the biennial conference of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, held at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK, from April 16 to April 18, 2026. Her presentation, titled “Feature Reassembly and Syntactic Constraints in L2 French and English…

Lilla Brody, Berlyn Fife, Sataya Otoo, and Brenna Renn (all Psychology) published their manuscript, "Methodological Considerations for Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression in Later-Life Psychotherapy Trials: A Scoping Review" in the Clinical Gerontologist. This paper reviewed 91 randomized controlled trials of psychotherapy for anxiety and/or…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published three articles:  Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) and problematic pornography use (PPU): A comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and expert-informed narrative review with suggested future directions was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. …

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a presentation about his recent article, "Canines: Enforcing Race and State," during the 2026 Organization of American Historians annual conference. His presentation was part of a panel analyzing the role of animals in historical records, based upon a forum published by the…