Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual keynote address for the 6th Annual National Congress on Normal School Education held in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Her address focused on strategies for supporting and understanding "children's philosophy" within the K-12 school system.

Heather Torgersen, DPP (Liberal Arts; Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement) was chosen as a member of Leadership Las Vegas' class of 2024. Leadership Las Vegas is a 10-month executive leadership program sponsored by the Vegas Chamber designed to expand knowledge in the community so that participants become more effective leaders and change…

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).

Andrew Kauffman (World Languages and Cultures) chaired a panel and presented a paper at the 2023 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention in Denver, CO. His paper was titled, "Representations of Aging and Old Age in Zhou Daxin's The Sky Darkens Slowly." 

Jesse Fager-Larsen (The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West, Political Science) attended the 23rd annual Public Policy Leadership Conference (PPLC) held at the Harvard Kennedy School campus. During the conference, attendees meet with professors, attend mock graduate-level courses, and learn about career and funding opportunities in public…

Todd Jones (Philosophy) presented a co-authored paper, “Which Are the Best Future Populations? What We Must Study, Rather Than Stipulate,” at the Designing Just Futures Conference at James Madison University. 

Brandon Ranuschio, Sherry Bell, Lianne Barnes, and Renato M. Liboro (all Psychology) recently published their article, "Promoting resilience among middle-aged and older men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Nevada: An examination of facilitators and challenges from a social determinants of health perspective," in …

Professor emeritus Maurice Finocchiaro (Philosophy) has just published his 17th book, The Fallacy of Composition: Critical Reviews, Conceptual Analyses, and Case Studies. It is a volume in a book series of “Studies in Logic and Argumentation,” published by College Publications in London. This is the first book-length study of the fallacy of…

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…

Colleen Hall-Patton (Sociology) presented a paper at the American Quilt Study group titled, "My 'Christopher Columbus' Eleanor Beard Quilt," tracing the design elements of a 1930s quilt to a 1600s quilt. Eleanor Beard Studios employed as many as 1000 rural Kentucky women during the Great Depression while marketing to very high end clientele.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "The development and validation of the experiential avoidance rating scale (EARS): A self-report questionnaire that might actually measure experiential avoidance," in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 

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…