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.…

Innovation (Research & Economic Development), the university's research magazine, recently received a Bronze Award of Excellence from District VII of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE Awards of Excellence showcase best practices in alumni relations, fundraising, public/government relations, advancement…

Barb Brents (Sociology) and alumna Crystal Jackson, '03 BA Psychology, '07 MA Sociology, '13 PhD Sociology, will participate in a special colloquium this month at UCLA titled "Welcome to the Pornosphere: A Socio-Sexual Analysis of the AVN Adult Extertainment Expo, Las Vegas."

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) and a colleague published an article titled "Family, Peer, and School Influences on Emerging Health Lifestyles in Grades K-8” in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. She also published an article in the Annual Review of Public Health titled "The Relationship between Education and Health:…

Denise Tillery (English) associate dean of students in the College of Liberal Arts, published the book, Commonplaces of Scientific Evidence in Environmental Discourses (Routledge, 2017). The book examines the uses of scientific evidence within three types of environmental writing and media contexts. Tillery traces writers' patterns, or…

Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) has been awarded a Pop-Up Research and Scholarship grant from the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity for her work on Latino spatial microaggressions. 

Timothy P. Gocha (Anthropology), along with co-authors Kate Spradley and Ryan Strand of Texas State University, recently published a book chapter on their work trying to identify presumed migrants who have lost their lives crossing the U.S./Mexico border.  The chapter, "Bodies in Limbo," traces the movement of deceased migrants in South…

John M. Bowers (English) has been appointed as a member of the Senior Citizens' Advisory Board for the city of Las Vegas with a term running until June 2021. 

John M. Bowers (English) delivered two invited lectures at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville this month:  "Tolkien as a Chaucerian: The Reeve's Tale" and "Tolkien's Lectures on The Pardoner's Tale."  The lectures were sponsored by the university's Honors College with support from the Walton Trust. 

Daniel Benyshek (Anthropology) and Sharon Young (Anthropology and Undergraduate Research) and colleagues published the first clinical trial exploring the effects of human maternal placentophagy, the practice of eating one's placenta after giving birth. The study, which was published online in the journal Women and Birth Nov. 23, was covered…

David Morris (English) is the author of the book The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder,  which this month was recognized by The New York Times as "What to read in the face of trauma." According to the Times, "Morris, a former Marine who suffered from PTSD on his return from Iraq, traces the historical understanding of…