Maurice Finocchiaro (Philosophy) just has published a book, The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue (Routledge--Taylor & Francis Group, 2013). It is a volume in a series called "Routledge Guides to the Great Books." The great book in question is Galileo Galilei's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, whose…

Dan Bubb (Academic Assessment), Gregory Schraw (Education), David James (Academic Programs), Barbara Brents (Sociology), Kyle Kaalberg (Teaching and Learning), Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology), Penny Amy (Biology), and Ann Cammett (Law) recently published an article in Assessment Update, a publication that is widely read by assessment…

Merrill Horton (English) wrote an article, "A Speculative Note on The Mansion's Myra Allanovna," which was published in The Faulkner Journal.

Gary Pullman (English) wrote a short story, "Bedtime Story," which was published in the spring edition of the peer-reviewed periodical, Word River Literary Review .

Joanne Goodwin (Women's Research Institute of Nevada) was a nominee for the 15th annual Women of Distinction Award presented by the National Association of Women Business Owners of Southern Nevada. The association, whose membership represents Southern Nevada's most influential business leaders, helps to educate and empower women business owners in…

Miriam Melton-Villanueva (History) presented "Religious Context of Land in Nahua Communities of the Early 19th Century" at the Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies' annual conference in Santa Fe, N.M. She also presented "Aztec Testaments: Indigenous Archives in Central Mexico" at a talk jointly sponsored by UNLV's department of…

Joanne Goodwin (Women's Research Institute of Nevada) received an invitation from the White House to attend a day-long conference focusing on girls' leadership and civic education. She will be joining a select group of educators, scholars, and elected officials to examine how to promote civic learning and engagement, as well as encourage the…

Maurice Finocchiaro (Philosophy) is the author of Meta-argumentation: An Approach to Logic and Argumentation Theory, which was published in March by College Publications (London). It is volume 42 of their series of "Studies in Logic." The book deals with meta-arguments, which are arguments about arguments. As such, it provides a study of the…

Felicia Campbell (English) received the Lifetime Service Award from the national Popular Culture Association American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) at the annual meeting of more than 2,600 members in Washington, D.C. in March. The award is an engraved crystal replica of the Washington Monument. She has held numerous offices in the national PCA,…

Tracy Johnson, Valarie Morgan, and Derek Sommer (all Liberal Arts) made a presentation at the National Academic Advising Association Region 9 Conference. Their presentation, "Writing a Script Toward Graduation: Identifying and Achieving Short- and Long-Term Goals," was delivered at the University of Southern California in March.

John Bowers (English) has been given a four-week summer visiting research fellowship at Oxford to recover a "lost" book by J. R. R. Tolkien from a local archive.

Sue Fawn Chung (History) chaired a panel on Chinese workers and presented a paper on "Branching Out: Chinese in the Woods in the American West" at the Association for Asian American Studies annual conference in Seattle. She also toured the Wing Lake Museum, which she had aided by raising restoration funds. The museum gained national park…