Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts

Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) has been selected and invited to present her article at the 51st Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, organized by University of Nevada, Reno, from October 30 to November 1, 2025. Mkrtchyan has presented her article titled “Altérité et perception poétique chez Victor Hugo: Analyse en…
Todd Jones (Philosophy) gave a presentation titled, “Imaginative Worlds in Literature and Real World Understanding” at the 76th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference on October 31 in Portland, OR.
Fatima Suarez (Sociology) published a book titled, Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting, with New York University Press. Use code NYUP30 for 30% off at checkout at nyupress.org.
Michael Green and A.B. Wilkinson (both History) participated as panelists at a special Vegas PBS preview event for the forthcoming documentary, "The American Revolution," produced by Ken Burns and his company.
Fatima Suarez (Sociology) published a book titled, Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting with New York University Press. 
Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a…
Katherine Walker (English) presented a paper at the Sixteenth Century Society Conference titled "Tamburlaine and the Reshaping of the Landscape." The essay studies early modern geology and land mass formations and considers how the dramatist Christopher Marlowe incorporated emergent scientific ideas into his epic tragedy. 
Chenghui Zhang (Sociology) coauthored a book chapter titled, "Bias-Based Bullying and Hate Crimes in Schools," in The Routledge Handbook on Marginalized Groups in the United States and their Challenges. This chapter provides an in-depth review of the challenges associated with bias-based bullying and hate crimes when they occur in school…
Sherry Bell, Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro (both Psychology), and members of the Community Health Advocacy for Minority Populations, Immigrants, and Newcomers, and their Mental Health (CHAMPION Mental Health) research lab, recently published an article, "Fostering school engagement and social support in post-secondary school: The roles of ethnic…
Katherine Walker (English) gave a community lecture titled, "The Weird World of Renaissance Magic," at the Boulder City Library. 
On Oct. 22, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave an invited talk on the history of racial science at Harvard Medical School as a part of the panel "Harvard Medical School & the Legacies of Slavery & Racism," hosted by Harvard Medical School. 
Bailey Way, Todd Jennings and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) recently published a paper, "Double trouble - Examining the co-occurrence of compulsive sexual behavior disorder and gambling disorder among two American samples," in the American Journal on Addictions.