Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) has been appointed to the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Hispanics/Latinxs.

Rakshitha Mohankumar, Katie T. Singsank, Brenna N. Renn (all Psychology) and Samantha E. John (Brain Health) recently published a chapter entitled "Mental Status Examination" in the text "Diagnostic Interviewing (6th Edition)." This guide for emerging and seasoned clinicians centers on clinical description and the pragmatics of “how to” conduct…

Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) was named a 2025 Association for Psychological Science Rising Star. According to APS, “this designation recognizes researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.”

Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology), Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition), and colleagues recently published a new paper, "Associations between intraindividual variability in weekday-weekend sleep timing and duration and eating disorder pathology," in Eating Behaviors.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Motives for pornography use and women's sexual wellbeing: Insights from a 42-country study," in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.  Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Identification and comprehensive characterization of moral…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "How Mexico's Forensic Anthropologists Are Resisting Forensic Extractivism" as part of the panel "Social Philosophy in Mexico" organized by the North American Society for Social Philosophy for the Central Division annual conference of the American Philosophical Association. 

On Feb. 22, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender and Ethnic Studies) published a review of the book Searching for Dr. Harris: The Life and Times of a Remarkable African American Physician in The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals.

Jarret Keene's (English) Heroes of WWII: 25 True Stories of Unsung Heroes Who Fought for Freedom made the 2025 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People award list in the third to fifth grade category. Running since 1972, the list is an annual project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children's Book Council (…

John Tuman (Political Science) recently published an article titled, "Labor Upsurge in the North American Automobile Transition: Towards a New Industrial and Labor Relations Stage," in the Journal of Labor and Society. The article was coauthored with Alex Covarrubias (Colegio de Sonora, Mexico) and John Holmes (Queens University, Canada).

Madeline Clark (Counselor Education), Michelle Paul (UNLV PRACTICE), and Dan Allen (Psychology) were awarded $120,000 from the Nevada Department of Education for the Rural Health Outreach Program-McKinney Vento, which will help provide counseling services to unhoused children and adolescents in Elko and Humboldt counties.

Ph.D. graduate Kathryn Baustian and Barbara Roth (both Anthropology) published "Positions of Power: Situational Flexibility in Mimbres Society" in the January issue of American Antiquity. 

Chenghui Zhang (Sociology) published an article titled, "Willingness to report hate crimes: How attitudes, police perceptions, and sexual orientation shape bystander response," in the Journal of Criminal Justice. This work was supported by a Summer Research Award (2023) from the College of Liberal Arts.