Roberto Lovato (English) joined Pulitzer prize winning authors, MacArthur Geniuses, and other creatives at the "The Border is a Story" conference organized at the Los Angeles campus of Arizona State University from September 19 to the 22. He delivered a talk on his current research, titled "Of Love & Luminous Feathers: Unbordering Stories…

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) published a paper with co-authors at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in the international Journal of Epidemiology. The article, titled "Data Resource Profile: Add Health Mortality Outcomes Surveillance," describes newly available mortality data for The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to…

Katherine Walker (English) received a short research fellowship from the Folger Shakespeare Library to work on her book The Grift of Renaissance Magic. 

Dr. Noria Litaker's (History) book, Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria (University of Virginia Press) has been shortlisted for the Ecclesiastical History Society's 2024 Book Prize.  The prize recognizes the best first monograph on the history of Christianity published during the previous calendar year.  

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published an op-ed, "As the TPP Faces Controversy, Will Third Parties Disappear From Taiwan Politics?" in The Diplomat. In this article, Wang analyzed the 2024 Taiwan Presidential and Congressional elections and recent surveys, and argued that many Taiwanese voters will still support the third…

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology) was awarded the 2023 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research and the 2024 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contribution to Service from the Asian American Psychological Association. The two awards recognize Wong-Padoongpatt's distinguished research and service contributions to the…

Andy Kirk (History; Reid Public History Institute) presented his paper, "Bringing the Theory & Method of Environmental History to the Practice of Cultural Resource Management — Researching The California Surfing History Multiple Property Documentation," at the World Congress of Environmental History at Oulu University in Oulu Finland. The…

Paul Schollmeier (Philosophy) presented his paper, “Happiness and Nothingness,” during the quinquennial meeting of the World Congress of Philosophy this past month at Sapientia University in Rome. The paper examines the limits of human knowledge and their implications for human welfare.   

Professor Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology; Graduate College), vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate College, was the focus of a research spotlight piece for for Nature, in a story titled, "An ethical way forward for Indigenous microbiome research." Crittenden's work on biomedical research ethics was highlighted,…

Michelle Tusan's (History) book, The Last Treaty, was featured on the New Books Network. The interview is available online.

Annie Vong (Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West), Zachary Billot (Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West), and Nicole Dias Del Valle (Political Science; Philosophy Law & Justice; Brookings Public Policy) recently co-authored a Brookings Institution blog post titled, "Youth voices in the 2024 election: What students want to see on the…

Kathy Callahan (World Languages and Cultures, German Studies) received a grant from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany for its “Germany on Campus” initiative. The grant will be used to showcase academic and economic partnerships between Germany, Nevada and UNLV through a series of events to be held October 8-10. The upcoming events…