Miranda Hannasch's (English) digital humanities project We'll Hear a Play was recently featured as one of five digital exhibits at the Shakespeare Association of America Conference in Denver. Her scholarly website seeks to broaden the accessibility of digital theatre by providing a searchable database of free online performances of early modern…

Graduate student Hoor Ul Ain and faculty mentor Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) recently published a new paper in the International Journal of Eating Disorders titled, "Eating Disorder Symptom Severity Decreases in Fasting Muslim Women in the United States During Ramadan: A Preliminary Longitudinal Study." This paper was based on Ain's…

Former Ph.D. students Samantha R. O’Connell, Grace E. Wilson, Dan H. Berkowitz and professors Erin E. Hannon, Joel S. Snyder (all Psychology) published an article in Imaging Neuroscience, reporting two event-related brain potential studies showing that primary motor cortex is not modulated by listening to music that makes people want to move or…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared prominently as a commentator in a documentary titled, "Upside Down: Paul Revere Williams in Las Vegas," that analyzes the life of Black architect Paul Revere Williams and his work in Las Vegas during the mid-20th century. The documentary premiered on March 29, 2026, at The…

On March 23, Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a presentation about the "Westside Timeline" and Black history in Southern Nevada to members of the Clark County Museum Guild while they toured the West Las Vegas Library.

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented research at the symposium, "That Was Then, What Now? Pathways and Lessons from a Generation of Studying Universities and Slavery" held at the University of Alabama. In this presentation, Parry revisited his work investigating the African American experience at the…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on a podcast titled, "Birtherism: The Birthing of MAGA," in which he provided historical context for the movement and connected it to the rise of Donald Trump in 2016.

Alisha Kerlin (Barrick Museum of Art), Zida Wang (Barrick Museum of Art), Deanne Sole (Barrick Museum of Art), Jackie Gaetos (Care Center), and Constancio R. Arnaldo Jr. (Asian & Asian American Studies) co-presented “Living Here, Being Here: Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art as Third Places” at the Artists Thrive Summit 2026 as part of a local…

Researchers from the Auditory Cognitive Development Lab and the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab co-authored a large-scale study attempting to replicate findings from 164 papers across the social and behavioral sciences. The study showed that only about 50% of findings were replicable, similar to another landmark study about the…

John Curry (History) was a presenter on a roundtable at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) this past weekend. The roundtable was titled "Reactions to Authoritarianism: Connecting the Historical to the Contemporary," and included several UNLV faculty members from various global fields…

Sam Inayat (Psychology; Neuroscience) published an article in Scientific Reports (Springer-Nature) titled “Distinct neural signatures of hippocampal population dynamics during locomotion-in-place.”  The study investigates how brain activity changes during different movement states, focusing on the hippocampus, a region critical for memory,…

Lex de Asis (Psychology) and Adrianna N. Tsao (Biological Sciences; Neuroscience) were named 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholars.The Goldwater Scholarship is the nation’s premier undergraduate award for students pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. This year, 1,485 students from 482 institutions were nominated…