Paul Vincent Ruma (Anthropology) was an invited speaker at the international symposium “Faire connaissance(s): Hip hop dances as fields of research and invention,” held December 4–6 at La Villette in Paris and organized by the Centre national de la danse (CN D), a national institution of the French Ministry of Culture. Ruma’s presentation, “From…

Joshua Chévere Cohen (Black Mountain Institute) recently presented at the Boiling Point literary conference sponsored by the UNLV Department of English and the EDSA. His presentation, titled "Keats's Malory: The 1816 Prince Arthur and the Birth of Romantic Medievalism," was part of the "Praxis of Myth(making)" panel. Other presenters included…

Executive director Colette LaBouff and associate director of programs Charlotte Wyatt (both Black Mountain Institute) recently presented an interactive workshop at the national conference of the Artist Communities Alliance ("Building Our Futures Together") in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The workshop, "Parachutes and Grassroots: Supporting Local Arts and…

Nicole Short and doctoral students Lauren Reyes and Mattea Pezza (all Psychology) have published a manuscript in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, which is the American Psychological Associations' flagship journal for basic science in psychopathology. The manuscript, "The role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in…

Michelle Tusan's (History) book, The Last Treaty: Lausanne and the End of the First World War, has come out in paperback by Cambridge University Press. 

Jared Oestman (Political Science) and Tim Passmore (Political Science, Virginia Military Institute) published "Populism's Challenge to International Institutions: The Case of UN Peacekeeping" in International Studies Quarterly. The article shows that countries with right-wing populist leaders significantly underpay on mandatory annual assessments…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Doctors as Immigration Agents: An Ethical Challenge" in Forced Migration and Health Care Justice (Oxford University Press), edited by Lisa A. Eckenwiler, Verina Wild, Anna Gotlib, Ryoa Chung, and Deborah Zion.

John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Overlooked Contexts: How Shifting Mediterranean Relationships Contributed to the Muradid Wars of Succession," on Nov. 23 at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Washington, D.C. The paper was part of a broader panel on "Outsiders and Intermediaries in Ottoman Tunis and the…

Jessica Teague (English) was recently featured in an SF Gate article that talks about the past and present of the Vegas lounge scene.  “Music is a central part to how this city has conceptualized itself,” Teague said. Historically, jazz has been in Vegas since the city’s infancy, according to Teague: Blues and jazz pianist Jelly…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) recently appeared on the "Hot and Bothered" podcast to discuss the history of the marriage ritual "jumping the broom" and its relevance to Black American popular culture.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "Childhood and Adolescent/Adult Sexual Abuse in Relation to Sexual Function and Distress: Findings from a Cross-Cultural Study of 42 Countries," in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "Sexual Assertiveness and Sexual…

Katherine Walker (English) delivered an invited community talk to the Peter White Library titled: "From Saint to Santa: The Curious History of Claus."