Bailey Way, Todd Jennings and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Psychometric Evaluation of the Nonmainstream Pornography Use Extent Scale," in Sexual Health and Compulsivity.   

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk titled "Taking Feline Well-Being Seriously" at the Cat/People Symposium at Southern Methodist University. In this talk, Abbate argued that promoting animal well-being (human and nonhuman, felines included) involves more than just promoting happiness; it also involves treating and viewing animals…

Susan Byrne (World Languages & Cultures) chaired a panel of scholars presenting papers on Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes during the Renaissance Society of America's annual conference, held this year in San Francisco, CA. The panel's speakers came from the USA, Canada, France and Ireland to critically analyze numerous aspects of the works…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Department) gave a guest lecture for the Nevada Federal Public Defender's Office on Feb. 24, 2026. Entitled "Examining the Fight for Police Accountability in 20th-Century Las Vegas," Parry analyzed a series of case studies emerging from his research project on the history of policing in…

Margaret Harp (World Languages and Culture) presented a paper, "Blindness as Motif in Montaigne's Librairie," at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America on February 20, 2026 in San Francisco, CA.

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) provided historical context and commentary about the early Black pioneers in Las Vegas for a segment on KVVU-TV, Fox 5 News. The report aired on February 24, 2026.

Michelle Tusan's (History) NACBS Presidential Address, "What Liberalism Requires: The Very Victorian Marriage of J. S. Mill and Harriet Hardy Taylor," has been published in the Journal of British Studies.  https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2025.10186.

Jenna Heath, Ana Patrnogich-Arieli (both Liberal Arts), and Joseph Ervin (Academic Success Center) presented ""High-Impact Practices for a First-Year Seminar Built on College (and Life) Purpose" at the National Conference for National Organization on Student Success in New York City.  

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in an "author meets critics" panel on her book Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics at the 2026 American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Her commentators included José Jorge Mendoza from University of Washington, Allison Wolf from Universidad de los Andes,…

Michelle Paul, assistant vice president of Mental & Behavioral Health Training and Workday Endowed executive director of UNLV PRACTICE; John Tuman, executive associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts; and Christopher Kearney, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Psychology received a series of grants from the Nevada…

Brittani Sterling (University Libraries), Brittany Fiedler (University Libraries), and Christopher Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) co-organized UNLV's third annual "Douglass Day Transcribathon," which celebrates the birthday of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass and explores the important legacy he left upon the United…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a public lecture at the Whitney Library exploring the origins of Black History Month. He examined how it is celebrated in the United States and abroad, while providing additional insights into how the event was first celebrated in Las Vegas and how it grew over the decades.