Teresa (Tess) Walker, Lilla Brody, and Brenna Renn (all Psychology) published their manuscript, "Depressive symptomology across adult age groups: Differences in PHQ-9 symptom endorsement in a US sample," in Aging and Mental Health. This analysis of 8325 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sought to…

All nine students in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program who applied nationwide for predoctoral clinical internships to complete their training obtained a position in the national match conducted by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers. They will be going to eight states (NV, CA, CO, TX, AL, FL, MI, NH). Their final…

Shane Kraus (Psychology), Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute), and Andrea Dassopoulos (International Gaming Institute) have been awarded $312,239 from the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission's Responsible Gaming Grant program for their project "The Causal Impact of Sports Betting Promotional Offers." The research will provide…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) discussed Rev. Jesse Jackson’s broader political legacy and his direct impact on Las Vegas labor movements for KSNV Channel 3 News.

Brenna Renn and Katie Singsank (Psychology), Ishrat Zaman (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Kimberly Cobos and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published an article titled, "Differential item functioning of the Geriatric Depression Scale-short form in the NACC dataset," in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer's…

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology), Erika Marquez (Environmental and Global Health), Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Global Health), Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Social and Behavioral Health & Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy), and Selam Ayele (Environmental and Global Health) published "Household insecticide use and pyrethroid…

J. Abigail Saavedra (Psychology) and colleagues published their article, "Radical Accountability: A Strategy for Addressing Challenges and Inequities in Research Mentoring Relationships" in Feminisim and Psychology. Their paper paper argues that while research mentoring in psychology can either reduce or reinforce systemic inequities,…

Austin Horng-En Wang's (Political Science) research on cognitive warfare and espionage was cited in a legislative proposal introduced by a Member of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan. In the proposal, the legislator referenced Wang’s research to urge Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense to develop more comprehensive preventive measures aimed at…

Mayumi Ajioka, Ph.D., (World Languages and Cultures), co-presenting with Yumiko Kawanishi, Ph.D., (UCLA), presented a practice-oriented paper titled, “A Path to Confident Conversation Participants Using PBI Class Activities,” at the 2025 ACTFL Convention in New Orleans on Nov. 21, 2025. The presentation introduced practical classroom activities…

Tyler D. Parry, associate professor and chair, (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a lecture for the Desert Oasis Black Student Union's "Lyceum Series," a collection of events organized by high school students for Black History Month. He presented research on the formation of Las Vegas's Historic Westside neighborhood, the…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was invited to discuss the experiences of African Americans in the Historic Westside based upon the documentary entitled, "Across the Tracks: A Las Vegas Westside Story." The event was organized by "Leadership Las Vegas" and took place at the new West Las Vegas Library on Jan. 29.

Siddharth Srikanth (English) presented a paper titled "The Political Unconscious of The Rhetoric of Fiction" at the Modern Language Association annual conference as part of a panel he co-organized on the legacy of Wayne Booth's seminal study The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961). This presentation offered a revisionary history of Chicago-…