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College of Liberal Arts News

The College of Liberal Arts offers students a well-rounded education in the humanities and social sciences. Students develop strong analytical and communication skills for a lifetime of learning and discovery that can be applied to a wide variety of careers.

Current Liberal Arts News

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Students Lex de Asis and Adrianna N. Tsao among select group nationwide selected for the prestigious research award.

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Some of the most vibrant headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

Virginia Smercina stands at entrance of Graduate Commons
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The soon-to-be two-time UNLV alumna is helping graduate students find their voice and advocate for themselves.

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UNLV-led study is the first to examine attitudes of men toward the social media housewife trend that calls for return to traditional gender roles.

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Faculty and students from the Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Lab help solve missing persons cases.

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Some of the hottest headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

Liberal Arts In The News

Washington Post

Reports of their relegation to the fashion trash heap have been greatly exaggerated. The rules of wearing them have simply changed.

USA Today

The political perception of the tax cuts is expected to be a crucial factor in the 2026 midterm elections, where Trump's fellow Republicans are trying to hold slim majorities in Congress.

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump will look to brush off concerns about the economy and the sagging political prospects of his Republican Party during a campaign-style swing through the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona this week, as the war with Iran pushes gasoline prices higher. Trump is set to use a Thursday stop in Las Vegas to tout his tax and immigration bill ‌that includes campaign promises tailored to court hourly and hospitality workers.

Financial Times

Absenteeism that rose dramatically during Covid-19 has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels. The costs are mounting

Library Talks Podcast

In this episode of Library Talks, acclaimed author Maile Chapman discusses The Spoil, her first novel in 15 years, with Larissa MacFarquhar of The New Yorker. The Spoil is a gripping and often terrifying story of familial grief in which the past is both elusive and paralyzing, and daily realities give way to mysteries between science and spirit.

Nevada Independent

Nevada’s top gubernatorial candidates disagree on what’s causing high prices at the pump. Voters are paying attention.

Liberal Arts Experts

An expert on the mental health of the LGBTQ population and HIV/AIDS research.
A historian of European culture from the age of Enlightenment through the present day.
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An expert in love and intimacy.
An expert on everyday racism, multicultural competence, and addictions. 
An expert on archaeology of Arizona and Southern Nevada, Ancient Technology, Native Americans.
An expert in auditory perception, cognition, cognitive neuroscience, and perceptual abnormalities in schizophrenia.

Recent Liberal Arts Accomplishments

Nicole Short (Psychology) was recently awarded the Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award from the Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA) at its annual conference in Chicago. The Donald F. Klein award is awarded annually to an early career investigator for the best original research paper on neurobiology,…
Erin Zimmerman, UNLV Writing Center director and managing editor of Center Moves: A Peer-Reviewed Archive of Tutor Traning Materials announces Issue 5 of the publication. The issue concerns working with writers across disciplines and checking in with writers.
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) was interviewed by Fox5 during a rally she co-organized in response to the current Bureau of Land Management (BLM) roundups of Nevada's wild horses and burros.
Doctoral student Alexis Rice (Psychological and Brain Sciences) has been awarded multiple competitive honors from the UNLV Graduate College. She is the recipient of the 2026 Patricia Sastaunik Scholarship and the Janine Lee Memorial Scholarship, recognizing her academic excellence and contributions to research. Rice was also awarded the 2026…
Doctoral students Alexis Rice and Shanika Wickramarachchi (both Psychological and Brain Sciences) presented a roundtable at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Convention in Los Angeles, CA. Their presentation, titled “Feeling Out of Place: A Mixed Methods Investigation of the Imposter Phenomenon Among BIPOC and LGBTQ…
On April 10, 2026, Shanika Wickramarachchi and Alexis Rice (both Psychology) presented “‘Feeling Out of Place’: Impostor Phenomenon Among BIPOC and LGBTQ STEM College Students” in a roundtable at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The study, co-authored with Richard Chang, Diana Beltran, Gloria…