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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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People |

How learning to ask for help can help students explore new career paths and build confidence for life after graduation.

Thomas Ware
People |

The College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year helps homeowners and community associations navigate property rules and controversies in contract law.

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Arts and Culture |

Nearly 160 issues of publication offer researchers a look at the businesses, culture, and connections that shaped the gentlemen’s club industry.

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Campus News |

A selection of prominent headlines featuring UNLV experts from July and August.

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People |

From advancing their professions to improving the lives of others, this year’s honorees are putting their expertise to work in ways that reflect the values and experiences they gained at UNLV.

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Research |

UNLV boasts Nevada’s only MRI facility dedicated to university research. Here’s what our professors hope to discover with it.

Liberal Arts In The News

Nevada Independent

The governor's direct control over state and national economic factors is more limited than most realize, but that doesn't matter to voters.

Nevada Independent

The governor's direct control over state and national economic factors is more limited than most realize, but that doesn't matter to voters.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Las Vegas could be on the verge of landing an NBA expansion team, but a major question remains unresolved: where the team would play.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Clark County is still expected to reach a population of 3 million residents, but researchers have pushed back the projected timeline by a decade amid concerns about declining birth rates, rising costs and long-term water supplies.

Fodor’s Travel

These Vegas spots may be long gone, but they live on through our memories (well, what we can remember of them.)

HCNTimes

An undeleted line from an AI prompt was found in a post on a Chinese content farm. The prompt instructed writers to target a Taiwanese audience, rewrite the article in Traditional Chinese while preserving historical accuracy, and limit it to 500 words.

Liberal Arts Experts

An expert in the literature of the United States.
An expert in the evolution of human nutrition, hunter-gatherer societies, and the division of labor between the sexes. 
An expert in health and social inequality.
An expert on mental health counseling and counselor education. 
An expert on the mental health of the LGBTQ population and HIV/AIDS research.
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A psychologist and expert on the inner experience. 

Recent Liberal Arts Accomplishments

Camisha Fagan (Sociology) defended her dissertation proposal on September 8, 2026. She is now All But Dissertation status. 
Ph.D. student Stephanie A. Torres (Anthropology) published a co-authored case report titled, "An Unusual Taphonomic Case Report of Human Skeletal Remains in an Urban Aqueduct" in the American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. The case report details the plastic deformation and creep rupture exhibited by remains that were…
Whitney Koo's (English) second book of poetry, CRY SOWER, won the University of Utah Press' 2026 Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry. Along with a $1,000 award, the book will be published in Spring 2027, and Koo will read for the University of Utah's Guest Writers Series.
Margarita Jara (World Languages & Cultures), along with professor Pilar Valenzuela (Chapman University), presented their research paper, "Construcciones Posesivas en Español Peruano Amazónico," at the Latin American Association of Linguistics and Philology conference (ALFAL 2026) held at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in…
Katherine Walker (English) published her book, Instinct, Knowledge and Occult Science on the Early Modern English Stage with Edinburgh University Press.
John Haberstroh (History) was interviewed for the weekly teaching newsletter of The Chronicle of Higher Education on alternative grading practices in humanities courses. Using specifications grading, Haberstroh communicates high expectations and increases transparency for students. This grading system also allows students the opportunity…