Kristen Keach (Art) presented the paper, "Re-imagining Language Pedagogy: Critical Perspectives on AI Integration," at the 2026 Modern Language Association Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada.

Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) and Yvonne Houy (Fine Arts) presented at the University of Amsterdam’s December 2025 GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present, and Future conference, as part of that university’s innovative "Responsible Digital Transformations" initiative. The research panel focused on international partnerships to…

Linda Lister (Music) published "Mindful Breathing for Music Performance Anxiety" in the Journal of Singing (January/February 2026). This is her first Mindful Voice column as associate editor of the journal.

Hikmet Loe (Art) was recognized in Nevadans for Cultural Preservation December Activities Newsletter by executive director Rayette Martin (MA Anthropology, 2010). Martin was a guest speaker in Loe's course ART 478/678: Great Basin Art and Artifacts. Martin wrote: This course serves as an excellent bridge between the arts and archaeology,…

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) gave an invited talk to the North American British Music Studies Association. NABMSA "aims to promote the study of British Music from all time periods on the North American Continent; to provide a collegial and supportive forum for discussion through electronic and other means; to provide a clearinghouse of information…

Amy Brown (Music) had a book signing at the American Orff Schulwerk Association National Conference in Lexington, Kentucky, to promote her K-5 resource for elementary music teachers, Magical Moments Through the Eyes of the Diverse Learner.

A team of faculty, students, and alumni from the UNLV School of Music joined Vegas City Opera and the Las Vegas Sinfonietta for a performance of Handel's Semele. Handel composed this work as an oratorio, to be performed in a concert format, but its story of seduction, betrayal, and tragedy has proved popular throughout the twentieth and…

Yvonne Houy (Fine Arts) and Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) gave a presentation at the Elsevier Impact Conference in Cascais, Portugal, on Nov. 6, 2025. The presentation, “Zero Budget by Design: Lessons learned engaging a global community without a budget," was based on their experiences editing the open-access journal Tradition-…

Kristen Keach (Art) presented the paper, "Ekphrastic Robots, Prophecy, and the Paragone in Canto XLII of l'Orlando furioso" at the 2025 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Architectural psychologist Dak Kopec (Architecture) has completed his third novel, Possessing Parker: Beyond Truth, the final installment in a trilogy examining the sociocultural forces that shape the lives of young gay men. Grounded in research on the challenges faced by this population, each book in the series explores distinct events…

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) presented a performance practice masterclass at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music. Lee worked with woodwind students and faculty. Presiding from the harpsichord, Lee coached and accompanied more than a dozen performers on baroque flute, modern flute, and bassoon. The presentation focused on French baroque…

Kristen Keach (Art) presented two papers, "Coloring Outside the Lines: Female Painters in the Bolognese School" and "Reframing Judith: Elisabetta Sirani and Commercial Politics of Female Violence," at the 2025 Sixteenth Century Society and Conference in Portland, Oregon.