Alexa Bejinariu (Criminal Justice) and colleague Shawn Flanigan (School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University) published the research article "Human trafficking risks in countries unaccustomed to migration: Romanian assistance providers’ experiences with conflict-affected migrants from Ukraine" in the European Journal of Criminology. The…

Aya Shata (Journalism and Media Studies) was a speaker and moderator for a panel titled "AI in Advertising: How It’s Changing the Creative Workflow," organized by the American Advertising Federation. It was a thought-provoking discussion on how AI is transforming ideation, design, copywriting, production, and execution in the creative industries,…

Alexandra Nur (Criminal Justice) and Ian Silver (RTI International) recently published an article in Academic Pediatrics examining adult general health, anxiety, and depression among individuals exposed to arrest, conviction, and confinement in juvenile and adult facilities during adolescence. Results re-affirm much work that suggests…

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies) was elected vice-chair of the Popular Media and Culture Division in the International Communication Association. He will serve as vice-chair beginning in 2026 through 2028. He will then serve as chair of the division from 2028 to 2030. 

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies) recently published "Border and Immigration as Etiological Myth in U.S. Right-Wing Politics" in Communication Studies. In the article, the author examines how causal arguments related to borders and immigration are deployed to diagnose a wide range of social ills, including housing…

Alexa Bejinariu (Criminal Justice) published an article titled, “NGO–Government Relations in States With Weak Institutions: Avoiding the State While Supplementing Resource Gaps” in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Drawing on interviews with Romanian NGOs supporting migrants in the early months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine,…

Amber Krushas (Soluri) (Criminal Justice) published a book titled, "A Review of Personal Recurrent Victimization: Examining the Literature on Recurrent, Repeat, Multiple, Poly, and Revictimization" under SpringerBriefs in Criminology. The book outlines over 550 studies that assess five different forms of recurrent victimization over the last four…

Gregory Borchard and Denitsa Yotova (both Journalism and Media Studies) have co-authored Pressing Matters: A Chronicle of American Media (New York: Peter Lang), 2025; 332 pages, ISBN-13: 9781636675381. They write: "Given the highly globalized and converged sets of communication technologies in the contemporary media landscape,…

Amber Krushas (Soluri) (Criminal Justice) published an article titled, "Why Does This Keep Happening? Assessing Theoretical Correlates Among Recurrent Victims Compared to Single and Non-Victims," in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. The article explores multiple victimological perspectives collectively to advance current theoretical…

Bo ra Jung and Seong-min Park (both Criminal Justice), along with Sinyong Choi from Kennesaw State University, recently published a peer-reviewed article, "Public Attitudes and Justifications on Illegal Streaming Sites in South Korea: A Content Analysis," in the International Journal of Information Security and Cybercrime. Through analyzing a…

Aya Shata (Journalism and Media Studies) at UNLV and co-author Michelle Seelig from the University of Miami published an article titled, "Making the Environment Like A Cool Thing:” Exploring generation Z and Millennials’ reception of climate change videos on YouTube," in the Atlantic Journal of Communication. Guided by literature on…

Associate professor Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) co-curated and exhibited work in "At the Heart of Basin and Range." This exhibit, sponsored by Nevada Humanities, an independent state humanities council affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and exhibited at its downtown program gallery, celebrates…