Bianca Ionescu (Cybersecurity), Master of Cybersecurity student and CyberCorps SFS scholar, was invited to present a talk at the OSINT for Good Community at DEFCON 2026. Established in 1993, DEFCON is the world's largest hacking and security conference. Ionescu's presentation, "Classical OSINT Using AI" focused not on 'artificial…

Master's student Nefeli Georgilas (Cybersecurity) was invited to present at the Aerospace Village during this year's DEFCON conference. Founded in 1993, DEFCON is the world's largest hacking and security conference. Georgilas'  presentation, "Racing PX4: Memory Corruption and Timing Vulnerabilities" analyzed remote vulnerabilities in the PX4…

Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) recently served as an invited participant at the American Accounting Association (AAA) Global Doctoral Consortium, where he spoke on a panel providing advice on academic career success. At the AAA Global Connect Conference (formerly Annual Meeting), Aaron served as a panelist and facilitator for a workshop organized by…

Kim Charron and Robert Cornell (both Accounting), along with Rick Warne, published “Practical AI for Fraud Risk: Detection, Prevention, and Controls in Small and Medium-Sized Entities” in Strategic Finance. The article shows how small and medium-sized organizations can use accessible artificial intelligence (AI) tools to strengthen fraud…

Won-Yong Oh (Management and Entrepreneurship) authored a book titled, "Market Capitalism and Social Responsibility: Profits, Perils, and the Future of Business," published by Edward Elgar Publishing. The book examines how accelerating social, technological, and environmental disruptions are reshaping the institutional foundations of modern…

Marla Royne Stafford, Ph.D., (Marketing and International Business) made two presentations at National Council on Problem Gambling in Nashville. The first was “Lived Experiences of Recovered and Recovering Gamblers,” which included graduate student Raja Mallina. The second, along with two co-authors, was titled “The Need to Normalize Responsible…

Robert Cornell (Accounting) and his co-author, Rick Warne, recently authored “Navigating the Hostile Litigation Environment: Influence and Persuasion Insights for Newer Accounting Experts” in the peer-reviewed journal of The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). JFIA is dedicated to advancing research in forensic…

Kim Charron and Robert Cornell (both Accounting) published the article “AI Can Simplify Complexity in Litigation Support,” in the September/October 2025 issue of Fraud Magazine. The article earned UNLV accounting faculty Charron and Cornell, along with Rick Warne, the Hubbard Award from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE…

Hamed Mahmudi (Finance) coauthored a manuscript titled "The Impact of a Principles-Based Approach to Director Gender Diversity" with coauthors from the University of Delaware and the University of Illinois Chicago. The paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), one of the leading journals…

Won-Yong Oh (Management and Entrepreneurship) and his co-authors' paper, "The Power of State Capitalism: Political Regime Shifts and Divergent Outcomes in SOE Performance," was published in the Journal of Management Studies, one of the Financial Times 50 (FT50) journals, a globally recognized list of the world's leading business journals used to…

Scott Jackson (Accounting) recently presented at the 2026 European Network for Experimental Accounting Research (ENEAR) Conference held in Bern, Switzerland. Jackson presented two papers, one titled “Profanity and the Company-Investor Relationship" and another titled "CEO Gender and Investors' Judgments: Evidence on Information Acquisition and…

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashis Kumar Biswas (Management Information Systems), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled “Digital and in-person mindfulness-based interventions for university students’ mental health: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials” in…