Nadia Pomirleanu, Ph.D., (Marketing and International Business) and Shahab Zargari (Fine Arts) were awarded the iRDA Creative Media, Entertainment, and Cultural Industries grant to support interdisciplinary initiatives examining how experiential marketing strategies shape engagement within the creative industries. This interdisciplinary grant…

Scott Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Paul E. Ordyna (University of Missouri-St. Louis) and Srinivasan C. Ragothaman (University of South Dakota) received the 2026 “Excellence in Accounting Ethics Education” Award from the Public Interest, Ethics and Sustainability Section of the American Accounting Association. The award recognizes their case…

UNLV’s Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Student Chapter recently received the National 2026 Student Chapter of the Year award from the international WiCyS organization. Students received the prestigious recognition while attending the 2026 WiCyS Conference that took place in Maryland in March. The award recognizes the outstanding leadership and…

At the recent American Academy of Advertising Conference, Marla Royne Stafford (Marketing and International Business) and her Georgia colleague received the Temerlin/AAA grant for social responses d ethics to support their work on using humor and humorous threat in responsible gambling messages.  

Won-Yong Oh (Management & Entrepreneurship), in collaboration with researchers at the University of Manitoba and Nanjing University, was awarded an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. The project, totaling $118,566, will be funded through March 2030. The research, titled "When…

Xu (Joyce) Cheng (Accounting) and her co-authors Travis Holt, James Long, and Tina Loraas (Auburn University) recently published their paper, “Blockchain Applications: The Impact of a Firm’s Choice of Financial Accounting System on Nonprofessional Investor Judgment and Decision-Making,” in Information & Management. Using an experimental design…

Han-fen Hu and Rajiv Kishore (Information Systems) had their paper "Making Knowledge Work: An Activity Theory Perspective on Knowledge Management System Effectiveness in Organizational Work and Online Communities" accepted at the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS). This paper develops a model of knowledge management…

Marla Royne Stafford, Ph.D., (Marketing and International Business) had two publications accepted recently on her research about controversial products. The first, "Lived Experiences of Recovering and Recovered Gamblers: A Sentiment and Thematic Analysis," with co-authors Raja Gallina, Matt Zarb Cousin, Ken Martz, and Rob Minnick, will…

Hans Rawhouser (Management & Entrepreneurship) recently published "Configurations of Social Impact and Behavioral Search" in Journal of Business Ethics (rated as a top journal in Financial Times' international business school ranking). If you're interested in how social enterprises can take different approaches to achieving social impact…

MBA student Jacob Stalk and Won-Yong Oh (Management & Entrepreneurship) recently published a book chapter titled, “Circular Economy in Asia: A Comparative Policy and Startup Review” in the Springer Volume <Business and Management in Asia: Opportunities and Entrepreneurship>. The chapter examines how startups across Asia are advancing…

Daniel Chi (Finance) was recently interviewed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal to discuss the state of the economy and financial markets. He emphasized the importance of continued diversification within the local economy, noting that a broader economic base not only enhances resilience to negative shocks but also strengthens the region’s…

Daniel Chi (Finance) recently delivered a presentation to the Risk Management Association’s Las Vegas Chapter on the implications of artificial intelligence for the banking industry. He examined the emerging risks and opportunities posed by AI and outlined strategic approaches banks can adopt to mitigate risks while capitalizing on new…