Tarryn McGhie (Nursing) and UNLV alum Rebekah Piper, '07 BS Education, '09 Master of Education, '15 PhD Education, now of Texas A&M University-San Antonio, have published a chapter titled "Family Discussions of Race Impacting Children's PK-12 Schooling." This chapter was the result of a dual study in which discussions of race and literacy were…

Emily Budd (Art) is included in Stone Fruit Magazine: Issue 3, a zine on queerness and religion, centered on the theme of sanctuary. Stone Fruit is a submission-based zine centered on queer people's experiences with organized religion, faith, and spirituality. The goal of the publication is to present works that address issues with nuance, and…

Karl Kingsley, Jason Emett, Roxanne David, Jaydene McDaniel, and Steven McDaniel (all Dental) published their work on oral microbiology in the latest issue of MDPI Methods and Protocols. Both McDaniels will complete graduate certifications in pediatric dentistry in 2021. Emett and David are both dental students who are…

Mary Blankenship (Chemistry and Economics) co-authored "How Misinformation Spreads on Twitter" with Carol Graham, Brookings Institution Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow. The pair discuss that while social media has many advantages, information pollution is prevalent and in some cases "generate[s] more engagement than factually reliable…

Ann M. Vuong (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article on "Chemical Mixtures and Neurobehavior: A Review of Epidemiologic Findings and Future Directions" in the journal Reviews of Environmental Health. This study provides a summary of epidemiological studies that have analyzed chemical mixtures of heavy metals…

Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology) was interviewed for a recent episode of The Food Programme on the BBC about the significance of wild meat to many Indigenous and global food systems. The story, called "Why Eat Wild Meat?" explores legal and illegal global trade in wild meat after links have been made between the COVID-19 pandemic and wild…

C.E. Abbate (Philosophy) published a chapter, "It's Not Just a Personal Preference: Racialized Discrimination in the Tinder Context," in College Ethics: A Reader on Moral Issues that Affect You (Oxford University Press).

Ranita Ray (Sociology) received multiple scholarship awards. Her book, The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City (University of California Press, 2018), was awarded the 2020 Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarship Award, and it was also selected as a finalist for the 2020…

Christian Jensen, Michelle Kuenzi, and Dan Lee (all Political Science) published an article, "The Effects of Political Parties on Roll-Call Voting in Kenya's Parliament" in The Journal of Legislative Studies. They find that parties and coalitions induce structure to roll-call voting, although clientelism and ethnicity continue to influence the…

Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) was a speaker at this past year's FIX (FemInEM Idea Exchange) Conference in New York City. In her FIX talk, "From Vision to Action," she highlights where we struggle to lead change, and steps we can take to bring our ideas to fruition. Her talk and blog post were highlighted this week on feminem.org .

Aidy Weeks (Libraries) was selected as a Medical Library Association 2020 Research Training Institute Fellow. The highly prestigious training institution will be offered in a virtual format this month and will provide high-quality advanced research methods curriculum and learning model, with mentoring and support…

Amy Glasofer, Catherine Dingley, and Andrew Thomas Reyes (all Nursing) published an article, “Medication Decision Making Among African American Caregivers of Children with ADHD: A Review of the Literature” in the Journal of Attention Disorders. The article was published online in June ahead of print. Glasofer is a doctoral student.