Kathryn Houk (Libraries) is a lead author on a chapter about graphic medicine called "Comics in the Clinic" in the book, Comics and Critical Librarianship: Reframing the Narrative in Academic Libraries.

Jennifer J. Reed (Sociology) was featured in a story about her dissertation research in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "At UNLV, about 15 Take Vows in Marriage to the Earth." Reed was invited by the UNLV Student Sustainability Council to officiate a symbolic wedding to the earth ceremony, part of her study on the growing ecosexual…

Clarissa Otoo (Hospitality), Zulma Arceo (Public Health), Caroline Farah (Teaching and Learning), Cambria Del Castillo (Theatre), and Camisha Fagan (Sociology and English) successfully completed their involvement in UNLV’s Grad Rebel Advantage Program. All five are undergraduates. The Grad Rebel Advantage Program helps prepares students for…

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) has published a book on how to have better climate conversations at the intersection of environmental attitudes and religious beliefs. Communication Strategies for Engaging Climate Skeptics: Religion and the Environment is currently under production as part of Routledge's Advances in…

Georgiann Davis (Sociology) is the author of the award-winning book Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis. The book was linked this week in a New York Times editorial titled "The Thin Line Between Surgery and Mutilation."

Kara Radzak and Graham McGinnis (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received funding from the Far West Athletic Trainers' Association research grants program for their study, “Relationship Between Chronotype and Injury While Undergoing Time Mandated Physical Training.” The year-long project will examine the relationship between circadian…

Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology) received a research grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for her research on food and water insecurity among indigenous foragers of Tanzania, East Africa. 

Courtney Jones (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) was awarded the Student Commitment to Diversity and Social Justice honor at the 2019 Rebel Awards. This award recognizes a student who promotes diversity and cross-cultural sensitivity within the campus community and has a commitment to transcending cultural and racial…

Cristina Hernandez (Nidetch Women's Center) recently was a panelist on "Envision Change and Equality in an Anti-Harassment Environment" at the annual Federally Employed Women's Western Regional Training Program 2019. 

Kara Radzak, Daniel Bareis, Brandon Lee, Jessica Tom, and Jacob Waldron (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) participated in the Far West Athletic Trainers' Association's Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium. Professor Radzak accepted an invitation to make two presentations. She presented “Injury Epidemiology and Athletic…

Dana Angioni (Business) was selected as Student Organization Advisor of the Year at the UNLV Rebel Awards. She advises the Lee Business School Ambassadors, which coordinate the school-wide medallion program. Her commitment to her students and members of the ambassador team enhances the student experience and provides an opportunity…

Kai-Yu Ho, Rachel Gross (both Physical Therapy) and Wade Gaal (Medicine) co-authored “Incomplete Fracture of the Anterior Superior Iliac Spine,” which appeared in the May issue of the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. The article, also co-authored byAlison Nguyen of Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging, shared the clinical…