Sherrie Tennessee and her advisor, Hyelin Kim (both Hospitality) received the Best Poster Award at the West Federation Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Regional Conference, held virtually this month. Their poster explored the underlying wellness attributes used to target African American women, a high-spend group,…

Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) took part in an online international forum called Innovation, Technology, and Multilingualism earlier this month. She presented a webinar, ‘’Multilingualism and Translation into a Europe of Culture and Knowledge in the Face of the Digital Challenge’’. The conference was organised by the…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries) is the lead author of an article, "We are ML: A Qualitative Case Study on the Medical Library Association’s 2019 Communities Transition," published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. She is an assistant professor and undergraduate medical education librarian in the School of Medicine Library at the…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward, Nicole Atwell, Jessica Ain, Kendra Antill, and Melissa Beck Yarczower (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented their research at the Conference for Research Innovations in Early Intervention. Weglarz-Ward presented with Kimberly Hile from the University of Alabama in Huntsville on use of photo…

Marla Royne Stafford (Marketing & International Business) and co-author Jonathan Ross GIlbert (University of Arizona) have had their paper, "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Redressing a (Dis)Service to Advertising," accepted for publication in the Journal of Advertising. The journal is the leading publication in the advertising discipline.

Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) recently co-authored the article “Blurred lines: Comparing Room Rates, Star-Ratings, and User-Generated Contents for Full-Service and Select-Service Hotels” in the Service Business journal. The study examined the differences in room rates between limited-service and full-service hotels and also what impacts star…

Dr. Banveet Kaur (Medicine) recently published "Electromagnetic Interference from Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator" in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  

Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, & Special Education) and Silvina Jover (Teaching & Learning) participated in a panel discussion, The Future of Dual Language Bilingual Education in CCSD (Clark County School District), with Anthony Troche and Ignacio Ruiz, both of CCSD, at the Nevada TESOL Symposium. Jover is a doctoral…

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) published  the article “Riding the Juvenile Crime Wave: Juvenile Delinquency, Race, and Gender in Postwar San Diego” in Journal of San Diego History. This article examines the history of crime and media in Cold War era San Diego, and in particular, analyzes how juvenile delinquency was understood and…

Vanessa Marie Booth (Political Science, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) recently was selected to attend the 2022 Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute (JSI) Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota. The JSI Fellowship prepares students to obtain a master’s or joint degree in public policy,…

Patricia Cruz, Mark Buttner, and David Woodard (all Environmental and Occupational Health), along with Adam Obenza, '19 Master of Public Health, co-authored an article, “Microbial Contamination on Ambulance Surfaces: A Systematic Literature Review,” in the Journal of Hospital Infection.   The aim of the study was to determine whether…

Dr. Lily T. Garcia (Dental) accepted an invitation to serve as a panelist on the PROHmotion (Policy & Research in Oral Health: Moving Forward) blog hosted by NYU Dentistry Center for Oral Health Policy and Management. The discussion, “Learning from Past Battles,” addressed the topics learning from tobacco, a dental benefit in Medicare, mental…