Patricia Nill (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project, "Improving Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing: A Quality Improvement Project." She will officially earn her doctorate title when she finishes her courses.

Marcela Rodriguez-Campo (Teaching & Learning) published the article "Testimonio in Education" in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. The article explores the historical origins and functions of testimonio in order to understand how it has been adopted within educational settings as a pedagogy and method for decolonial work.…

Alexandrea Washington, Justin Neubauer, and Kwang J. Kim (all Mechanical Engineering) provided a book chapter, "Soft Actuators and their Potential Applications in Rehabilitative Devices," that was published as part of an edited book, Soft Robotics in Rehabilitation, by Amir Fafari and Nafiseh Ebrahimi of University of Texas at San Antonio.…

Katherine E. Marçal (Social Work) published an article, "Housing Insecurity and adolescent Well-being: Relationships with Child Welfare and Criminal Justice Involvement" in Child Abuse & Neglect. With co-author Kathryn Maguire-Jack (University of Michigan), Marçal investigated the roles of contact with the child welfare and criminal…

Aldo M. Barrita, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, and Anthony King (all Psychology) presented a research symposium presentation, "Racial Microaggressions, Mental Health, and Substance Use: A Mediation Analysis," and a a poster presentation, "Latinx and Microaggressions: A Decade of Research," at the national Winter Roundtable Conference in…

Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) and her co-authors, Jenna Drenten of Loyola University - Chicago; Colleen Harmeling of Florida State University, Mengtian Jiang of the University of Kentucky, and Sevincgul Ulu of New Jersey City University, received the best proposal award at the 2021 Conference for Positive Marketing. The…

Fiona Britton (Dental) co-authored “Effect of β 1/ β 2 -adrenoceptor Inhibition on β 3 -adrenoceptor Activity in the Rat Cremaster Muscle Artery,” which appeared online in January ahead of print in the British Journal of Pharmacology.

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) has been recognized by Vegas Inc. magazine as a 2021 Health Care Headliner runner-up in the Dentistry category. For 15 years, the publication has recognized local medical professionals for their tireless efforts, innovations, and leadership to advance the quality of health care in Southern Nevada. This is the…

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) received the Association of College & Research Libraries's University Library Section (ULS) Outstanding Professional Development Award for developing the professional development blog LibParlor. Heinbach received the award with her colleagues and fellow LibParlor editorial members …

Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity & Social Justice) is the recipient of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Presidential Spotlight and will present on March 16 at the ACPA National Conference. Her presentation stems from her dissertation study, “Othersistering: A Holistic Perspective on Black Women Administrators in Higher…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Crossing Borders for Abortion as a Feminist Challenge to Border Theory" at the Exile, Belonging and Place symposium organized by the University of Louisville Commonwealth Center for Humanities & Society.

Erika Gisela Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) has been interviewed by KLAS-TV regarding the historical significance of the term Latinx in the context of its use and presence in last election season's cycle.