Karen Harry (Anthropology) co-edited the book Life Beyond the Boundaries: Constructing Identity in Edge Regions of the North American Southwest, which recently was published by the University Press of Colorado.
Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) has been elected co-chair of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Adult Film History Scholarly Interest Group. Her three year term begins in July. She is an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies.
Musiette McKinney (CAEO) has been selected by the Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame to be recognized with her former team, the San Francisco Pioneers, and the entire WBL, Women's Professional Basketball League. It was the first professional league for women from 1978-81. Plans are to …
Gabriele Wulf (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received a Distinguished Scholar Award from the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. The award recognizes her outstanding achievement in her scientific career. The award is given to individuals who have…
Jesús Galindo, Manuel Rodríguez and Lizette Arellano (all World Languages and Cultures) presented, respectively, the papers “El homosexual y el revolucionario en El beso de la mujer araña,” “Niebla: La voz masculina y sus interlocutoras femeninas,” and “El vencimiento del hombre blanco por la mujer…
Esther Herrera (Urban Affairs) and Kevin McVay (Sciences) presented a poster at the 2018 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Region 9 Conference in Santa Rosa, California. It was titled, "You Are Graduating Soon. Now What?" Their presentation focused on graduation being an exciting…
Tracy Johnson and Alysse Chavez (both Liberal Arts) presented at the 2018 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Region 9 Conference in Santa Rosa, California. They presented "But, Nobody Told Me! Addressing Information that is Not Heard Through the Grapevine." The presentation…
Margaret Harp (World Languages and Cultures) presented the paper "Les Heures et les Psaumes: Navigating the Third Religious War in Le Printemps d'Yver" at the annual conference of the Renaissance Society of America, which took place in New Orleans earlier this moth. She also chaired one conference…
Dr. Karl Kingsley (Dental) and Dana Thimons (Libraries) published a research article in the current issue of Modern Research in Dentistry.
Jennifer Reed (Sociology) was interviewed for an episode titled, “Ecosexuality” on the new series, Slutever. It first aired March 21 on Viceland, a cable TV channel from VICE media. In her dissertation, Reed, a Ph.D. candidate, analyzes the ecosexual movement as a case study of…
Mira Han (Life Sciences) was awarded a National Science Foundation Career Award for her research project, “Using Indel Rate Variation to Understand Evolutionary Constraints on Distances Between Functional Elements in the Genome.” Han will use the five-year, $574,068 award to study how…
Jenifer Utz (Life Sciences) gave a research presentation entitled, "Voluntary Self-Assessment Quiz Use Improves Exam Performance, Especially for Learners with Low Prior Knowledge" at the Intermountain Teaching for Learning Conference. This research was a collaborative project with Matt…