Eve Hanan (Law), co-director of the Misdemeanor Clinic, spoke at a Mob Museum panel discussing the new documentary, Racially Charged, which examines how misdemeanors serve as an engine for racially discriminatory policing and criminal justice debt.
Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) was selected to be part of an early career editor mentorship program with the peer reviewed journal Tourism Management Perspectives. The journal is a companion resource for Tourism Management, the leading international journal…
Brenna Renn (Psychology) recently published two manuscripts related to mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
The first paper, entitled "Telemental Health After COVID-19: Understanding…
Renato M. Liboro, Sherry Bell, and Brandon Ranuschio (all Psychology), and academic colleagues and community partners from Toronto recently published their article, "Protective Factors That Foster Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and Lived Experiences of Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men…
Kristine Jan C. Espinoza and Blanca Rincón (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), Lawrence Letourneau (Academic Enrichment and Outreach), Judd Harbin (Student Affairs), and Brent M. Drake (Decision Support) have received a $10,000 research grant award from APIA Scholars to fund a…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the community engagement subcommittee in the Network of the National Library of Medicine for the region comprising Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Hawaii and U.S. territories. The committee…
Samantha John (DBrain Health) and colleagues published an investigation of two novel smartphone applications that were developed to assess cognitive functioning, "Examination of the reliability and feasibility of two smartphone applications to assess executive functioning in racially diverse older…
Kim Nehls (Marketing and International Business) published an article, "Building homes and hopes: The transformative service of YouthBuild Las Vegas," in the Journal of Services Marketing. This study aims to fill the call for more transformative service research …
Chelsea Heinbach and Rosan Mitola (Libraries), with former UNLV librarian Erin Rinto, published a book, "Dismantling Deficit Thinking in Academic Libraries: Theory, Reflection, and Action," with Litwin Books and Library Juice Press. The book explores the history of deficit thinking in higher…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) publihed an article on "Associations of neonicotinoids with insulin and glucose homeostasis parameters in US adults: NHANES 2015-2016" in the journal, Chemosphere.
This study is the first to investigate whether neonicotinoids are…
Emma Regentova and Venkatesan Muthukumar (both Electrical and Computer Engineering ), Si Jung Kim (Entertainment Engineering and Design), and Jonathan Hilpert (Education) have received an $882,699 award from the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning …
Jennifer R. Pharr (Public Health) & Kavita Batra (Medicine) were recently appointed as guest editors for a special issue titled "The Impact of Exercise on the Mental Health and Quality of Life of People" in the journal Healthcare. This special issue aims to publish…