Juanita Hinojosa and Federick Ngo (both Educational Psychology & Higher Education) presented a forthcoming paper, "Supporting Undocumented Community College Students" at the annual conference of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges. In this paper, they discuss policies and practices…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) and Jordan Nielsen od Vanderbilt University contributed a paper, "The Library is Open (And Hiring): Toward Conscientious Academic Librarian Hiring Practices," to the Association of College & Research Libraries (2021 Conference. Houk is in the Health Sciences…
Cindy X. Kha (Life Sciences) was awarded the 2021 Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Graduate Student Scholarship by the NSHE Board of Regents. This award honors students for their distinguished academic achievements, leadership ability, and service contributions. Her work in the…
Nikule Abel (Nursing) earned a scholarship to attend the Nurses in Washington Internship. The event is sponsored by the Nursing Organizations Alliance and gives nurses a chance to see how to influence health care via legislation and regulation. Abel, who is a student, will get to meet with…
Dr. Antonina Capurro (Dental) and Dr. Amy Tongsiri, '08 DMD, joined hundreds of national and international dentists, dental hygienists, health researchers, dental/health educators, legislators, public health officials, Medicaid/CHIP dental program staff/consultants, state/territorial dental…
Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration & Policy) recently published an article on "Improving Healthcare Quality in the United States Healthcare System: A Scientific Management Approach" in the Journal of Hospital Administration.
The U.S. healthcare system has been facing pressures…
Susanna Newbury (Art) has published The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles, with the University of Minnesota Press. A forensic examination of the mutual relationship between art and real estate in a transforming Los Angeles, the book argues that art and urban…
Mayra Corn, Amy Tureen, and Xiaoyin Zhang (all Libraries) contributed a poster, "Improving Job Advertisements," to the Association of College & Research Libraries 2021 Conference. Corn also presented the poster, "Ascending During Crisis: How an Academic Library provided PPE to their…
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a virtual presentation,“From Neo-Nazis and Coughing Karens: Grappling with Intentionality in the Time of COVID-19,” at the Western States Folklore Society annual meeting.
Jacob Ozuna, Benjamin Barborka, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) published a paper, "A Retrospective Evaluation of the Prevalence of Cracked Teeth Among an Adult Population in Nevada," in the European Endodontic Journal that appeared online ahead of print. The paper identified the distribution…
Marta Soligo (Sociology and International Gaming Institute) and Josiah Kidwell (Sociology) published two chapters in the academic eBook COVID-19: Sociological Scenarios. Soligo’s chapter (in Italian), “The Sociology of Tourism and COVID-19: The Case of Las Vegas,” is a sociological…
Kelsey George and Amanda Melilli (both Libraries) presented their research, "What’s in a Name?: The Impact of LGBTQIA+ Terminology in the Discovery of Inclusive Fiction for Young People in Curriculum Material Collections," to the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) 2021…