Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published the article “Fast Food at the White House: Performing Foodways, Class, and American Identity” in the journal Western Folklore. This article examines how, in the context of the fast food feast served to the 2019 college football…
Hui Zhang and Hong Sun (both Chemistry and Biochemistry) received an RO1 grant, “Regulation of SOX Proteins by Methylation-dependent Proteolysis in Stem Cells and Development,” from the National Institutes of Health for four years for a total of $1,238,360. The objective of this…
An-Pyng Sun (Social Work), Lawrence J. Mullen (Public Policy and Leadership), along with Hilarie Cash and Cosette Rae of the reSTART Life program, recently published an article, "Internet Addiction, Identity Distress, and Depression among Male Adolescents Transitioning to Young Adults: A…
Saha Salahi (Communications Studies, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute) recently had her OpEd, "Hate Crimes in France Affect Muslims Worldwide" published in the Las Vegas Sun. Her piece discusses how the French government's actions toward practices of the Muslim religion…
Susan Lee Johnson (History) has published a piece on recent controversies over monuments honoring the frontiersman Christopher "Kit" Carson. It appears in the online magazine We're History. Johnson is the Harry Reid Endowed Chair for the History of the Intermountain West.
Anjala Krishen (Marketing), Han-fen Hu (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology), Andrew Spivak (Sociology), and Olesya Venger (Journalism) recently had their paper, "The Danger of Flavor: E-cigarettes, Social Media, and the Interplay of Generations," accepted by the Journal of…
Heather Dahl (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) was awarded the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Special Recognition Award at the most recent annual business meeting. The award honors individuals who have promoted and supported the…
Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) and colleagues published two articles, "A Gender Framework for Understanding Health Lifestyles" and "Developing Health Lifestyle Pathways and Social Inequalities Across Early Childhood."
Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) and colleagues published an article, "Controlling Images of Immigrants in the Mainstream and Black Press: The Discursive Power of the 'Illegal Latino,'" in Latino Studies.
Sue Wainscott (Libraries) was awarded the 2020 Ann Koopman Science-Technology Community Achievement Award by the Science-Technology Community of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). This award is reserved for those recipients whose professional work is marked by distinction and dedication…
Benita Wolff (Medicine) recently completed a one-year term as a visiting equity and inclusion administrative fellow for the Harvard University faculty of arts and sciences, Division of Science and the department of physics. Wolff was a member of the 2019-20 class of Harvard University's…
Alyssa Crittenden and Spencer Holmes (both Anthropology,) in collaboration with UNITE Passion Project, contributed a film sharing their work with the Olanakwe Community Fund, a community-based aid organization promoting educational and economic sovereignty of the Hadzabe community …