Erika Marquez (Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy) and Melva Thompson-Robinson (Center for Health Disparities Research) led a team that published the Environmental Scan of Region IX: An Access to Health Care Report , which takes a look at factors that promote and impede health…
Selam Ayele (Public Health) and Melva Thompson-Robinson, and Johanna Andrews (both Center for Health Disparities Research), along with Carolee Dodge Francis of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently published an article, "Factors Associated with Mental Health Service Utilization Among…
Claytee White (UNLV Oral History Research Center) facilitated a panel discussion as part of an event series titled "We Need to Talk: Conversations on Racism for a More Resilient Las Vegas." The panelists were A.B. Wilkinson (History), Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice), and…
Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published two articles in the Journal of Healthcare Finance's recent issue focused on the theme, healthcare finance and COVID-19:
"Hospital Capacity and Capacity Planning in Washington" suggests that long-run strategies at hospitals…
Rebecca Rice (Communication Studies) published the article "Disaster Resilience as Communication Practice: Remembering and Forgetting Lessons from Past Disasters through Practices that Prepare for the Next One" in the Journal of Applied Communication Research. The article uses two…
Xue "Cher" Xing (Teaching and Learning) recently published an article, "Understanding Postsecondary Education Enrollment of First-Generation Students From a Social Cognitive Perspective," in the Journal of Career Development. The study found postsecondary educational self-efficacy and goals,…
Marla Royne Stafford (Hospitality) recently had her co-written article, "Managerial–Consumer Eco-Harmful Media Perceptions and Eco-Conscious Attitudes," published in the Journal of Advertising Research. The article explores managers' estimates (and mis-estimates) of consumer eco…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published two papers. The first, "Predicting Problematic Pornography Use among Male Returning US Veterans," was published in Addictive Behaviors. The second paper, "Spotlight on Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: A Systematic Review of Research on…
Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) has published the article "‘It’s This One Teacher … I Just Don’t Like Him’: The Role of Gender in Establishing Culturally Relevant Caring Relationships" in Gender and Education. This manuscript centers students’ perceptions of care when a race-…
Marina Colacicchi-Garber (World Languages and Cultures) wrote "The Werther Effect," an essay published in the Interpoezia literary magazine, New York.
Susan Belliston (Nursing) successfully defended her doctoral dissertation. Her dissertation was "The Effect of Asynchronous Versus Synchronous Online Course Delivery on HESI Scores and Student Engagement for Rural Pre-Licensure Nursing Students."
Angela Silvestri-Elmore (Nursing) received a grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration for $155,555. This is a school-based loan grant allowing UNLV to offer long-term, low-interest loans to full-time disadvantaged students who are pursuing nursing degrees. The grant makes up…