Michelle G. Paul (UNLV PRACTICE) has been named a 2026 Fellow of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) at its annual meeting of the delegates on Oct. 16, 2026. The award recognizes her outstanding service to ASPPB and contributions to professional psychology regulation, licensure, and certification, advancing…

Shane Kraus (Psychology), director of the Behavioral Addictions Lab, recently co-authored three peer-reviewed publications examining substance use, responsible gambling, and compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD). The first study, published in PLOS One, examined associations between sexual abuse, impulsivity, and substance use among 64,472…

Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) presented a poster on “How can research in and through the arts challenge the norm-reproducing logic of generative AI systems?” at the October 2026 Ethics, Legal, and Social Aspects (ELSA) conference AI—Hype, Hope, and Humanity hosted by Rotterdam’s Erasmus University. The project used a scoping review…

At the recent Accounting Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Research Conference in Baltimore, Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) organized and served as a panelist for a session entitled "Thinking Outside the (Text)Box! Panel & Breakout Session on Innovative Research Methods." His talk focused on incorporating communication and other interactivity…

Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a talk titled, “From Classroom to Community: Experiential Learning as an Advocacy and Workforce Pipeline Strategy” at the 2026 SOPHE Advocacy Summit, held in Washington DC, from October 17-19, 2026. The 30-minute talk presented the results of a mixed-…

Rebecca Rice (Communication Studies) published Managing Corporate Scandal: A Communication Approach (Routledge). The book explores the multiple communication challenges and opportunities companies encounter when faced with a scandal to create a holistic view of why scandals occur and how readers can join organizations as…

Amanda Okundaye (Dental) coauthored and article in Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2026 that examines the perioperative implications of selected substances in the contemporary unregulated drug supply and outlines a physiology-based approach to preoperative assessment, risk recognition, and postoperative pain management.

Aparna Polavarapu (Law) recently joined Dr. Debbie Billings’ "Mutual Aid" class at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health as a guest lecturer. 

Paul Vincent Ruma (Anthropology) returned to Harvard University as an invited speaker on October 15, 2026, for Floor Lords at 45: Breaking as a Living Knowledge System. Ruma co-led a lecture and discussion with internationally recognized Breaking practitioner and DJ Lino “Lean Rock” Delgado, examining Breaking as a cultural knowledge system…