Laurencia Bonsu, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Anita Chatterjee, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, "Qualitatively Understanding Problem Gambling Behavior Based on the Multi-Theory Model of Health Behavior Change," at Lumivero Virtual Conference 2023, held virtually on September 27 and 28, 2023. The…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and international colleagues recently published a paper, "Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations: Findings from the International Sex Survey (ISS)," in Comprehensive Psychiatry. 

Bradley Marianno and Stefani Relles (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Who is the Principal Here? Understanding the Social Conditions of Collective Bargaining Agency and Implementation in Schools" in the journal Leadership and Policy in Schools. 

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) gave a presentation, "Five Treatment Needs of Male Adolescents and Young Adults with Gaming Disorder," on September 22, 2023, at the Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress, Washington, D.C. The five treatment needs are themes generated from a qualitative study and aim to serve as a starting…

Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published an article in SAPIENS: Anthropology Magazine about Mexico's animal protection movement and how it has become co-opted by political actors that push "tough-on-crime" narratives that de-politicize the animal protection movement and promote simplistic views of how to solve the problem of animal abuse.…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's Ombuds Office. The post explored the applicability of Timothy R. Clark's concept of inclusion safety to higher education. For more information about the Ombuds Office, please visit its website. 

Assistant professor Vaida Kazlauskaite (Couple and Family Therapy Program) and professor Tai Mendenhall (University of Minnesota, Department of Family Social Science) published "Providers working with parents who are diagnosed with cancer: education and role perceptions regarding communication efforts between parents and children" in Current…

UNLV professor Roberto Lovato (English) spoke at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs. His talk, titled, "Violence, Terror and Human RIghts Abuse in El Salvador from La Matanza to the Present," also discussed the role of U.S. policy in shaping that violence.

Congratulations to professor Kathy Stanchi (Law) on the publication of her new paper, The Rhetoric of Rape Through the Lens of Commonwealth v. Berkowitz, which will be published in the forthcoming International Journal for the Semiotics of Law.