John "Skip" Crooker, Christina Drum, Qingmin Shi, and Ashley Guyer (all Decision Support) recently presented three scholarly papers at the annual Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum. One of our presentations, co-presented by Crooker, Shi, Guyer, "Student Involvement: Does it bridge the equity gap in student success?," was…

Professor-in-Residence Rocky Rockstraw, Ph.D., RN, FNAP (Nursing) is one of 23 distinguished nurse educators who have been selected for induction as the 17th class of fellows in the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education. He is known for his early adoption and instruction of technology in nursing education in the areas of health care simulation…

Kenneth Miller and Tanner Bates (both Political Science) published "PACs and January 6th: Campaign Finance and Objections to the Electoral College Vote Count" in Research & Politics, where they show that more business-friendly House Republicans are more supportive of democratic norms compared to members who receive more of their…

Rei Serafica, Jennifer Kawi, and Andrew Thomas Reyes (all Nursing) will convene a symposium titled, "Philippines' Struggle Against Systemic Racism and Health Disparities," at Sigma Theta Tau International's 34th Nursing Research Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on July 20-23, 2023. Given that only 10% of the 200 submissions for the…

Keith Rowley (Law) was appointed to the Uniform Law Commission's Drafting Committee for the Virtual Currency Customer Protection Act. Professor Rowley also provided critical assistance in the 2023 NV Legislative session on the issue of amending Nevada’s version of the Uniform Commercial Code to include the UCC's 2022 Amendments, which he helped…

Alumnus Sung-Eun Kim (’21 PhD Hospitality Administration) and Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) recently received the Best Paper Award at the 2023 Asia Pacific Tourism Association conference held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Their paper was titled, "The effect of flow experience on the continuance intention toward virtual reality (VR) concert."

Lisa Johnson (Anthropology) presented the results of her latest fieldwork at the 12th congreso internacional de Mayistas, Mexico City, titled, "Arqueologia Domestica y la Practicas de la Vida Cotidiana en un Barrio de Palenque."

John M. Bowers (English) has published his latest novel LEGION OF THE DAGGERSTONE on Amazon KDP. The novel has as its hero a 21st-century J. R. R. Tolkien. Like the author of The Lord of the Rings, J. R. Tolliver is an English professor specializing in ancient languages – only at UVA instead of Oxford. Like Tolkien, he was an officer…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored a manuscript titled, "Bicultural Stress and Bullying Behaviors Among Immigrant Origin Youth: The Promise of Developmental Assets," in the journal Youth and Society. Bicultural stress, adolescents’ appraisal of intergenerational conflict and discrimination from peers, can strain youths’…