William Bauer (History, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, American Indian Alliance) participated on a roundtable discussion, "A History of Hops in the Western World" at the second annual Beer Culture Summit, hosted virtually by the Chicago Brewseum. He discussed Indigenous Peoples who worked in the hop industry in Nevada, California, Oregon…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) and Gavin Feller (Humlab, Umeå University) have published a chapter, "The Emergence and Ethics of Child-Created Content as Media Industries" in the Routledge Companion to Digital Media. and Children. The research looks at the cultivation of child ‘influencers’ as a part of the emergent…

Kayleigh Meighan (Anthropology) won runner-up for the national “Raising Our Voices” three-minute thesis competition of the American Anthropological Association where she presented her research on co-sleeping mothers and infants in the U.S. She is a doctoral student. Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology) is her advisor.

Sanae El Ibrahimi (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and colleagues from Comagine Health, Brigham and Women's, and Massachusetts General Hospital published a manuscript "Ambulance Calls for Substance-Related Issues Before and After COVID-19" in the journal of Prehospital Emergency Care. They found that there was an initial decline in substance-…

Peter Michel (Libraries) has published an article, "Reporting the Spanish Influenza Epidemic in Nevada" on the Nevada Digital Newspaper Project's blog.  https://nvdnp.wordpress.com/blog/. The Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918-19 is the only modern precedent for the current COVID-19 pandemic. The article describes how that pandemic, which…

Marla Royne Stafford (Hospitality) is the co-author of an article, “Determining Uses and Gratifications for the Internet,” that ranks as the #4 most downloaded paper in the 50-year history of the Decision Science Journal — a top journal in the decision sciences field. Originally published in 2004, the article looks at consumer…

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice), Sonja Ardoin of Appalachian State University, Gabe Marenco-Garcia of the University of Pennsylvania, and Nik Mabry of Volunteer State Community College presented a workshop as part of ACPA—College Student Educators International's professional development initiative. The workshop also was…

Ann M. Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently published a paper on "Flame Retardants and Neurodevelopment: an Updated Review of Epidemiological Literature" that was published in Current Epidemiology Reports. Flame retardant (FR) compounds can adversely impact neurodevelopment. This updated literature review summarizes…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published an article about the Kefauver Committee's hearing in Las Vegas on the Mob Museum's blog as part of that institution's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the hearing. The second-floor courtroom in which the committee, a Senate investigatory panel chaired by Tennessee Democrat Estes…