Natalie Pennington (Communication Studies) published an article alongside Jeffrey A. Hall (Kansas) and Andy J. Merolla (UC, Santa Barbara) titled, "Which mediated social interactions satisfy the need to belong?" in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. This study looked at whether face-to-face communication compared to mediated…

Anthony King and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology) recently published "Do Gamers Play for Money? A Moderated Mediation of Gaming Motives, Relative Deprivation, and Upward Mobility" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. This article examines how financial incentives and motives related to modern…

Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), with co-authors Cara Kelly and Jason Hustedt from the University of Delaware, published an article, "Family Experiences, Parenting Behaviors, and Infants’ and Toddlers’ Social-Emotional Skills," in the Early Childhood Education Journal. Results suggest that certain family…

Jennifer Rennels and Rachael Robnett (both Psychology) co-chaired a symposium and panel discussion about Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Underrepresented students in STEM at the American Chemical Society's Western Regional Meeting in Las Vegas during October 2022. Seval Yildirim (Diversity Initiatives) and Eliza Wiggins (Community Programs)…

Alodia Martin-Martinez (World Languages and Cultures) presented at PAMLA 2022 in a session called Pandora's Xbox: Classical Imagery and Story in Traditional and Emerging Media. The title of the presentation was "Aletheia and the Social Media." 

Assistant professor Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) co-authored a chapter titled, “Vijay Prashad: A Biographical and Theoretical Sketch” with Moushumi Roy (Hampton University) and Moushumi Biswas (Langston University) in the volume, Neglected Social Theorists of Color, edited by David Dickens, Korey Tillman, and C. C. Herbison.

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) published an article on "COVID-19 Concerns, Perceived Stress, and Increased Alcohol Use Among Adult Women in the United States" in the journal Clinical Nursing Research.  The objective of this study was to assess the direct and indirect (via perceived stress) effects of different types of pandemic-…

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article on "Epidemiological, Entomological, and Climatological Investigation of the 2019 Dengue Fever Outbreak in Gewane District, Afar Region, North-East Ethiopia" in the journal Insects. Dengue Fever (DF) is an important…

Megan Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Vermont presented the poster, "Education-Related Emergency Action during Covid-19: A Comparative State Analysis," on November 19 at the Association for Public Policy Analysis…