Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) recently gave a talk, "Nuclear Activation Analysis" at the Clark County School District (CCSD) seminar series "Science Speaks in Nevada." The seminar series is organized by the Nevada State Science Teachers Association, which provides one-hour session seminars with local STEM experts designed to…

Vanessa Marie Booth (Political Science, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) has been selected to receive the 2022 Sam Lieberman Regents’ Scholar Award, announced this month by NSHE. Administered by the NSHE Board of Regents, the scholarship is awarded to only nine students — one undergraduate and graduate student from each Nevada…

Joel Snyder (Psychology) was named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). "Fellow status is awarded to APS members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application," according to a statement from the APS.

Roberta Sabbath (English), Cathy Allen, (Dance), and Shahab Zargari (Fine Arts) will be speaking at the 2022 Conney Jews and the Arts about the interdisciplinary project Shoah Survivor Choreographic Collaboration: A Docudance Film Exploring the Memories of Four Holocaust Survivors. The project represents the intersection…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) opened the National Gamma Beta Phi Conference, which was held virtually, with a general session, “True Colors: How Do You Learn and Lead." Montoya is a nationally certified “True Colors” facilitator and has presented nationally for a number of years. She concluded…

Jacquee De Jesus (Academic Success Center Advising Center) recently presented at the 2022 Region 9 NACADA Conference in Orange, California. Her presentation was titled "The IROH Approach to Academic Advising: Providing Mentorship and Guidance." She and her co-presenter, Derek Furukawa from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, shared how the IROH (…

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, and Anthony King (all Psychology) recently published an article, "Perceived Everyday Discrimination Explains Internalized Racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Asians." Findings indicated that Asians experienced more internalized racism and perceived a change in everyday discrimination during the…

Krystal Kittle (Social & Behavioral Health), a postdoctoral research fellow, has been accepted into the Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality (MIWI) Training Program. The program is a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary methods training program that prepares participating scholars to investigate the intersection of mental and…

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) recently presented a paper, "Dewey, Harris, and the Continued Working of the 'Hegelian Bacillus'" at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy in Rollins College, Florida. The paper was also co-authored by Joe Ervin (Academic Success Center) and Jasmin Özel (Philosophy).