Kimberly James (Music) participated in authoring a historic position paper in the field of voice pedagogy.  This position paper was authored by the Voice Pedagogy Interest Group’s Writers Group: Amelia Rollings Bigler and Katherine Osborne, co-chairs, with Chadley Ballantyne, Brian Horne, Brian Manternach, Yvonne Redman,…

Erika Marquez (Environmental & Occupational Health) co-published an article on "Childhood Lead Poisoning Associated with Turmeric Spices — Las Vegas, 2019" in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) was invited to participate in The Global Human Resources Forum 2021, at Seoul, Korea, as a presenter at the research session . The title of his presentation was"Understanding Team Leadership and Team Effectiveness: Are We There Yet." The Global HR Forum is the foremost open forum for HR…

Charlotta E. Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) and co-author Mark Sanders have published their manuscript "A world's dilemma ‘upon which the sun never sets’:  The nuclear waste management strategy (part III): Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Netherlands, and Romania in the journal Progress in Nuclear Energy." The article is the third part…

Jeff Schauer (History) participated in "Remembering Kaunda: His Life and Legacies in Southern Africa and Beyond," a conference hosted by the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (based in Lusaka, Zambia). Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021) was Zambia's president between 1964 and 1991. Schauer's paper, "Arming Zambia for Africa:…

Elizabeth Johnson, a doctoral student, Arianna Portillo, an undergrad, Nikki Bennett, a graduate student, and Peter Gray (all Anthropology) published "Exploring women's oxytocin responses to interactions with their pet cats." While similar research has investigated oxytocin responses of parents to babies or of people to interactions…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on the Ombuds blog outlining why you--yes, you--might be a great campus mediator. To learn more about the position and how to apply, please read the original post. 

Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Policy and Leadership), Tiberio Garza (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Elizabeth Leon Zaragoza, a graduate student presented their research "Generating Innovative Ideas for School Improvement: An Examination of School Principals" at the annual University Council for…

Hal Berghel (Electrical and Computer Engineering) was named a life fellow of The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers effective Jan. 1.