Shane Kraus (Psychology) published five papers this spring. The first paper (The Role of Impaired Control in Screening Problematic Pornography Use: Evidence from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies in a Large Help-seeking Male Sample) was published in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. The second paper (The Influences of Religiousness/…

The Great Works Academic Certificate program has received a $15,000 grant from the Jack Miller Center, which is devoted to teaching the founding principles and history of the USA. The grant will be used to sponsor several guest lectures in American political thought. Additional funding will come from the dean's office of the College of Liberal…

Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity & Social Justice) delivered the keynote at the Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Gala at DePaul University titled "The Nuanced Legacies of Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera." They also presented at the HBCU Culture: Reducing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking…

Danica G. Hays (Education) recently published an article, "A Systematic Review of Whiteness Assessment Properties and Assumptions: Implications for Counselor Training and Research," in Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation. The article presents a systematic review of the structural and psychometric properties of 20 whiteness…

Rhigel "Jay" Tan (Nursing) was honored at the first Filipino Heroes Award. Hosted by the Filipino Ethnic Ministry of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, the event celebrated various Filipino heroes throughout the United States. Tan was recognized for his work during the pandemic, including designing face masks and shields and…

Bo Bernhard (International Gaming Institute) gave the opening keynote at the Australian Gaming and Leadership Conference at The Star Hotel Casino in Sydney, Australia, last month. This was the first in-person national industry gathering post-COVID, and Bernhard's presentation was the only one presented remotely — prerecorded and produced in…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) provided comment for Insider.com on the recent racist attacks against actress Laci Mosley who is cast in the reboot of iCarly, which will premiere on the Paramount+ streaming service this summer.

Mingon Kang (Computer Science) is a co-author on the journal paper,"Functional Coordination of BET Family Proteins Underlies Altered Transcription Associated with Memory Impairment in Fagile X Syndrome" in Science Advances. The publication is achieved by the research collaboration with Pohang University of Science and Technology and University of…

Rajiv Kishore (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) has a co-authored paper, “Older Adults in Virtual Communities: Understanding the Antecedents of Knowledge Contribution and Knowledge Seeking through the Lens of Socioemotional Selectivity and Social Cognitive Theories,” accepted by the Journal of Knowledge…