Daniel Okamura (Sociology) has just published as co-editor, The Gayborhood: From Sexual Liberation to Cosmopolitan Spectacle. This volume was assembled out of concern that the body of research had begun to essentialize and reify gay urban enclaves as frozen in time and location when such places have witnessed and experienced rapid…

Darrell Carter (Political Science) presented "Built for Brokering: The Impact of IGO Institutionalization on Cooperation" at the 2021 International Studies Association Conference. The paper explores how the structure of an intergovernmental organization, through different levels of institutionalization, impacts cooperation between its members…

Alexander Barzilov (Mechanical Engineering), Artem Gelis (Chemistry), and Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) gave recruitment presentations and answered questions about corresponding nuclear-related programs at the 2021 ANS Virtual Student Conference last week. UNLV is among the 11 top-tier universities invited to have university…

Kirk Silvernail (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology), with colleagues at University of Otago in New Zealand; California State University, Fullerton; and University of Massachusetts, Amherst, published an article “Perceived Fairness of Faculty Governance: A Study of 51 Countries” in Higher Education. This study investigated the perceived…

Michelle A. Arroyo (Teaching & Learning) published a chapter, "The Social and Emotional Issues of Teacher's Professional Identity Development," in the textbook Leading Schools With Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (SEAD)

Paulette Tandy (Accounting) recently received a $10,000 grant from the Internal Audit Foundation for The Institute for Internal Auditors' (IIA) Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) program for the 2021-22 academic year. The grant will be used to hire a teaching assistant to help with the internal auditing classes and continuing to…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented three invited papers at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division annual meeting: “Doctors as Immigration Agents: An Ethical Challenge” (presented for the panel “What Public Philosophy Can Learn From Bioethics”), “Philosophy for Children Without Borders” (presented for the panel “Incorporating…

Won-Yong Oh (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) published an article, "Rethinking Global Vaccine Inequality: Lessons from Game Theory." in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, the official publication of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. This article discusses inequality in COVID-19 vaccine…

Brittani Sterling, Halle Burns, Jennifer Culley, Mayra Corn, Ruby Nugent, Aidy Weeks, Stephanie Fell, Rebecca Orozco, Sarah Jones, and Christina Miskey (all Libraries) participated in a panel discussion at the 2021 Northern Nevada Diversity Summit, "[A] Diverse Peer Mentor Group: A Model for New Hires," earlier this month. Their…