William Bauer (History and the American Indian Alliance) was invited by the department of history and Native American studies at the University of Oregon to discuss his forthcoming book, We Are the Land: A Native History of California. Bauer discussed the process of writing the book, the principal arguments, and challenges of writing a…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Travel for Abortion as a Form of Migration" in Essays in Philosophy.

Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity & Social Justice) has been selected to serve on the planning team for the 2022 ACPA Next Generation Institute.

Benjamin Burroughs, Ben Morse, Michael Carmona (all Journalism and Media Studies), and Travis Snow (Sociology) presented a panel, "Watching Watchmen: Race and Anonymity" at the Far West Popular Culture Conference hosted by UNLV earlier this month. 

Brenna Renn (Psychology) recently published the manuscript, "A Typical Week With Mild Cognitive Impairment" in The Gerontologist. This project used photoelicitation interviews to explore the subjective experience of a “typical week” living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to document (a) important activities, (b) barriers to usual…

Jennifer Vanderlaan and Mary Bondmass (both Nursing) were recognized for their nursing excellence as part of the Vegas Inc. 15th annual Health Care Headliners award series. Vanderlaan was the 2021 winner in the Research/Science category, while Bondmass was the runner-up in the Lifetime Achievement category. These honors are presented each year to…

Simon Gottschalk's (Sociology) interview on The Internet and the Infantilization of Western Society has just been published in the Portugese magazine SHIFTER. Gottschalk reflects on his writings in The Terminal Self: Everyday Life in Hypermodern Times (Routledge) and his Salon article The Infantilization of Western Culture…

Anjala Krishen (Marketing) and Robyn Raschke (Accounting) received honorable mention for Outstanding Journal of Marketing Education Article of the Year for “The Story Only Few Can Tell: Exploring the Disproportionately Gendered Professoriate in Business Schools."    

George William Kajjumba (Engineering) was among the 19 participants selected to participate in the 2021 Black Trailblazers in Engineering program. The program prepares the best and brightest Black scholars nearing completion of their doctoral degrees or postdoctoral appointments at American universities for a career in engineering…