Marta Soligo (Sociology, International Gaming Institute) and David Dickens (Sociology) published an article in Tourism Culture & Communication about the increasing frequency of tourist visitation to "Hollywood memorial parks," which host the graves of some of the most famous stars in the world. Their study found…

Jay J. Shen, Sfurti Rathi, Kalyn Frost (Healthcare), Catherine Dingley (Nursing), Ji Won Yoo (Medicine), and Soo Kyong Kim (Journalism & Media Studies), along Hee-Taik Kang, a past visiting scholar in the School of Public Health, published a study on "Sociocultural Factors Associated with Awareness of Palliative Care and Advanced…

Erika Gisela Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) wrote "Revisiting Naya Rivera's Santana Lopez: The Afro-Latina who Deserved More Time," for peer-reviewed online Latinx media outlet Latinx Spaces. In it, she discusses the significance of Rivera's Santana Lopez from Glee in the context of both Rivera's career and the kinds of queer…

Kate Korgan (Graduate College) was a presenter at the Council of Graduate Schools Virtual New Deans Institute earlier this month. The institute is tailored to deans, associate deans, and assistant deans who began their roles in the past two years. In her "Managing Graduate Operations" presentation, Korgan shared the cornerstones of successful…

Stephen Bates (Journalism and Media Studies) is cited in a New Yorker article on the democratic role of the news media. The author relies extensively on Bates's forthcoming book, An Aristocracy of Critics: Luce, Hutchins, Niebuhr, and the Committee That Redefined Press Freedom (Yale).

Nikkole Liesse (Lee Business) recently was named to the 2020 list of Women Inspiring Nevada by Vegas Inc. This year's 12 honorees include women who are doing inspiring work in business and philanthropy throughout the state.

Dan Bubb (Honors College) managed and edited an issue of Journal of the West (peer-reviewed). He wrote the introduction and contributed an article titled, "The West Grows Wings: Airshows, Airmail, and Airfields, 1909-1926." Students Maeve Dow, Deanna Chea, and Devin Lees (all Honors) each also contributed and published articles.

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by reporter Alicia Pattillo to offer historical perspective and context for a special report on racism in the United States, produced by KTNV, channel 13. He is a professor of African American and Africa Diaspora Studies. 

Erika Marquez (Environmental & Occupational Health) recently was selected as a 2020 NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute scholar. This competitive program aims to support the research career development of promising early-career minority health/health disparities research scientists, and stimulate research in the…