John Hay (English) is the author of “The Limits of Recovery: The Failure of James Gates Percival,” a scholarly article published in the winter 2020 issue of the journal Early American Literature. This essay examines the passage into obscurity of a man who was once the most famous poet in America and considers how the recent digitization…

Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) received the Undergraduate Research Mentor award from UNLV's office of undergraduate research for her ongoing work in advancing quality research and mentoring students on campus — two initiatives directly linked to the Top Tier initiative.

Donovan Conley (Communication Studies) and Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) have published a sequel essay on the television show, Black Mirror, called "Bandersnatched: Infrastructure and Acquiescence in 'Black Mirror.'" The article, published by Critical Studies in Media Communication, argues that Black Mirror disturbs and…

Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) has published a volume, L2 Grammatical Representation and Processing:  Theory and Practice (Multilingual Matters).  She contributed a co-authored chapter (as first author) titled, "What Can Acquisition Studies Contribute to the Instruction of Register?  A Case Study of French," as well…

Timothy Erwin (English) has been named to the prize jury for the Huntington Library Quarterly Centennial Essay Prize. The award will be conferred this year in celebration of the library's first 100 years, and aims to promote scholarship in British and American Studies from the 16th through the 18th centuries. Erwin also recently joined…

C.E. Abbate (Philosophy) published the article "Valuing Animals as They Are — Whether They Feel It Or Not," in the European Journal of Philosophy.

Leeann Fields (Educational Compliance) has been appointed by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak to serve on the Commission on Educational Technology. The term ends Dec. 31, 2021. Fields fills a voting seat on the commission for an “administrator in a public school who possesses knowledge and experience in the general application of technology.” The…

Erika Engstrom (Communication Studies) has written an article, "Entertainment as Education: Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Eytan Fox's 2004 Film Walk on Water," that appears in the current issue of Popular Culture Review. In the article, Engstrom explicates how the Israeli-German film illustrates both the recognition and celebration…

Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published an article, “The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI): Development and Applications,” in the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. The article reviews the development of the NPI assessment tool since Dr. Cummings first introduced it 25 years ago and which has been used in…