Cat Lee (KUNV) has joined the 91.5 Jazz and More family as an on-air personality, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the world of entertainment and a deep love for jazz and eclectic sounds. His dynamic presence and genuine enthusiasm for music make him the perfect fit for 91.5 Jazz and More, which strives to provide listeners with an…

Ph.D. graduate Wenjia Han, Billy Bai, Carola Raab, and Cass Shum (all Hospitality); and Anjala Krishen (Marketing) recently published their paper, "Will you choose a low-rating hotel that offers promotions? Insights from the prospect theory," in Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. The paper examines the effects of promotion strategies for…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries) has been selected to serve on the 2025 Stonewall Book Awards - Children's and Young Adult literature committee. Sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table, the Stonewall Awards are given annually to books of exceptional merit which feature LGBTQIA+ experiences. Melilli is the head of…

On March 7, Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a lecture at the Clark County Public Library. Parry examined the history of the "Great Migration" to the Las Vegas Valley, in which thousands of African Americans moved to Southern Nevada for economic opportunity and to…

Richard Chang (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper titled, "Testimonios on participatory action research as a critical race approach to studying Southeast Asian American refugee subjects," in the Journal of Social Issues. 

Ph.D. candidate Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) is one of five scholars across the United States who was awarded a NASPA 2024 Channing Briggs Small Research Grant Award ($5,000 research grant award). This small research grant award will support Espinoza's project, "An Exploratory…

Professor Nantiya Ruan (Law) developed and facilitated a forum discussion on Bias in Ad-Delivery Algorithms at Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in NYC, which featured academicians in computer science, data privacy and civil rights class action attorneys. 

Professor Keith Rowley (Law) has been elected a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, which counts among its members many leading practitioners and a select few leading academics in the field of commercial law.

Timothy Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Social Anxiety, Drinking Game Motives, and Drinking Game Outcomes Among a Large Multisite Sample of University Students" in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research.  Undergraduates with higher levels of social anxiety may be motivated to participate in high-risk…