Drs. Christine Ancajas, Edward Herschaft, William Leavitt, Ronald Lemon, Robert Lockhart, James Mah, George McAlpine, Daniel Orr II, Victoria Woo, and Wendy Woodall (all Dental) have all been named by Desert Companion magazine to its “Top Dentists 2018” list. Also listed by the magazine were eight part-time instructors and five volunteers. This…

Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) during the summer presented at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) photography group in Geneva, Switzerland, on the topic of Las Vegas and UNLV initiatives to document urban and public lands in Southern Nevada. This is the third year that he has presented updates on these ongoing…

Kirk Silvernail (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) recently presented his paper, "Do We Treat Ourselves Fairly? The Fairness of Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Worldwide" at the 78th annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago.

Ruben J. Garcia (Law) has been appointed to a project based at the Harvard Law School labor and worklife program titled "Rebalancing Political and Economic Power: A Clean Slate for the Future of Labor Law."  The project began with a convening of law professors, labor attorneys, and organizers at Harvard Law School in July.…

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) was interviewed about his article on "The Infantilization of Western Culture" by Chinese Social Sciences Today. He is the author of The Terminal Self.    

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) is the author of Treating Addictions: The Four Components, a book published by Routledge in July. It is based on her ACQS model of the four essential components of treatment: addiction fundamentals (A) co-occurring disorders (C) quality of life (Q) social and macro factors (S) After an introduction discussing the…

Jungsun (Sunny) Kim and Anthony Gatling (both Hospitality) recently published their paper "The Impact of Using a Virtual Employee Engagement Platform (VEEP) on Employee Engagement and Intention to Stay" in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. The purpose of this study is to investigate…

Jungsun (Sunny) Kim (Hospitality) and her co-authors' paper "Impact of a Gaming Company's CSR on Residents' Perceived Benefits, Quality of Life, and Support" was recently published in Tourism Management. This study found that the gaming company's corporate social responsibility was composed of four…

An undergraduate student, Miles Mercer, was first author on a recent publication: "Running economy while running in shoes categorized as maximal cushioning." This publication is a result of a research project Miles conducted as an INBRE scholar awardee. John Mercer and John Young (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) were co-authors on…