Topic: faculty/staff

Heather Lusty
People | May 2, 2016

The Honors-English professor offers her unique take on heavy metal, gardening, the cultural significance of Star Trek, and the purpose of higher education.

Marian Mason
People | April 25, 2016

The Engineering College’s internship and career services coordinator brings her passions full circle in new role

David Wedley
People | April 18, 2016

This Academic Success Center staffer says he feels a sense of accomplishment when he sees UNLV’s student-athletes graduate.

Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola
People | April 11, 2016

Find out what inspired this Education College professor to focus her research on children, especially English language learners, who struggle to read.

Boo Shan Tseng
People | April 4, 2016

This Life Sciences professor is all about communities — from the bacterial ones she studies (yuck) to the UNLV community she is pleased to have joined.

Nikki Troxclair
People | March 7, 2016

Choosing a career in the fast-paced communications field perhaps wasn't a surprising move for this associate VP who learned to skate before she could walk.

Jessica Knurick
People | February 29, 2016

She studied finance as an undergrad while playing basketball, but an intense interest in nutrition as a means to improve her game created a path toward her current profession.

Ashley Weckesser
People | February 22, 2016

Ask this Grad College staff member to call out a military cadence and you might be surprised at the results.

Civon Gewelber
People | February 16, 2016

When she isn't treating patients with disabilities in UNLV's Special Care Dental Clinic, you might find this new faculty member gazing skyward as she pursues her favorite hobby — falconry.

Eric Strain
People | February 1, 2016

The new architecture professor on the importance of sketching and what it will take to make Las Vegas "sustainable."

Ellen Cosgrove
People | January 25, 2016

Creating an innovative curriculum for the new School of Medicine is a 'herculean' task. Here's one of the people with the expertise to do it well.

Choongbeom “CB” Choi
People | January 19, 2016

The Harrah Hotel College professor talks about his fascination with service marketing and the blending of theory and practice in hospitality education.