Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) and Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues from the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School recently published a paper, "Examining Responsible Gambling Program Awareness and Engagement Trends and Relationships with Gambling Beliefs and Behaviors: A Three-Wave Study of Customers from a…

Joel Snyder (Psychology) was named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). "Fellow status is awarded to APS members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application," according to a statement from the APS.

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, and Anthony King (all Psychology) recently published an article, "Perceived Everyday Discrimination Explains Internalized Racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Asians." Findings indicated that Asians experienced more internalized racism and perceived a change in everyday discrimination during the…

Brenna Renn (Psychology) was awarded a Developmental Research Project grant from the Nevada INBRE, funded by the National Institutes of Health IDeA Network of Biomedical Research. This two-year project, "Task Sharing to Expand Access to Mental Health Services," will develop and test a novel treatment paradigm to expand access to…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published an article, "Perspective: Can Psychedelic-assisted Therapy be a Promising Aid in Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder Treatment?" in Comprehensive Psychiatry. 

Tiange Xu (Hospitality), Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute), and Shane Kraus (Psychology) presented a poster, "Problem Gambling and Mental Health Disorders among Undergraduate Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic", at the 2022 New Horizons In Responsible Gambling Conference.

Aldo Barrita (Psychology) was one of the two UNLV graduate students accepted at the Crossing Latinidades Summer Institute in Latino Humanities Studies Methodologies and Theories to take place at the University of Illinois at Chicago this summer. The institute’s goal is to equip participants who are already thinking of dissertation ideas with…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Sexual and Physical Revictimization in U.S. Military Veterans" in the Journal of Traumatic Stress.  

Lianelys Cabrera-Martinez, Aldo Barrita, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently published "A Systematic Review on the Resilience Reported by BIPOC in the Face of Discrimination" at Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Social Support over Time for Men and Women Veterans with and without Complex Trauma Histories, in Psychological Services.  

Brenna Renn (Psychology) and colleagues from the University of Washington School of Nursing authored a manuscript  detailng provider preferences for patient digital health technologies to support primary care across clinical contexts. Published in the February issue of JMIR Formative Research, this study investigated differences across…

Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer (Psychology, Interdisciplinary, English), before International Women’s Day on March 8, was selected as a formal delegate to the United Nations Women CSW66 on March 31. UN Women, NGO participants, including the UNA-USA delegation, will identify global strategies to address gender gaps primarily due to discriminatory…