Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Psychology; Interdisciplinary Studies) will be inducted into the University of California "Golden Anteater Society" on March 1, 2024. She graduated with a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California Irvine over 50+ years ago and specialized in neuroscience and disease of the brain. She also was awarded an…

Brandon Ranuschio, Sherry Bell, Lianne Barnes, and Renato M. Liboro (all Psychology) recently published their article, "Promoting resilience among middle-aged and older men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Nevada: An examination of facilitators and challenges from a social determinants of health perspective," in …

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "The development and validation of the experiential avoidance rating scale (EARS): A self-report questionnaire that might actually measure experiential avoidance," in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 

Brandon Ranuschio, Sherry Bell, Lianne Barnes, Renato M. Liboro (all Psychology), and Jason D. Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently published their article, "A Focus on Aging, HIV/AIDS, and Neurocognitive Challenges: Examining Southern Nevada HIV Sector Providers’ Awareness and Prospective Roles," in the International Journal of…

Sherry Bell and Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro (both Psychology) recently published their article, "Employing Dissonance-Based Interventions to Promote Health Equity Utilizing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach and Social Network Analysis," in the Social Sciences journal. This article examines and advocates for the consideration of…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and international colleagues recently published a paper, "Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations: Findings from the International Sex Survey (ISS)," in Comprehensive Psychiatry. 

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleague published a paper, "The relative risks of different forms of sports betting in a U.S. sample: A brief report," in Comprehensive Psychiatry. 

Sherry Bell and Renato M. Liboro (Psychology) published their article, "Training To Be A Community Psychologist In The Age Of a Digital Revolution," in the Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning. This article reflects on pedagogy and curricula that have shaped the field of community psychology, and reviews the…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper (Comorbid psychiatric diagnoses and gaming preferences in US armed forces veterans receiving inpatient treatment for gambling disorder) in Addictive Behaviors. 

Anthony King, Danielle Le, Aldo Barrita, Richard Chang, Donna Sim, Ting Tong, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented a research poster titled, "Do Gamers Play for Money? An Analysis of Gaming Motives, Relative Deprivation, and Upward Mobility," at the American Psychological Association's annual conference in Washington, D.…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published the following papers:  The first article (Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools) was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.  The second article (A Network…

Peter Kaufmann, Sara Rosenkranz (both Integrated Health Sciences), and Nicole Short (Psychology) proudly represented UNLV during the NIH’s Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials in Washington, D.C. The Summer Institute, created by Kaufmann in 2001 when he served as NIH’s acting director of the Office of Behavioral and Social…