Accomplishments: Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies

Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Psychology and Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) is the author of “ Mixedness” and “Ancestral Race Trauma”: The Monster Has No Name, which is a selected publication in the Journal of Intercultural Disciplines and in the Journal of Science and Exploratory Studies. Both journals publish scholarly contributions…
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) and Miriam Melton-Villanueva (History) published an article, “Collaboration, Women’s Work, and the Unfinished Story of a Sonoran Tale Collection,” in the Journal of American Folklore. This article considers a body of research materials from an unfinished dissertation project, specifically…
Erika G. Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) earlier this month presented a paper, "Same Country, Different World: Making the Case for the “Intranational” Sexile," at the international Sites Queer Conference, which was hosted by the University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras School of Architecture.
Erika G. Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender and Ethnic Studies) was invited to write a brief on being an Aca-Fan at ClexaCon for Media Res.
Nicole Espinosa (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented her McNair poster, " #ClexaEdit: Deconstruction of the Tragic Bi/Lesbian Trope," at the National Women's Studies Conference "Just Imagine, Imagining Justice" in November. The undergraduate student's work with Erika Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) set the…
Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer (Psychology and Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) will present her research at the National Association of African American Studies Conference in February. The paper is titled “Ancestral 'Mixness' and 'Race Trauma:' The Monster Has No Name.” Her research is in review for publication by the University…
Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published "Negotiating Community in the Interregnum: Zombies and Others in Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead" in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Routledge). 
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented during two forums at the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society in Buffalo, New York, “Envisioning the Digital Folklore Archive as Process and Collaboration” and “Folklore and Enlightenment in America: A Conversation with Bill Ivey.”
Rochelle Walker (Fine Arts) and Samantha Carroll (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) created Living Your Best Life: Balancing School, Work, and Family Summit. It was created out of a graduate multicultural course project within the higher education leadership program. The goal was to provide UNLV student-parents a positive and…
Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published "Conceptual Confusion: The Ambiguities of the War on Terror in Roy-Bhattacharya's The Watch and O'Hagan's The Illuminations" in Terrorism and Literature (Cambridge University Press).
Kendra Gage (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) delivered a paper, "Rising as They Fall: Women of the NAACP," at the 1968 in the Americas: Impact, Legacies and Memory, which was held at the University College London Institute of the Americas. The presentation examined African-American women who led the NAACP during a transitional…
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published "Body, Neuro-Diverse, and Ability-Centered Identities" in The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies, which is available on Oxford Handbooks Online.