Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by journalist Harry Bruinius of the Christian Science Monitor for a piece on the alliance between libertarians and Black Lives Matter activists, two groups typically seen on the opposite ends of political issues, in their mutual calls to defund the police. He also was…

Erika Gisela Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) wrote "Revisiting Naya Rivera's Santana Lopez: The Afro-Latina who Deserved More Time," for peer-reviewed online Latinx media outlet Latinx Spaces. In it, she discusses the significance of Rivera's Santana Lopez from Glee in the context of both Rivera's career and the kinds of queer…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by reporter Alicia Pattillo to offer historical perspective and context for a special report on racism in the United States, produced by KTNV, channel 13. He is a professor of African American and Africa Diaspora Studies. 

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) joined a panel discussion, "Every Voice: Race, Protest, and Power in Las Vegas," organized by Desert Companion and Nevada Public Radio earlier this month. The panel included activists, artists, scholars, ministers, and politicians in Clark County, each discussing police brutality, race…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was invited to provide historical context for a Fox News special on Black Cowboys and their Broader Impact in the American West. He is a professor of African American and Africa Diaspora Studies. 

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on CrossTalk, a news program on RT (Russia Today), a global news agency that broadcasts to more than 100 countries. A professor of African American and Africa Diaspora Studies, he discussed the current political moment surrounding the toppling of monuments, their historic…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) has written an article, "What PTSD Tells us about the History of Slavery," was published in the Washington Post this week. It examines how enslaved people spoke about trauma, and how slavery's debilitating brutalities induced symptoms now known as PTSD. Simultaneously, it makes a…

Erika G. Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies ) guest edited a special issue of Sinister Wisdom focusing on lesbians in the city. The issue includes works challenging "lesbian" as a fixed identity with special attention to contributors not from New York or California. Abad chose pieces that addressed the questions: How do…

Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) recently published a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Veterans Studies: "'I Can Spin Some Bullshit if You Want': Narrating (and Bridging?) the Civil-Military Divide in Phil Klay's Redeployment."

Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) had an article published in the Washington Post exploring the adult entertainment industry's response to COVID-19. "The Adult Industry Can Survive Without Government Help. Here’s Why" appeared in the paper's "Made By History" section and examines the…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published a co-authored article in the February issue of the journal Past Present. In "Slave Hounds and Abolition in the Americas," the authors argue that canines played an integral role in colonizing North and South America, and initiating the subsequent expansion of the transatlantic…

Barbara G. Brents (Sociology) along with two UNLV alumnae, Crystal A. Jackson, '03 BA Psychology, '07 MA Sociology, and '13 PhD Sociology, (now of the John Jay School of the City University of New York) and Aleta Baldwin, '06 BA Women's Studies, (now of University of Texas at San Antonio), and Paul Maginn (University of Western Australia) are the…