Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) was interviewed and featured on Forbes.com about his book Vegas Brews: Craft Beer and the Birth of a Local Scene (NYU Press). Borer offers up some of his favorites in the article, "Las Vegas Craft Beers: A Sure Bet."

Ph.D. student Em Coombes (Sociology) recently published their co-authored article, “Disabled Sex Workers’ Fight for Digital Rights, Platform Accessibility, and Design Justice,” in Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ). The research examines how normative whorephobic, racist, ableist user experience (UX) social media…

Chenghui Zhang (Sociology) presented her research titled, "Constructing Racial Hate Crimes: The Complexity of Racial Identities," virtually at the University of Macau, department of sociology, on November 2, 2022. 

Nicole Santero (Sociology), Ph. D. student, co-authored research on "Community-based strategies for combating misinformation: Learning from a popular culture fandom" that was published in the Harvard Misinformation Review. Through the lens of one of the fastest-growing international fandoms, BTS ARMY, this study explores everyday…

Chenghui Zhang (Sociology) and colleagues published an article, "The Importance of Recurring Campus Surveys of Interpersonal Violence: An Analysis of Period and Cohort Effects," in the Journal of School Violence. 

Tirth Bhatta (Sociology), assistant professor, published an article titled, "Intersecting Early-Life Selection Mechanisms: Socio-Historical Changes in Racially Stratified Effects of Education on Functional Limitations in the United States," in the Journal of Aging and Health. Scholarship on sociohistorical changes in intersecting early-…

Em Coombes (Sociology, CREA), along with other collaborators, published the Manifesto for Sex Positive Social Media. This manifesto sets out guiding principles that governments, policy-makers, platforms, and other stakeholders can take into account in their design, moderation, and regulation practices.  Human rights principles…

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) published a post about the mental health crisis among youth titled "Preserving the Health and Safety of U.S. Children" on the Population Reference Bureau website.

Marta Soligo (International Gaming Institute and Sociology) delivered a keynote speech earlier this month at the webinar “Film Tourism: Destination Branding and Experience” organized by the Bali Dwipa University in collaboration with the Bali Tourism Board. Soligo’s presentation centered around film-induced tourism, focusing on tourism planning,…

Benjamin Burroughs, Benjamin J. Morse, Travis Carmona (all Journalism and Media Studies), and Travis Snow (Sociology) have published an article, "The Masks We Wear: Watchmen, Infrastructural Racism, and Anonymity" in the journal Television & New Media. As COVID-19 has led to the politicization of masks and the donning of masks, the…

Marta Soligo (International Gaming Institute and Sociology) gave a presentation last month at the Sustainable Tourism Africa Summit 2022. Her speech centered around sustainable tourism, popular culture, and the post-pandemic recovery.

  Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing), Tirth Bhatta (Sociology), and Sfurti Rathi (Public Health) have published an article, "Coping with Uncertainty: Use of Contemplative Practices amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States" in the Holistic Nursing Practice Journal.  They used their nationwide Web based survey to examine the change in…