Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited to host a virtual roundtable, "The Study of Taiwan Politics Overseas: The New Frontier," which was sponsored by the Center for Taiwan Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. This roundtable invited six scholars to discuss their experience and expectation in the studies of Taiwan politics.…

Abraham Lugo (Political Science) represented the United States and Make the Road Nevada, a local nonprofit that empowers working class immigrant communities, at the United Nations Economic and Social Council Youth Forum. Engaging in dialogue with other member states during the 2022 UN High-level Political Forum on sustainable development,…

Olivia Cheche (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute), Peter Grema (Economics, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute), Blanca Peña (Criminal Justice), and Nicole Thomas (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-wrote a recent Op-Ed titled, "Students, Taxpayers Once Again Robbed by Higher…

Kenneth Miller (Political Science) was interviewed for the Nevada Independent story, "Federal Abortion Protections at Risk in High Stakes Congressional, Senate Races," to provide context of public opinion on the issue of abortion and how public views on the issue within each party affects how Republican and Democratic candidates campaign on the…

Vanessa Marie Booth (Political Science, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) has been selected to receive the 2022 Sam Lieberman Regents’ Scholar Award, announced this month by NSHE. Administered by the NSHE Board of Regents, the scholarship is awarded to only nine students — one undergraduate and graduate student from each Nevada…

Nerses Kopalyan (Political Science) and Anna Ohanyan's (Stonehill College) article examines the issue of democratic breakthroughs in highly geopoliticized, fractured regions in the post-Soviet space. While recognizing the political challenges of democratic transitions in such regions, it investigates specific conditions conducive to effective…

Steven T. Landis (Political Science) was interviewed by the Reno Gazette Journal to discuss the risks of Nevada being a target for a possible Russian nuclear strike. 

Tiffiany Howard (Political Science), Brach Poston (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and April Lopez (University of Texas, Austin) recently published the paper, "Extremist Radicalization in the Virtual Era: Analyzing the Neurocognitive Process of Online Radicalization." Their article appears in the latest issue of the journal, Studies in…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) presented his research project "Understanding the #MilkTeaAlliance Movement" at the Wilson Center China Fellowship Conference 2022. The project analyzes three million tweets and explores the change of narratives and the compositions of participants in the #MilkTeaAlliance movement in Asia in 2020. The…

Vanessa Marie Booth (Political Science, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) recently was selected to attend the 2022 Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute (JSI) Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota. The JSI Fellowship prepares students to obtain a master’s or joint degree in public policy,…

Vanessa Booth (Political Science) and Aaron Cheng (Life Sciences and Psychology), both undergraduate researchers, are the recipients of the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) 2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award in the arts and health and natural sciences, respectively. Each year during the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science)'s research on Taiwanese people's willingness to fight is quoted in the Annual Report To Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The report estimates the risk of potential cross-strait conflict, while Wang's research shows that Taiwanese people perceive their self-defense…