Takashi Yamashita (Sociology) is the author of the article "Measuring Positive Attitudes Toward Persons with Dementia: A Validation of the Allophilia Scale," which appears in the journal Dementia. The abstract states "Efforts to combat ageism typically focus on negative attitudes toward members of an out-group. Changing attitudes also requires…

Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) recently published an article, "Re-sensing Las Vegas: Aesthetic Entrepreneurship and Local Urban Culture," in the Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, which now is available online before it is published in print in the next few months. In this article, Borer …

Jessica Teague (English) has written an article, "Black Sonic Space and the Stereophonic Poetics of Amiri Baraka’s It’s Nation Time"  that appears in the inaugural issue of the journal Sound Studies.

Gary Pullman (English) is the author of  the short story, "Devilish Delights," which was published Feb. 5 by The Wild Rose Press. The story was published under the pen name Leigh Paul. In addition, he signed a contract with the same publisher for his urban fantasy novel A Whole World Full of Hurt, which is scheduled for publication this year…

Robert Futrell, chair of the department of sociology, was recently cited in an article in The New Yorker, "San Bernardino and the Mechanics of a Double Life," drawing on his work with UNLV Sociology alumnus Pete Simi on extremists. 

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) is organizing a symposium titled "Hyperconnected Individuals, Accelerated Society: Tensions and Transformations" with the International Center for Research on the Hypermodern Individual and Society, ESCP Europe, which will take place in Paris in June.

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) has published a book chapter titled "Playing Music" in the edited book Popular Culture as Everyday Life (Routledge, 2015). 

Greg Brown (History) has been chosen as the new general editor of  'Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment.' He will continue to broaden the temporal and geographic scope of the series to embrace global Enlightenment culture (including burgeoning areas of research, such as southern and eastern Europe, the Hispanic world, and…

Joanne Goodwin (Women's Research Institute and History) gave a presentation on the development of — and her role as — co-producer in the television series MAKERS: Women in Nevada History at the National Women's Studies Association annual conference in Milwaukee in November. Also on the panel were representatives from the University of…

Julia Lee (English) is the author of Our Gang: A Racial History of The Little Rascals (University of Minnesota Press, 2015). A forward for the book was penned by historian and author Henry Louis Gates Jr. The book received a favorable review in the Dec. 15 issue of The Atlantic.

Georgiann Davis (Sociology) brought her intersex expertise, both professional and personal, to the CBS daytime audience as a special expert guest on the Dr. Phil television show Nov. 30. In addition to publishing numerous articles on intersex in both scholarly and popular press outlets, she is the author of Contesting Intersex: The Dubious…

Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) delivered the 2015 George Herbert Mead Lecture during the annual convention of National Communication Association (NCA) at the Rio Conference Center in November. Borer’s lecture was titled, “Sensuous Knowledge and the Rise of Aesthetic Urbanism.” In the lecture, he noted that cities are chock full of…