Charles Whitney (English) wrote an essay, "Green Economics and the English Renaissance: From Capital to the Commons," that appears in Shakespeare and the Urgency of Now: Criticism and Theory in the 21st Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). This essay links the 16th-century assault on commons rights to today's assault on the environmental commons…

Simon Gottschalk and Jennifer Whitmer (both Sociology) have published a coauthored chapter in the edited volume, The Drama of Social Life: A Dramaturgical Handbook (Ashgate). Additionally, two of Gottschalk's articles have been reprinted in the edited volume, Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology (Oxford…

Felicia Campbell (English) had award-winning author Len Rosen talk with students in her Chaos Theory and Literature class via Skype in September. The author spent more than an hour discussing his book, All Cry Chaos,and answering students' questions.

Peter Gray (Anthropology) participated in a National Institutes of Health panel in September that focused on the "Effects of Children on Fathers." As a panelist, he shared an overview of the evolution of human fatherhood and effects of children on men.

Denise Cook (Sociology) has an article, "The Cultural Life of the Living Dead," appearing in Contexts, a publication of the American Sociological Association. The article explores how zombies have become an explosive cultural phenomena that producers, retailers, and governmental agencies utilize to target consumers. The zombie myth pervades…

Jane Karwoski (Psychology) received the Outstanding Research Award of 2012 from the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions for her article, "Revisiting the Educationally Influential Physician: Development of a Simplified Nomination Form." The honor includes a $1,000 cash award.

Maurice Finocchiaro (Philosophy) just has published a book, The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue (Routledge--Taylor & Francis Group, 2013). It is a volume in a series called "Routledge Guides to the Great Books." The great book in question is Galileo Galilei's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, whose…

Dan Bubb (Academic Assessment), Gregory Schraw (Education), David James (Academic Programs), Barbara Brents (Sociology), Kyle Kaalberg (Teaching and Learning), Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology), Penny Amy (Biology), and Ann Cammett (Law) recently published an article in Assessment Update, a publication that is widely read by assessment…

Merrill Horton (English) wrote an article, "A Speculative Note on The Mansion's Myra Allanovna," which was published in The Faulkner Journal.

Gary Pullman (English) wrote a short story, "Bedtime Story," which was published in the spring edition of the peer-reviewed periodical, Word River Literary Review .

Joanne Goodwin (Women's Research Institute of Nevada) was a nominee for the 15th annual Women of Distinction Award presented by the National Association of Women Business Owners of Southern Nevada. The association, whose membership represents Southern Nevada's most influential business leaders, helps to educate and empower women business owners in…

Miriam Melton-Villanueva (History) presented "Religious Context of Land in Nahua Communities of the Early 19th Century" at the Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies' annual conference in Santa Fe, N.M. She also presented "Aztec Testaments: Indigenous Archives in Central Mexico" at a talk jointly sponsored by UNLV's department of…