Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Michael J. Alarid (History) was invited to visit the University of Alabama History Department and hosted a graduate student luncheon, where he talked about his research and gave remarks about the challenges that graduate students face in the evolving academic profession. Alarid's visit was made possible by the generosity of the Helen Delpar…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) was interviewed for Episode 3: Intersections, of the podcast series Public Good. In this episode, Iván was interviewed by Tashina Lazcano, the creator and host of the podcast, on the cultural and social significance of street vendors in Las Vegas.
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and Joshua Grubbs from the University of New Mexico recently published a paper, "Cryptocurrency and addictive behaviors in a census-matched U.S. Sample" in International Gambling Studies.
Jared Oestmand (Political Science) and Tim Passmore from the Virginia Military Institute recently published an article, "Reliable Contributors? Leadership Turnover, Regime Type, and Commitments to Peacekeeping," in Foreign Policy Analysis. Their study examines the links between domestic politics and countries' voluntary troop contributions to…
Last week, Publishers Weekly ran online (and in print) Jarret Keene's (English) "soapbox" column, "Make Humanities Fun Again," on expanding the canon in English departments and reintroducing a sense of bright wonder to the humanities. Jarret's dystopian adventure novel Hammer of the Dogs is set in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas and is available at…
Paige Figanbaum (History) wrote through the National Council on Public History a History@Work piece that speaks to the 2023 Home + History events hosted by the Nevada Preservation Foundation (NPF) to help provide a fuller portrait of Las Vegas's past by promoting sustainable building practices through adaptive reuse in the city's historic…
Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Psychology; Interdisciplinary Studies) will be inducted into the University of California "Golden Anteater Society" on March 1, 2024. She graduated with a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California Irvine over 50+ years ago and specialized in neuroscience and disease of the brain. She also was awarded an…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Feminism and the Open Borders Debate" for the Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series at Arizona State University.
Kristen Phipps (History) recently presented at the Western History Association’s annual conference. The panel “Remembering the Civil War in the American West” explored the ways the Civil War is remembered and forgotten in the West.
Michelle Tusan's (History) "The Concentration Camp as Site of Refuge: The Rise of the Refugee Camp and the Great War in the Middle East", published in the Journal of Modern History, won the DeBenedetti Award for Outstanding Article in Peace History.
Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) published a chapter titled, ‘“Between A Rock and A Hard Place’: Undocumented Immigrants and Mixed-Status Families Negotiating Migration Returns to Visit Ill and Dying Family Members.” This chapter is in the newest edition of Families as They Really Are edited by Virginia Rutter, Kristi Williams, and…
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a chapter titled, "The virtues and vices of germline editing research," in Biotech Animals in Research: Ethical and Regulatory Aspects (Routledge). Abbate's chapter explores some of the moral issues pertaining to the use of animals in germline editing research through a virtue ethics framework.