Roberto Lovato (English) published a chapter on German author Thomas Mann's exile in Los Angeles and its relevance for exiles today. The book, Das Thomas Mann House – Politischer Denkort am Pazifik (Thomas Mann House – A Place for Political Thought on the Pacific), is published by the renowned German publisher Wallstein Village and includes…

Brandon Ranuschio, Sherry Bell, Lianne Barnes, Renato M. Liboro (all Psychology), and Jason D. Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently published their article, "A Focus on Aging, HIV/AIDS, and Neurocognitive Challenges: Examining Southern Nevada HIV Sector Providers’ Awareness and Prospective Roles," in the International Journal of…

Professor Robert Futrell (Sociology) was interviewed and quoted in the Vox article, "2023 was the year the US finally destroyed all of its chemical weapons." Futrell has published several articles on citizens movements that successfully reshaped deliberative processes and technological decisions made by the U.S. Army in its bid to destroy the…

Noria Litaker (History) published Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria in the University of Virginia Press's Studies in Early Modern Germany series. The book chronicles the transfer, distribution, and display of nearly four hundred "holy bodies" of ancient Christian martyrs, some of the church’s most prestigious relics, sent…

On Sept. 27, Susan Lee Johnson (History) shared a Denver stage with librarian and genealogist Charlene Garcia Simms to discuss the life of nuevomexicana Josefa Jaramillo as part of History Colorado's "Bold Women. Change History." lecture series.

Sherry Bell and Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro (both Psychology) recently published their article, "Employing Dissonance-Based Interventions to Promote Health Equity Utilizing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach and Social Network Analysis," in the Social Sciences journal. This article examines and advocates for the consideration of…

Published by Nevada Public Radio, Desert Companion magazine praised Jarret Keene's (English) dystopian novel Hammer of the Dogs (University of Nevada Press, 2023) in the October 2023 issue. The review describes Dogs as "masterfully capturing the anxiety of younger generations faced with inheriting (and fixing) a world they might not even want."…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and international colleagues recently published a paper, "Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations: Findings from the International Sex Survey (ISS)," in Comprehensive Psychiatry. 

Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published an article in SAPIENS: Anthropology Magazine about Mexico's animal protection movement and how it has become co-opted by political actors that push "tough-on-crime" narratives that de-politicize the animal protection movement and promote simplistic views of how to solve the problem of animal abuse.…

UNLV professor Roberto Lovato (English) spoke at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs. His talk, titled, "Violence, Terror and Human RIghts Abuse in El Salvador from La Matanza to the Present," also discussed the role of U.S. policy in shaping that violence.

On Sept. 26, professor Christopher Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a lecture at Weill Cornell Medical School in New York City as a part of the Heberden Society’s annual History of Medicine Speaker Series. Based on his recent book, Willoughby spoke on the history of racial science and slavery in Manhattan’s medical…

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a co-edited book titled, New Omnivorism and Strict Veganism: Critical Perspectives (Routledge). This book puts defenders of new omnivorism and advocates of strict veganism into conversation with one another to further important debates in food ethics. The contributors debate whether it’s…