Zachary Billot (Political Science, Honors College, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) recently had his Op-Ed titled, "Stuck Like Glue: Eating Meat in the Modern Era," published by the Institute for Youth in Policy. His piece discusses the contemporary societal implications of meat eating and the impacts of factory farming has…

Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) was recently elected as the next Chair-Elect representative (2023-2025) for the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS). The chair-elect becomes chair in year two, and past-chair in year three. As chair, Aldo will represent all student members of the American Psychological Association, and…

The UNLV chapter of the National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, hosted Life After College, a panel series about career pathways after undergrad. Elizabeth Maltby (Political Science), Jared Oestman (Political Science), Brian Wall (Law), and Gerard Gosioco, J.D. ('12 BA), discussed potential careers in policy, academia, and law.…

Jennifer Rennels (Psychology) published "Recommendations for Investigating the Cross-Category Effect Among Hispanic and Latino Populations" in Perspectives on Psychological Science. Individuals who are Hispanic or Latino make up a substantial portion of the U.S. and world population, yet are vastly underrepresented as both…

Lisa Johnson (Anthropology) presented her work, "Ritualizing Labor and Craft at the Classic Maya City of Palenque," in an invited session, "Social Archaeology Futures," at the annual American Anthropological Association conference in Seattle, Washington.

Anthony King and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology) recently published a chapter on youth gambling in the Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. This chapter highlights new research regarding recreational and problem gambling, as well as some trends of the modern gambling and (video) gaming industries.

Dave Beisecker's (Philosophy) article, "Grief and Self-Knowledge," has just been published in The Journal of the Philosophy of Emotion. It is part of a symposium on Grief: A Philosophical Guide (Princeton, 2021) by Michael Cholbi of the University of Edinburgh.

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) gave an invited paper presentation titled, "La otra verosimilitud cervantina," in the city of Alcázar de San Juan, Spain. The conference was hosted by the City of Alcázar de San Juan, the Grupo de Investigación Siglos de Oro of the University of Navarre, and the Sociedad Cervantina de Alcázar de San Juan…

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) has published a chapter titled, "Psychological Errors and Digital Rumors: Revisiting Two of Shibutani's Contributions," in the volume, Neglected Social Theorists of Color, edited by David Dickens, Korey Tillman, and C. C. Herbison (Lexington).

Gary Totten (English) published a chapter, "Edith Wharton and the Narratives of Travel and Tourism," in The Bloomsbury Handbook to Edith Wharton, edited by Emily J. Orlando. Totten's chapter discusses how Wharton's travel writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century focuses on both the cultural value of serious travel and the…

John M. Bowers (English) had his study, “Audiences, Medieval and Modern,” published in Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions, Connections, Receptions, ed. Jane Beal (New York and London: Lexington Book, Studies in the Medieval Literature, 2022), 265-78.

Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) was interviewed and featured on Forbes.com about his book Vegas Brews: Craft Beer and the Birth of a Local Scene (NYU Press). Borer offers up some of his favorites in the article, "Las Vegas Craft Beers: A Sure Bet."