Aldo Barrita and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology), recently presented at the 20th annual meeting for the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA) two symposium presentations about recent research the GAME Lab has completed in the last two years. Barrita chaired both symposiums focusing on intersectional oppression for racial,…

Tyler D. Parry's (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) book, Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual (University of North Carolina Press, 2020), was awarded the 2022 Wayland D. Hand Prize from the American Folklore Society. Sponsored by the society's history and folklore section, the biennial…

Barbara Roth and Danielle Romero (both Anthropology) have published, "Great Kivas and Community Integration at the Harris Site, Southwestern New Mexico," in the latest issue of American Antiquity.

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "El Socialismo de Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez: Más Allá del Marxismo?" ("Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez's Socialism: Beyond Marxism?") to the Cátedra Extraordinaria: Humanismo y Filosofía de la Praxis en Adolfo Sánchez Vazquez at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 

Lisa Johnson (Anthropology) recently presented "Keeping up with the Joneses: Neighbors and Neighborhoods in Classic Period Lowland Maya Cities" at an international conference, "Compreder el Urbanismo Antiguo: Forma Urbana, Planeacion de Sitio y Vida Cotidiana en La Ciudad Maya Del Periodo Clasico (250-900 CE)," hosted by the University of Rome,…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by Hoover Institution at Stanford University to have a talk titled, "How The Ukraine Crisis Shapes Taiwan’s Public Opinion — And Beyond." Wang presented his research on Taiwan politics and its potential impact to the U.S.-China-Taiwan relationships. Through a series of survey, survey…

Andrew Kauffman (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper on his current research on literary depictions of sacrifice at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 15.

Susan Lee Johnson (History) was joined by UNLV faculty colleagues Michael Alarid, William Bauer, Raquel Casas, Kendra Gage, Michael Green, Andy Kirk, Mark Padoongpatt, Tyler Parry, and Grace Wong-Padoongpatt — and by a host of UNLV grad students — at the Western History Association conference in San Antonio last week. Generous support for the…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Las Fronteras y Las Infancias: Una Mirada Ética" ("Borders and Childhoods: An Ethical Perspective"), as part of the "Infancias desplazadas" ("Displaced Childhoods") roundtable at the Festival Cultura UNAM in Mexico City.

Analiesa Delgado (History), a Ph.D. student, recently presented her article: "There is No O'odham Word for Wall," on a panel titled: "Surveillance, Violence, and Removal in the Latinx West," at this year's Western Historical Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Analiesa Delgado (History), Ph.D. student, was awarded the Western History Association Louise Pubols Public History Prize for her recent work in public history at the Western History Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Analiesa Delgado (History), Ph.D. student, was awarded the Western History Association Graduate Student Scholarship to help fund her attendance at the Western History Association conference recently in San Antonio, Texas.