Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) along with Robert Greene II of Claflin University, co-edited the volume, Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina, published last month by the University of South Carolina Press. This singular volume explores the lives and experiences of…

Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro  (Psychology) with academic colleagues and community partners from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, published their latest article, "Community-Level Resources Bolstering Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV/AIDS" in the Global Journal of Community…

Katherine Gaddis (Anthropology) was one of nine applicants to receive the Forensic Science Foundation's Student Travel Grant, which will fund her attendance at this year's American Academy of Forensic Sciences conference.

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) and colleagues published an article, "Peer Network Processes in Adolescents’ Health Lifestyles," in Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Lawrence and colleagues use state-of-the-art social network analysis methods to investigate network characteristics of health lifestyles and the role of…

Ayla Gelsinger (Communication Studies and Psychology) received the Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal Best Article Award for the work, A Critical Analysis of the Body Positive Movement on Instagram: How Does it Really Impact Body Image?, which published in Spectra’s inaugural fall 2020 issue. Sponsored by the office of undergraduate research (…

Jennifer F. Byrnes (Anthropology) and Timothy Gocha (Texas State University, Anthropology) have been awarded a National Institute of Justice grant titled "Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification" for $567,682 over a two-year period. This grant is in collaboration with the Clark County office of the coroner/…

Marta Soligo (International Gaming Institute and Sociology) published a post in the blog Northern Notes, produced by the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds in the UK. In the post, Soligo analyzes tourism through the lens of social problems, touching on topics such as inclusivity for minorities, accessibility…

Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) recently appeared on CNN/HLN's docuseries Real Life Nightmare in the episode "Mohave Mystery: Vanished in the Desert," which explores the strange disappearance of a hiker near Area 51. 

John Curry (History) gave a virtual invited presentation to the Anglo-Turkish Society in the United Kingdom titled "The Legacy of Mezemorta Hüseyin Paşa: Corsair, Captain, Ottoman Grand Admiral." The Anglo-Turkish Society is a learned society of scholars that promotes scholarship on Turkey and strengthening Turkish-U.K. relations. The talk was…

Matthew S. Dentice (English) has had a poem, "The Migrations Period," included in Calling the Beginning, an anthology of poetry that reflects on the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages. Calling the Beginning is published by Wingless Dreamer and was released Dec. 1. 

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) has published "Cervantes y el Derecho: Préstamos Recíprocos" in Admiración del mundo: Actas selectas del XIV Coloquio Internacional de la Asociación de Cervantistas. In the article, first offered as a plenary talk in Venice, Italy, in 2019, Byrne studies the relationship between…

Barbara Roth (Anthropology) published a book chapter, "Changes in Household Organization and the Development of Classic Period Mimbres Pueblos," in Archaeology of Households, Kinship, and Social Change, edited by Lacey Carpenter and Anna Prentiss, Routledge Press (November 2021).