Susan Lee Johnson (History) wrote Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West (University of North Carolina Press, 2020), which received the Robert G. Athearn Award for the best book published on the 20th century West from the Western History Association.

Christopher Kearney (Psychology) conducted a series of training workshops for educational agencies in September and October regarding supports for elementary, middle, and high school students and their attendance following pandemic-induced shutdowns.  The workshops focused on a multi-tiered approach to support student functioning with respect…

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) just returned from the Czech Republic, where he presented "The Default to Truth: On the Topology of Assertion" at a workshop on Why and How we Give and Ask for Reasons sponsored by the European Research Council and the University of Hradec Králové. A week before that, he commented on a paper on the normativity of logic…

Iram Gonzalez (English and Philosophy) was chosen as the recipient of the first Sam Lieberman Memorial Scholarship, which was awarded by the College of Liberal Arts. Gonzalez was chosen for the $1,500 award for his campus engagement and leadership. He served as vice president of Phi Sigma Tau honor society and editor of its student research…

Michelle Tusan (History) will begin her term as vice president/president-elect of the North American Conference on British Studies on Nov. 14.

Repairer Etuk (Psychology) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research project examining impulsivity, eating habits, and physical and mental health disorders in Nevadans seeking treatment for gambling disorder. His mentor for the project is Shane…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in a virtual panel on her co-edited volume Latin American Immigration Ethics (University of Arizona Press, 2021), as part of the Fourth International Forum on Migrants, Refugees, and Human Rights organized by Paseo de la Esperanza A.C. in Monterrey, Mexico. Her co-presenters were…

John Curry (History) presented a paper entitled "Climate Crisis as Comparative World History: An Experimental Course Linking Antiquity, the Medieval Period, and the Seventeenth Century" at the Southeastern World History Association virtual conference Oct. 22. The paper fit well into the theme of the conference, which was "Crisis and Recovery…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a co-authored op-ed, "What Do People in Taiwan Think About Their Military?" in The Diplomat. This article traces and analyzes recent polls in Taiwan regarding public opinion on military spending and training. The results suggest that the increasing cross-strait tension had shifted the public…

Tiange Xu (Hospitality) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research study examining problem gambling and mental health disorders in Nevadan university students. His mentors for the project are Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute)…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was an invited panelist in two roundtable discussions as part of “Cultural Health: A Forum on Folk Medical Systems," a symposium held in conjunction with the American Folklore Society's 2021 annual meeting. The goal of this virtual symposium was to bring folklorists, doctors,…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was interviewed for the FAB Gab podcast of the International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics about her research on abortion bans and pandemic ethics in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.