Josiah Kidwell and Michael Ian Borer (both Sociology) recently published an article, "The Sanctuary of the Spectacle: Megachurches and the Production of Christian Celebrities and Consumers," in the Journal of Media and Religion. The article analyzes the entanglement of religion, media, and celebrity culture in the context of a Las Vegas-…

John Tuman, Tiffiany Howard, David Damore, and Nerses Kopalyan (all Political Science) are the coauthors of the recent book Latinos in Nevada: A Political, Economic, and Social Profile (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2021). Publication of the book was supported by a grant from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Susan Lee Johnson (History) was interviewed by Stephen Hausmann on the American West channel of the New Books Network of podcasts. They spoke about Johnson's book Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West. The interview was posted May 7.

Michelle Tusan (History) gave two interviews on President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide — one for the Indian Express, Mumbai and the other for Radio, Seoul, South Korea.

Aldo Barrita (Psychology) published a book chapter, "Resilience in LGBTQ PoC," in the new book Heart, Brain and Mental Health Disparities for LGBTQ People of Color edited by James J. Garcia. This chapter serves as a summary of findings on resilience in LGBTQ PoC, providing a critique and suggestions for future research in the study of…

Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was one of eight fellows selected for the 2021-22 class at the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. She will receive funding to further the national conversation regarding freedom of expression and democratic participation on college campuses.…

Rebecca Gill (Political Science) and Daniel J. Mallinson (Penn State Harrisburg) published "Strategies for How Men Can Advance Gender Equity in Political Science," an introduction to the symposium they co-edited in PS: Political Science & Politics. This symposium includes 10 articles covering a wide range of ways that men can work to promote…

Alan Simmons (Anthropology) is co-author of an article just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The piece "No Evidence for Widespread Island Extinction after Pleistocene Hominin Arrival," takes a global perspective on the impact that humans had on endemic island faunas. He is a Distinguished Professor emeritus.  

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) has been selected as a recipient for the American Historical Association 2021 Littleton-Griswold Research Grant to support research in U.S. legal history and in the general field of law and society. 

Michelle Tusan (History) published "How to Write the History of Trauma," in a forum on The Holocaust and the Nakba in Central European History. 

John Curry (History) gave an invited, virtual honorary lecture to the Religious Studies Center and the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas last month. The lecture, "The Formation and Contemporary Prospects of Islamic Mysticism," reached a wide public audience of around 100 attendees via Zoom.

Paul Werth (History) presented aspects of his current research on the history of the world's longest border—that of the Russian Empire and the USSR—at the Universities of Illinois (March) and Michigan (April).