Nathalie Martinez (Anthropology, World Languages and Cultures, Honors College) presented her paper "'Our language do not die, they are killed': Indigenismo and its Effects on Indigenous Language Revitalization" at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium at Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts & Sciences.…

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) is featured as author of an article for podcast publication on the website of the Fundación Juan March (Spain). She was invited to give a talk on Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, as episode 6 of the Fundación's series Major Figures in Spanish Culture. The podcast was recorded at KUNV, with the…

Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) has successfully completed the online training "Parcours évaluation (DELF-DALF)'' organized by University CLE Training/ Université CLE Formation / Paris. Mkrtchyan has attended 12 hours (one week) of the training and was awarded a certificate of success earlier this month.

Susan Lee Johnson (History) is featured in an episode of the History of California podcast hosted by Jordan Mattox. They speak about Johnson's books Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush and Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West. The conversation also strays to the Western film genre and…

Nathalie Martinez (Anthropology, World Languages and Cultures, Honors College) is the recipient of the Vista Group Outstanding Senior Award. Carrying a $1,000 scholarship, this is a distinguished award given to a UNLV College of Liberal Arts senior displaying exceptional achievement, leadership, and service. A member of the Honors College,…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Why I Shut Down an Argument in My Philosophy for Children Class" in Psyche, a digital magazine from Aeon. 

Tyler Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by KTNV channel 13 reporter Jeremy Chen regarding the possibility of protests in the Las Vegas Valley and elsewhere following the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Parry is an assistant professor of African American and Africa diaspora studies. He also was interviewed by…

William Bauer (History and American Indian Alliance) published a co-authored book We Are The Land: A Native History of California with the University of California Press. The book examines the lives and legacies of the Indigenous People who shaped California.

Alan Simmons (Anthropology) presently is in Cyprus on a Fulbright award. While this has had to be modified due to COVID-19, he initially will spend two months at the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute working on a monograph of his long-term National Science Foundation- (and other-) funded project at the Neolithic (ca. 9,000 years…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a virtual presentation,“From Neo-Nazis and Coughing Karens: Grappling with Intentionality in the Time of COVID-19,” at the Western States Folklore Society annual meeting.

William Bauer (History and American Indian Alliance) has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of American History. He will serve a three-year term. The Journal of American History is the leading scholarly publication and the journal of record in American history as well as the official journal of the Organization of…

Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) presented a paper based on his project on animal rights/welfare activism in Ciudad Juárez, México, as part of a human rights panel, in the Society for Latin American Studies Virtual Conference. In this presentation, he explored how animal rights/welfare activists engage in discourses of human rights in their…