Aldo M. Barrita, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, and Anthony King (all Psychology) presented a research symposium presentation, "Racial Microaggressions, Mental Health, and Substance Use: A Mediation Analysis," and a a poster presentation, "Latinx and Microaggressions: A Decade of Research," at the national Winter Roundtable Conference in…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Crossing Borders for Abortion as a Feminist Challenge to Border Theory" at the Exile, Belonging and Place symposium organized by the University of Louisville Commonwealth Center for Humanities & Society.

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a co-authored article, "Sacrifice for the Mandate of Heaven? Regression Discontinuity of Death Penalty Execution in Taiwan," in the Social Science Journal. It exploits an unexpected death penalty execution during a national survey in Taiwan in 2012 and shows that the death penalty…

Erika Gisela Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) has been interviewed by KLAS-TV regarding the historical significance of the term Latinx in the context of its use and presence in last election season's cycle. 

Evelyn Gajowski (English) published the chapter, "'As if a Man were Author of Himself': Fantasies of Omnipotence and Autonomy," in the essay collection, Coriolanus: A Critical Reader. The chapter analyzes the resonances between Caius Martius Coriolanus and Donald Trump, interrogating the emergence of the Roman republic, on the one hand, and…

William Bauer (History and the American Indian Alliance) was invited by the department of history and Native American studies at the University of Oregon to discuss his forthcoming book, We Are the Land: A Native History of California. Bauer discussed the process of writing the book, the principal arguments, and challenges of writing a…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Travel for Abortion as a Form of Migration" in Essays in Philosophy.

Benjamin Burroughs, Ben Morse, Michael Carmona (all Journalism and Media Studies), and Travis Snow (Sociology) presented a panel, "Watching Watchmen: Race and Anonymity" at the Far West Popular Culture Conference hosted by UNLV earlier this month. 

Brenna Renn (Psychology) recently published the manuscript, "A Typical Week With Mild Cognitive Impairment" in The Gerontologist. This project used photoelicitation interviews to explore the subjective experience of a “typical week” living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to document (a) important activities, (b) barriers to usual…

Simon Gottschalk's (Sociology) interview on The Internet and the Infantilization of Western Society has just been published in the Portugese magazine SHIFTER. Gottschalk reflects on his writings in The Terminal Self: Everyday Life in Hypermodern Times (Routledge) and his Salon article The Infantilization of Western Culture…

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) presented a paper on grief and self-knowledge at the central division meeting of the American Philosophical Association. The paper was part of an authors-meets-critics session on Grief: A Philosophical Guide by Michael Cholbi of the University of Edinburgh.

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk titled "Why Ghosts Aren't So Spooky: The Ethics of Indirect 'Relationship' Dissolution" for the University of Colorado, Boulder's Center Talk series (hosted by the CU Philosophy Department).