Jesse Barnes (Public Policy & Leadership), Anjala Krishen (Marketing & International Business), and Han-fen Hu (Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology) recently had their paper, "Untapped Knowledge about Water Reuse: the Roles of Direct and Indirect Educational Messaging," published in Water Resources Management. This study…

Matthew S. Dentice (English) has written an opinion piece, "Anglo Saxonism and America's History of Racial Injustice" for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Religion and Ethics portal. This article explores the ways in which a persistent idealization of and identification with the Anglo-Saxons has fueled …

Micajah Daniels, Manoj Sharma (both Environmental and Occupational Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a commentary, "Social Media and Substance Use among Adolescents: Implications for Research" in the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education. The commentary examines the growing use of social media among adolescents and its impact on…

Shaoan Zhang, Mark Carroll, Chengcheng Li (all Teaching and Learning), and Emily Lin (Graduate College) wrote "Supporting Part-time Students in Doctoral Programs: A Technology-based Situated Learning Model," which was published in Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.   Shaoan Zhang, Chengcheng Li, and Danny Unger (all Teaching…

Christine Young (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project to earn her doctorate title. Her project was "Nursing Toolkit for Care of the Pediatric Patient with Suicidal Ideation."    

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-…

Dave Beasley and Lori Filippo (both Graduate College) gave a presentation titled “Think globally, act virtually: recruitment and admissions during the pandemic” at the 2021 NAGAP Graduate Enrollment Management Summit. The presentation focused on how the UNLV Graduate College shifted its entire recruitment effort online within days of the…

Jin Ouk Choi and Binit K. Shrestha (both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) along with colleagues at the George Washington University and the Iowa State University published a paper, "Exploring the Benefits and Tradeoffs of Design Standardization in Capital Projects," in the Engineering, Construction, and…

G. David Beasley (Graduate College) presented a paper, "A Heroine Educated by Warrington: The Romance of the Forest and Dissenting Education" at the 51st American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies annual meeting. The paper traced the connections between Gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe, the Warrington Academy, and women's education in…

Kendra McGlothen (Neuroscience) represented UNLV at the 2021 Western Association of Graduate Schools Regional 3-Minute Thesis Competition earlier this month. McGlothen's topic was "Astrocytes Affect on Cortical Circuitry and Motor Behavior." She won honorable mention during the competition, which included 15 institutions. In…

Sarah York (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has accepted a 2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. York's research is in chemistry education. Her dissertation research will focus on the use of systems thinking approaches to improve chemistry teaching and learning. Her advisor, MaryKay Orgill, found the…

Brianne Heinle, Elizabeth Kahane, Kate Korgan, and Kara Wada (all Graduate College) attended the Western Association of Graduate Schools 63rd annual conference this month. They facilitated one session and conducted three presentations: Heinle, with Kristen DeBoer (Boise State University), facilitated a session that provided attendees working…