Christopher Cain and Sarah Tanford (both Hospitality), along with Lisa Cain, '15 PhD Hospitality Administration, received the Best Paper Award at the Southeast, Central & South American Federation 2019 Conference in early March. Their paper, "Man Versus Machine: Optimal Teaching Techniques," was published in the Journal of Hospitality and…

Tammi Kim (Libraries) recently was accepted into the Archives Leadership Institute program for 2019. She was selected for this highly competitive opportunity based on her responses to questions relating to leadership and vision, ability to influence change in the archives profession, support for diversity, and commitment to professional…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) and Miriam Melton-Villanueva (History) published an article, “Collaboration, Women’s Work, and the Unfinished Story of a Sonoran Tale Collection,” in the Journal of American Folklore. This article considers a body of research materials from an unfinished dissertation project, specifically…

Carmen Vallin (School of Life Sciences) was named Young Ambassador for the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). ASM is the largest international professional association in the Life Sciences in the world with 47,000 members. Nominated by professor Eduardo Robleto of Life Sciences, Vallin will join a group of more than 100 Young…

Claytee White (Libraries) and Kevin Wright (Student Diversity and Social Justice) served as panelists at The Hate U Give movie screening, the last event for Black History Month. They both spoke about racial tension, civil rights issues, and current and historical struggles for racial justice.

Linda Lister (Music) is co-author of So You Want to Sing Music by Women: A Guide for Performers. Part of the So You Want to Sing series published by Rowman and Littlefield and the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the book will be officially released on March 15. 

Robyn Raschke (Accounting) presented "Using Analytics to Evaluate Teaching Effectiveness" at the 18th annual Accounting Educators' Seminar hosted by University of Missouri-Kansas City and McGraw-Hill/Irwin earlier this month.

Dallas Leong (Accounting), Emi Leong (Entertainment Engineering and Design), and Matthew Dobbs (Journalism and Media Studies) will be traveling to Dallas this week with the UNLV Bowling Club for the sectional bowling competition. Dallas Leong, a senior, now is ranked #2 in the nation by the United States Bowling Congress. Emi Leong, a junior, is…

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) has published an article titled “La Armonía Neoplatónica en ‘A Francisco de Salinas’ de Fray Luis de León.” The article, a study of Neoplatonic imagery incorporated into the poem, has been published by the Universidade da Coruña, in a volume of collected essays in honor of City University…

Heidi Shelton (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) presented “Digital Radiography: When the Safety of Low Dose Radiation Creates Sloppiness” during the Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology annual conference. The lecture identified poor practices that increase radiation exposure to technologists and patients, addressed…

Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) recently co-authored an article, "Hidden Protections: Identifying Social Norms Associated with Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Neglect," that was published in Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. The article aimed to increase understanding of cultural norms…

Lacey Rahmig (Dental) accepted an invitation to return for a fourth consecutive year to the advisory board of the state’s dental sciences program, which provides high school students with first-hand looks at becoming dental assistants, hygienists, and dentists. First available during 2008 at Southwest Career and Technical Academy, the program has…