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…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented commentary at an author-meets-critics panel on her recent book Socially Undocumented: Identity and Immigration Justice at the Feria del Libro de La Frontera (online), sponsored by the Secretaría de Cultura in Chihuahua, México. Other panelists included Carlos Pereda (Universidad Autónoma de México…

Brett Abarbanel and Bo Bernhard (International Gaming Institute) and Ashok K. Singh and Anthony Lucas (Hospitality) presented the paper "A comparison of CB-SEM and PLS-SEM in validating online casino e-servicescape theory"  at the virtual conference GLOSERV 2021, May 10-13, 2021,  jointly organized by University of South…

Justin Bauzon, a fourth-year medical student, was selected as a poster finalist in the Patient Safety category, and podium winner in the high value care category during the American College of Physicians 2021 National Abstracts Competition.  Bauzon collaborated with Dr. Caleb Murphy and Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj from the…

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a paper "On the Role of Knowers and Corresponding Epistemic Role Oughts" in Synthese.

Ozgur Ozdemir and Nasim Binesh (both Hospitality) are the authors of a recently published paper online in the Journal of Tourism Economics. This study examines the effect of board diversity on risk-taking for tourism firms and analyzes the moderating effect of board independence, CEO duality, and free cash flows in…

Dr. Antonina Capurro (Dental) was quoted by the New York Times Magazine in an article that highlights the effects of the pandemic on oral health and creative solutions. She discussed the swift, innovative actions Nevada took to ensure oral health services were delivered to vulnerable citizens despite dental office closures to all but emergency…

Debra L. Martin (Anthropology) was awarded NSF support ($300,611) for three years to preserve and conserve a historic mission church and cemetery in Belen, New Mexico (circa 1850). The project, "Biological Impacts of Colonial Practices: Bioarchaeological Reconstruction of Health and Demography" will use three field seasons to excavate, analyze,…

Gabriela Buccini (Environmental & Occupational Health), Katherine Marcal (Social Work), and Krystyna A. Stave (Public Policy and Leadership) recently received a R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health. As part of the award, the collaborators …

A number of undergraduate students were recognized during the office of undergraduate research (OUR) spring 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium. They include: Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio (Public Policy and Leadership), who was awarded Best Podium Presentation Award in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Her presentation was Police…

Michelle Tusan (History) published “Empire and International Relations” in  A Cultural History of Democracy, vol. 5, (London: Bloomsbury, 2021) edited by Eugenio Biagini.

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…