Ben J. Bingham, '97 BA Communication Studies, is an attorney. His law firm, Benson & Bingham Accident Injury Lawyers is a small firm dedicated to personal service. He said that from a young age he wanted to become an advocate. At 16 he started as a runner for a law office, a job he kept throughout college.  

Karen Hall, '88 BA Communication Studies, navigates broadcasting, athletics, education, and leadership careers. She is an ESPN3 and ESPN+ college women's basketball color analyst, assistant executive director with Ozanam,  and a Point Park University professor. She also facilitates leadership learning lab workshops. After graduating from UNLV, where she played basketball, she had an extensive collegiate basketball coaching career. She then earned a master's degree in organizational leadership from Geneva College and a doctorate in educational leadership and administration from Point Park University. Her main hobby is reconnecting with former Rebels. In November 2021 she and other former Lady Rebel basketball players returned to campus for a reunion. She lives in Pittsburgh.  

Jennifer K. Hostetler, '04 BA Criminal Justice, '10 JD, has been promoted to partner at Lewis Roca.  She is a member of the firm's litigation practice group and focuses her practice in the areas of employment and business litigation. She represents clients in state and federal court against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, and violation of wage and hour laws. Hostetler has practiced before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, representing employers against claims filed by employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.  

Enrique Mazon Jr., '11 BS Public Administration and '14 MPA, is a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service. He currently is serving as the deputy director of the Agricultural Trade Office in Toky

Pj Perez, '07 BA Journalism and Media Studies, recently completed his first feature-length film, the documentary Parkway of Broken Dreams, premiering Oct. 13 in Las Vegas, and coming to streaming platforms later this year and public television stations in spring 2022. He and his spouse Sara Gorgon, ’16 MBA, recently purchased a home in Anaheim, Calif., with a view of the nightly Disneyland fireworks.

Mark S. Bacon, ’93 MA Communication Studies, released his fourth theme park murder mystery book, Dark Ride Deception, in September. Based in part on real-life tech and imagination, this story of corporate espionage, kidnapping, and murder takes place in Nostalgia City, a sprawling Arizona theme park that re-creates a small town from the 1970s. Recently, the first book in the series, Death in Nostalgia City, was recommended for book clubs by the American Library Association. After graduating from UNLV, Bacon taught journalism writing at UNLV for a number of years. Most recently, he was a correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle. As a reporter, copywriter, and author, Bacon has written for TV, radio, newspapers, online and print magazines, and books.