Leslie Griffin (Law) commented on the recently released report about abuse in the six Roman Catholic Illinois Dioceses and how survivors of abuse can be protected in the journal Verdict.
Kavita Batra along with a researcher from India published the chapter "Applications of social media in qualitative research in diverse public health areas" in the book Effective Use of Social Media in Public Health. This chapter discusses the use of social media by health professionals, public health agencies, and researchers to collect the voices…
Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) published the article "Analysis of CEPH-accredited online public health doctoral programs and MPH degree holder demand" in the journal Frontiers in Public Health. Lewis is a doctoral student.
The number of doctoral programs to train…
Marketa Trimble (Law) delivered a presentation for the International Dimension of Intellectual Property Disputes conference. She presented on her article The Territorial Discrepancy Between Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Claims and Remedies. Trimble is the Samuel S. Lionel Professor of Intellectual Property Law.
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Policy and Leadership) was selected as the 2023 Hispanic Educator's Association of Nevada's (HEAN) Keynote Speaker for the 35th Annual Hispanic Baccalaureate for CCSD's seniors who have met the organizational criteria's for participation. Over 1600 graduates participated in the ceremony.
Gary Totten (English) presented a paper, "Edith Wharton and the Beauties of Tourism," at the American Literature Association Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, May 24-27. The paper examines Edith Wharton's depiction in her travel writing of how tourist experiences and texts (such as travel guidebooks) enhance her experience of beauty in natural…
Professor John Curry (History) gave a paper titled, "A Divergent Manuscript: What MS Ayasofya 3188 Tells Us about Presenting the Ming Dynasty to the Ottoman Court," at a symposium convened at Ohio State University on May 20. The symposium was convened to honor the retirement of professor Jane Hathaway, who served as a dissertation…
Professor John Curry (History) presented a preliminary paper titled, “New Insights on the Presentation of the Ming Dynasty at the Ottoman Court: the case of MS Ayasofya 3188,” on April 29 to the 2023 meeting of the Western Ottomanists' Workshop in Vancouver, Canada. As a founding member of the organization and its record-keeper since…
Shawn McCoy (Economics; Director of the Lied Center for Real Estate) was recently interviewed by Fox5 about his paper on wildfires and residential development. The paper was co-authored with Nicholas Irwin (Economics) and Katie Jo Black (Kenyon College).
With a little guidance from his mother, the new director of Student Diversity Programs is ready to cheer on and empower UNLV's diverse student population.