Margarita Jara (World Languages and Cultures), Roberto Zairquiey (PUCP), Pilar Valenzuela (Chapman University), and Anna Maria Escobar (UIUC), co-edited the book Spanish Diversity in the Amazon. Dialect and Language Contact Perspectives. The manuscript was published by Brill. This book, the first of its kind, is dedicated to different Spanish…
Kara Christensen (Psychology) published a new article, "Elevated insomnia symptom severity in university students: The role of sexual orientation and internalizing symptoms," in Journal of American College Health with colleagues Ilana Seager Van Dyk from Massey University (NZ) and Ellen Klaver from University of Alberta (CAN),
Published: Jay Shen, Betty Burston, Soumya Upadhyay
Working with their research collaborators from China, Jay Shen, Betty Burston, and Soumya Upadhyay (all Healthcare Administration and Policy) have just published a paper, "Epidemiological/Disease and Economic Burdens of Cervical Cancer in 2010–2014: Are Younger Women at Risk?," in Healthcare. The study examined the epidemiological…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article titled, "Entomological Characteristics of Malaria Transmission across Benin: An Essential Element for Improved Deployment of Vector Control Interventions" in the journal Insects.
Entomological surveillance in Benin has historically been limited to zones where indoor…
Yen-Ling Chen, Repairer Etuk, and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) and colleagues published two papers over the winter break.
The first paper, "Differences within: Hypersexuality, Sensation Seeking and Pornography Viewing Behaviors in a Sample of Heterosexual, Gay, Bisexual, and Uncertain Men," was published in Sexual Health &…
Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Jihye Kim (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article titled, "Did Massachusetts' COVID-19 vaccine lottery increase vaccine uptake?," in the journal PLOS ONE. The authors' primary objective was to evaluate whether Massachusetts' COVID-19 vaccine lottery increased vaccine…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a co-authored article, "High-Level Visit and National Security Policy: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Taiwan," in International Interactions. This article exploits a rare opportunity when three U.S. senators visited Taiwan while a representative telephone survey was collecting data…
Director of Student Community Engagement Jenna Heath (Liberal Arts) published an article titled, "Peer Mentor Program Initiative Pilot Year Discoveries: Two Approaches for Engaging Students through Peer Mentoring," in the journal Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Campus, housed within American College Personnel Association (ACPA).
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.