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College of Liberal Arts News

The College of Liberal Arts offers students a well-rounded education in the humanities and social sciences. Students develop strong analytical and communication skills for a lifetime of learning and discovery that can be applied to a wide variety of careers.

Current Liberal Arts News

Michael Green
Business and Community |

Has candidate mudslinging and voter vitriol always been this unpleasant? UNLV history expert Michael Green explains the evolution of political decorum in America.

Undergrad researcher Benjamin Sabir helps H. Jeremy Cho examine an atmospheric water harvesting device. (Jeff Scheid/UNLV)
Campus News |

A monthly roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV staff and students.

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Campus News |

Through UNLV's interdisciplinary research areas, faculty are cooking up solutions to large-scale problems impacting Las Vegas, the Southwest, and beyond.

A psychology lab researcher tracks the eye movements of a toddler through the eye-tracker.
Research |

Take a look inside the UNLV lab studying how small humans see others — and learn how you and your child can participate.

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Research |

The platform transforms UNLV’s research infrastructure, enhances the university’s data-driven culture, and supports strategic decision-making to expand faculty opportunities.

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People |

The sociologist found her 'light' at UNLV by studying families seeking community and citizenship.

Liberal Arts In The News

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Early voting is off to a running start in Clark County, but just how many people are taking advantage of this convenience? Saturday was the first day of early voting in Nevada, and Clark County said 29,943 people voted in person at polling places. On Sunday, that number was 17,567.

Voice of America

Nevada Swing State Insights.

Voice of America

Nevada Swing State Insights.

KNPR News

Las Vegas likes to read. The city has a fantastic library system, great independent bookstores like Writer's Block and Las Vegas Books, and an acclaimed writers program at Black Mountain Institute at UNLV.

Route Fifty

For the first time since 1995, a member of the flamboyant Goodman family won’t be on the ballot in Las Vegas. Mayor Carolyn Goodman is term-limited. But the race to succeed her is roiled by issues about the city’s future, not its past.

Las Vegas Weekly

Since Donald Trump arrived on the national scene, the women of America have been central to the fight to keep him from amassing power. On January 21, 2017, the day after Trump’s thinly-attended inauguration, hundreds of thousands of women flocked to the streets of Washington, D.C. for the worldwide Women’s March, protesting the ascension of an acknowledged sexual predator who would be found liable for rape years later.

Liberal Arts Experts

An expert in Nevada, Civil War, and gaming history.
An expert on American literature and Las Vegas music.
A licensed clinical psychologist and noted expert on women's health and human sexuality. 
An expert on eating disorders.
An expert on everyday racism, multicultural competence, and addictions. 
Javon Johnson is an expert in African American literature, black pop culture, black feminist theory, and black queer theory.  

Recent Liberal Arts Accomplishments

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) has been named Director of the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity. The foundation organizes conferences, conference sessions, and public lectures on the topic of creativity, and sponsors a pre- and post-doc fellowship program for scholars.
John M. Bowers (English) has published, with his former doctoral student Peter Steffensen, his book "Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959" with Oxford University Press. It is currently available on Amazon UK and will be available in January 2025 in the USA.  
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Decolonial Feminism and the Open Borders Debate" in Social Philosophy Today.
The Department of Political Science hosted the 66th Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS2024) on October 4-6. The conference covers China, Taiwan, Chinese-speaking communities, and the Chinese diaspora. Scholars and students from Japan, Poland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the U.S. attended…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Children, Borders, and Adultification" at the New Horizons in Justice and Migration International Workshop at KU Leuven in Belgium. She also presented comments on Annamari Vitikainen's paper "LGBTIQ+ Refugees and the Ethics of Forced Displacement".
Andrew Lugg (Political Science) recently published the article "Globaloney: Extended Party Networks and the Dissemination of Anti-Globalization Insults" in the journal Political Research Quarterly with co-author Zachary Scott. The article uses social media data examining the "globalist" insult to show how party-affiliated factions…