Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
C.E. Abbate (Philosophy) published a paper titled "Valuing Animals As They Are—Whether They Feel It or Not" in the European Journal of Philosophy. In this paper, she provides two respect-based arguments in defense of the claim that animals can be subject to dignitary wrongs, such as when they are dressed up in human clothing, mocked, and shamed on…
Tiffiany Howard (Political Science) in recognition of Black History Month was interviewed by Forbes Magazine for her research on the state of entrepreneurship in the African American community; and to celebrate and recognize black enterprises past, present, and future.
C.E. Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk at the University of Colorado, Boulder, titled "What Epistemology Can Tell Us ҳ| 鶹ýӳ Moral Responsibility for Meat Eating." This talk was sponsored by the CU Boulder philosophy department's Center for Values and Social Policy.
Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) published an article, “Navigating Space and Racial Microaggressions as an Undocumented Latinx Millennial,” in Currents.
Alan Simmons (Anthropology) has just published a major article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. The article, "Agricultural Origins and Their Consequences in Southwestern Asia," summarizes some of the consequences, both good and bad, of the Neolithic Revolution. Simmons is a distinguished professor emeritus.
Kevin McVay (Sciences), Lauren Layton (Education), Rimi Marwah (Urban Affairs), and the Wilson Advising Center (Liberal Arts) are the winners of the 2019-20 UNLV Academic Advising Awards presented by the office of the vice provost for undergraduate education and the Academic Advising Council leadership team. These awards recognize individuals and…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, Child Sexual Abuse and Compulsive Sexual Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review, in Current Addiction Reports.
Kenneth Miller (Political Science) and Tasha Philpot (University of Texas at Austin) recently published "A New Face to the Race Card? Campaigns, Racial Cues, and Candidate Credibility" in Social Science Quarterly where they assess the effects of positive, inclusive racial imagery in campaign advertising. In the study they find that inclusive…
Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing), Christopher Kearney (Psychology), and Ross Bryant (Military and Veteran Services Center) published an article "Student Veterans’ Construction and Enactment of Resilience: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study" and was considered as a top cited article for 2018-19 in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health…
Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) and colleagues published "Intersectional Effects of Gender, Education, and Geographic Region on Functional Health Disparities Among Older Adults in India" in the Journal of Aging and Health.
Jeff Schauer (History) published an invited blog post, "An Ecological Anomaly: Wildlife Policy on the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt," on the Oxford University-based, European Research Council-funded Comparing the Copperbelt project site. Comparing the Copperbelt combines the efforts of transnational and borderlands scholars of the colonial and…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) has published the article "Efficiency over Generosity? Evidence of Electoral Accountability from Typhoon Dayoff in Taiwan" in the Asian Journal of Political Science. This article shows that Taiwanese voters will reward the county mayors by votes after they made the correct decision on typhoon…