Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Marta Soligo (Sociology and International Gaming Institute) is the author of an article about World Tourism Day, an event promoted by the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The article, which was written for the Italian website Ytali, covers the role that technology plays in tourism today and how technology can produce more sustainable…
Jennifer Rennels (Psychology) presented a talk on "Implicit & Explicit Biases" for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Training Institute at their program seminar here in Las Vegas this month.
On Sept. 5 the Academic Success Center (ASC) celebrated its 10-year anniversary and as part of its celebration recognized former students, faculty, departments, and community leaders that have made the ASC such an exemplary center. They are:
Dean’s Award - Carl Reiber (formerly of the provost's office)
Dean’s Award - Regent…
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper titled "Los Tres Sentidos Incorpóreos en el Persiles" during the Tenth International Conference of the Asociación de Cervantistas, in Madrid, Spain. The conference was held at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology), along with co-authors Coren Apicella (University of Pennsylvania) and Victoria Tobolsky (Harvard), received the 2018 Margo Wilson Award for the Best Paper of 2018 published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.
Brittany Bronson (English) was featured this month on The Takeaway, National Public Radio's national news program, discussing economic justice and the value of service industry workers. In addition to teaching English at UNLV, she is an alum, having earned a master's degree in English in 2014.
Rebecca Gill (Political Science, WRIN), along with Valerie Sulfaro of James Madison University, recently was honored by the Women's Caucus for Political Science (WCPS) with the 2018 Jane Mansbridge Award. This award is given on special occasions to extraordinary individuals who perform service above and beyond the call of duty on behalf of…
Jonathan R. Strand (Political Science) has been elected to the editorial board of the journal PS: Political Science & Politics, which is published by the American Political Science Association.
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) coauthored an article, "Extreme Candidates as the Beneficent Spoiler? Range Effect in the Plurality Voting System," which recently published in Political Research Quarterly. This article provides evidence showing that the entrance of an extreme candidate may impact how voters perceive other moderate…
Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) was interviewed about his book The Terminal Self in a Financial Express of India article titled "Digital Web: Real and Unsettling Dangers of Digital Dependency."
Mary D. Wammack (History) discusses nuclear weapons testing in Nevada in the latest episode of Back Story with the American History Guys. The episode, "In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud" will air on NPR stations that carry Back Story and at @BackStoryRadio.
Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) was interviewed about his article on "The Infantilization of Western Culture" by Chinese Social Sciences Today. He is the author of The Terminal Self.