Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
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.
Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article titled "Are you What You Post? Social Media and the Accountability Debate" Gottschalk is the author of The Terminal Self.
David Morris (English) is the author of The Evil Hours, which director Debra Granik said was an inspiration for her critically-acclaimed feature film, Leave No Trace. She said, "I gave (actor) Ben (Foster) a huge file of articles. A beautiful book he and I found was also very meaningful. It was called The Evil Hours by…
Peter Gray (Anthropology) and Jamaican colleagues published "Patterns and Predictors of Depressive Symptoms among Jamaican Fathers of Newborns" in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. The study draws upon the fatherhood arm of a Jamaican birth cohort study, JAKids, and is based on one of the largest samples investigating paternal…
Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) authored an article for The Conversation about the infantilization of Western Culture.
Toni Repetti (Hospitality) and Shekinah Hoffman (Sociology) recently published their paper "Glass Ceilings & Leaky Pipelines: Gender Disparity in the Casino Industry" in the UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal. The study suggests there is a potential glass ceiling for women in the casino industry, as well as gaps in vertical…
Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) and colleagues published an article "Wide Educational Disparities in Young Adult Cardiovascular Health" in Social Science & Medicine- Population Health.
William Bauer, Michael Green, Greg Hise, Andy Kirk, and Michelle Turk (all History); Karen Harry (Anthropology); and Su Kim Chung and Claytee White (both Libraries) recently spoke as part of "Hoover Dam and the Shaping of the American West," a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College and University Faculty. Julian Kilker…
Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) was interviewed by BYU Radio about "Slowing Down in our Accelerated, Technological Life" and his newly released book The Terminal Self.
Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) and colleagues published an article "Marital Happiness, Marital Status, Health, and Longevity" in Journal of Happiness Studies.
Rebecca Gill (Women's Research Institute of Nevada and Political Science) and a team of political scientists from around the country, Nadia Brown (Purdue), Jennifer Merolla (University of California, Riverside), Melissa Michelson (Menlo College), Elizabeth Sharrow (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Patricia Stapleton (Worcester Polytechnic…
Georgiann Davis (Sociology) wrote a new piece for The Conversation titled "Sex and Gender Diversity is Growing across the US."