Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Unforgetting, the reported memoir by visiting professor Roberto Lovato (English) was recognized in the Los Angeles Times as the inspiration for an art show curated by artist Felix Quintana in Los Angeles. “Much of my work is a dialogue in response to literary material,” he says. The chosen title, “Love is the Given of the Place,” borrowed from…
Visiting professor Roberto Lovato (English) wrote a tribute to legendary urbanist and writer Mike Davis, who was also Lovato's friend. "He was one of the preeminent poet warriors of the English-speaking world," wrote Lovato in his Nation Magazine article, adding, "It is a testament to the power of Mike’s thought and passion that thousands of other…
Brenna Renn (Psychology) published two recent manuscripts focused on her line of work developing nonspecialist providers to deliver low-intensity behavioral interventions to expand access to treatment for common mental health disorders. The first, published in Aging & Mental Health, detailed a pilot study to train bachelor-level students to…
Co-PI's Jennifer Pharr and Jason Flatt (Public Health) and Renato Liboro (Psychology) along with co-investigators Courtney Coughenour, Krystal Kittle, and Emylia Terry (Public Health) were awarded a CTR-IN grant for their project, "Building Healthy Outcomes Using a Supportive Environment (H.O.U.S.E.) for Sexual and Gender Minorities in…
Chenghui Zhang (Sociology) presented her research titled, "Constructing Racial Hate Crimes: The Complexity of Racial Identities," virtually at the University of Macau, department of sociology, on November 2, 2022.
Undergraduate alumni, Janelle Salcedo and Chanele Mallari, and assistant professor, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology) published an encyclopedia entry titled "Filipina/o/x in Nevada" in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/o/x Studies. This is the first-ever encyclopedia focused on Filipina/x/o Americans.
Jaime Carbajal, Ph.D., (Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education) and Debbie Pattni (Wilson Advising Center, College of Liberal Arts) presented "Where is My Advisor? The Retention of Academic Advisors is Important to Student Success" at the Global Community for Academic Advising annual conference on October 26 in Portland,…
Jorge Ardon Garcia (Political Science) was recognized as an Outstanding Emerging Leader for his work founding the political science club and his commitment to fostering virtual connections among students throughout the pandemic.
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, Anthony King, and Michelle Strong (all Psychology) recently published a two-study publication titled, "The Slow Violence of Racism on Asian Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic," in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.
Both studies tracked the unique relationships between psychosocial…
Ruzena Zatko (Anthropology), doctoral student, has recently been awarded the 2022-2023 Federal Employee Education and Assistance (FEEA) Fund Scholarship.
Roberto Lovato (English) was interviewed in the Los Angeles Times about the ongoing crisis in the city council following the anonymous release of recordings of council members making racist remarks. "L.A. has seen this script before," says Lovato in the article by LA Times journalist Jean Guerrero. "The one in which people of color in…
Aldo Barrita (Psychology) was awarded the 2022 Dr. Cynthia De Las Fuentes Dissertation Grant at the 20th annual meeting for the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA). This grants aims to support dissertation projects that center Latinx communities and Latinx Psychological. Barrita's dissertation proposal was supported based on his…