Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Robert Futrell (Sociology) recently co-authored an article in the Annual Review of Sociology titled: "How Threat Mobilizes the Resurgence and Persistence of US White Supremacist Activism: The 1980s to the Present." The review asesses micro, meso, and macro-level research on white supremacist activism to explain analytic commonalities and…
Renato M. Liboro, Lianne Barnes, Sherry Bell, Brandon Ranuschio (all Psychology), Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health), recently published a peer-reviewed article in the Social Sciences journal entitled, "Lifetime Experiences of Housing Insecurity among Gay Men Living with HIV at…
Margaret Harp (World Languages and Cultures) was elected president of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association for the 2026-2027 term. This 56-year-old organization is dedicated to the advancement of learning in global medieval and renaissance studies. It promotes the interchange of ideas among various fields of specialization…
Margaret Harp (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper, "Henry VIII and François I: The Emblematic Field of the Cloth of Gold," at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association. The paper analyzes the imagery found in two poems written by the French Renaissance poet, Clément Marot, in 1520 and the opening…
John Haberstroh (History) facilitated a workshop discussion called "Chatting about ChatGPT II" at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (PCB-AHA) at the University of Hawaii, Manoa on August 2. This discussion continued a conversation began at last year's annual meeting on the instructional,…
Anthony King, Ting Tong, Danielle Le, Donna Sim, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) published an article titled, "Adverse childhood experiences, health risk factors, and significant problems with substances and behaviors among U.S. college students" in the Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Anthony King, Shane Kraus, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) published an article titled, "Can positive play deficits explain the associations between posttraumatic stress symptoms, gambling motives, and problem gambling? Results of a national U.S. sample," in the Journal of Gambling Studies.
Kara Christensen Pacella and Nicole Short (both Psychology) with co-authors from Sanford Research, North Dakota State University, and University of Kansas published a new article, "Using Item Response Theory to Identify Key Symptoms of Insomnia in a Sample of University Students with Probable Eating Disorders" in Eating and Weight Disorders-…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "The Struggle to Identify All the Dead Bodies in Mexico" in The New Yorker.
Katherine Walker (English) has published the entry "Astrology, with a Focus on England," in the Routledge Encyclopedia of the Renaissance World. The entry explores the social, literary, and intellectual foundations of early modern sidereal thought.
Ryan A. Wirt, Talha Soluoku, Ryan M. Ricci, and James M. Hyman (all Medicine and Psychology) published a study, "Temporal information in the anterior cingulate cortex relates to accumulated experiences," in the journal Current Biology. In this paper, they present analysis of neural recording data that shows that the brain tracks time by counting…
On July 18, Adrianna Munson (Sociology) presented a paper titled, "Assessing daily life: Standardization and discretion in home healthcare evaluations," at the joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). The paper is co-authored with Guillermina…