Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Bridget Cowan Longoria (Sociology) was a guest speaker on KNPR's State of Nevada segment "Minneapolis-based Nonprofit Expanding to Las Vegas to Help Struggling Single Moms" as an expert in the sociology of poverty.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual keynote presentation, "Pregnant and Socially Undocumented: Mujeres Fronterizas en Resistencia," for an event organized by the Latin American Graduate Students Association at the University of Kansas.
Liam Johnson (Anthropology) presented research, "Last Seen Location: Using Missing Persons Data for Identification in Forensic Anthropology," with co-author Teresa Wilson of the department of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University at the 74th American Academy of Forensic Science's annual meeting.
Michael Green (History) recently presented as part of a roundtable on "The Big 1862" at the Organization of American Historians conference in Boston. C-SPAN filmed the roundtable and plans to broadcast it.
William Bauer (History) participated on the panel "Retracing The Oregon Trail" at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Boston. Bauer, along with Margaret Huettl, '16 PhD History, discussed developing and including the representation of Indigenous People in the latest version of the computer game The Oregon Trail. Bauer…
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) has been appointed a visiting fellow at Yale University's MacMillan Center for the 2022-23 academic year.
Jacob White (Anthropology) published an article in the journal Scientific Reports assessing the risks associated with an alternative maternal health-seeking practice. He co-authored the work with collaborators at Jena University Hospital in Germany and his PhD advisor, Daniel Benyshek (Anthropology). White is a doctoral student.
Jeff Schauer (History) participated in the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies. His paper, "'Sitting Like Robots Doing Extremely Nothing': Expatriates, Work, Loyalty, and Neocolonial Power in 1960s Africa" juxtaposed debates about "model whites" in Kenya, dual loyalties, and meaningless labor in Zambia, and the…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) received a Fulbright GarcÃa Robles grant for 2022-23. She will use her Fulbright grant to co-develop a pre-college philosophy program at a teacher training college in Hidalgo, Mexico. She also will undertake a collaborative research project that seeks to incorporate local Indigenous philosophies into pre-college…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) presented his paper, "Punitivism and Animal Rights/Welfare in Mexico," in the More-than-Human Relations in Times of Violence Conference organized by the Idaho Society of Fellows from the University of Idaho.
Vanessa Núñez (Sociology) recently was selected as a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship recipient. She earned the fellowship in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation. This fellowship supports maximizing the educational benefits of diversity…
Kenneth Miller (Political Science) was interviewed for the Nevada Independent story, "Federal Abortion Protections at Risk in High Stakes Congressional, Senate Races," to provide context of public opinion on the issue of abortion and how public views on the issue within each party affects how Republican and Democratic candidates campaign on the…