Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Tiange Xu (Hospitality) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research study examining problem gambling and mental health disorders in Nevadan university students. His mentors for the project are Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute)…
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was an invited panelist in two roundtable discussions as part of “Cultural Health: A Forum on Folk Medical Systems," a symposium held in conjunction with the American Folklore Society's 2021 annual meeting. The goal of this virtual symposium was to bring folklorists, doctors,…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a co-authored op-ed, "What Do People in Taiwan Think Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Their Military?" in The Diplomat. This article traces and analyzes recent polls in Taiwan regarding public opinion on military spending and training. The results suggest that the increasing cross-strait tension had shifted the public…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was interviewed for the FAB Gab podcast of the International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics about her research on abortion bans and pandemic ethics in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anthony King (Psychology) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research related to problem gambling amongst Nevadan college students.
These funds were provided by the Nevada Department of Public and Behavioral Health to encourage scholars from Nevada…
John M. Bowers (English) had his book Tolkien's Lost Chaucer (Oxford University Press) recognized by the Mythopoeic Society's 2021 award for scholarship in inkling studies.
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) presented a paper, "Reconstructing American Hegelianism: John Dewey and William Torrey Harris," at the John Dewey Memorial Conference in Burlington, Vermont. The paper is a collaboration with Jasmin Özel (Philosophy) and Joe Ervin (Academic Success Center).
Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper, "Teaching Spanish Phonological Variation in a Beginning Medical Spanish Course," at the 78th Annual Conference of the South Central Modern Language Association in Houston.
This research is related to the courses that she teaches in educational outreach, and Spanish for health…
Madina Kamolova (Management Information Systems), Jessica Habashy, Kaelyn Griffin, Bailey Way, and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) will be presenting at the annual meeting of Society of Advancement of Sexual Health in Seattle Oct. 14-17.
Graduate students from the Behavioral Addictions Lab will present three posters: 1) "Oh God yes: the…
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on The Colin McEnroe Show, a program on Connecticut Public Radio, to discuss the history of the handshake.
The discussion was based upon Parry's research on the origins of the Black American handshake, usually known as the "dap," as an extension of West African cultural…
Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro, Jenna Despres, Brandon Ranuschio, Sherry Bell, and Lianne Barnes (all Psychology) of the CHAMPION Mental Health research lab, published their article, "Forging Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Personal Strengths of Middle-aged and Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV/AIDS," in…
Margarita Jara (World Languages and Cultures) recently published an article, “Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity of diminutives in –it in Peruvian Amazonian Spanish" (Subjetividad e LingüÃstica intersubjectividad de los diminutivos en –it en español amazónico peruano) in Revista Española de LingüÃstica.