Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Joe Ervin (Academic Success Center), Dave Beisecker, and Jasmin Özel (both Philosophy) recently published their paper in Philosophy of Education. Their paper focuses on the educational work of William Torrey-Harris and the St. Louis Hegelians, and John Dewey. Analyzing such Hegelian educational thought, their paper…
Doris Morgan Rueda (History) presented a paper at the biennial conference of the Society for the History of Childhood and Youth. Her paper, "Delinquency and Duress in the Desert: Juvenile Detention Centers in mid-20th Century Las Vegas," explored the development of juvenile detention institutions in Southern Nevada and its…
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared in the documentary Mauled: When Police Dogs Attack, a joint project developed by news agencies including USA Today, The Marshall Project, The Indy Star, AL.com, and others. The documentary is a part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on the links between police brutality and…
Doris Morgan Rueda (History) will have art work featured in "Sizeable," a public art exhibition at Clark County's Rotunda Gallery at the Government Center. The exhibition is on public display through July 29.
Constancio R. Arnaldo Jr. (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by Yahoo! sports reporter Henry Bushnell about the underrepresentation of Asian Americans in major U.S. sports. Arnaldo is an assistant professor in the Asian and Asian American studies program.
Paul W. Werth (History) has been invited for a month-long appointment in 2022 as visiting professor to the department of historical studies at the University of Turin in Italy, for participation in its Global History of Empires program.
Olivia Cheche (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute) recently had a paper published in the Governance: The Political Science Journal at UNLV. Her paper, "Calls for Accountability: Redefining the Culture of Policing in Las Vegas" explores the culture of policing in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, specifically…
Michelle Elizabeth Tusan (History) published "The Woman of No Importance" as part of the Lausanne Project, an international group of scholars engaged in rewriting the history of the end of World War I.
William Bauer (History) presented a paper at the annual conference of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States. Bauer's paper, "Reclaiming Alcatraz: The Legacies and Continuities of the Alcatraz Occupation, 1971-2021," explored the significance of the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz in light of more recent examples…
Mary Ludwig (History) presentated a paper at the annual conference of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States. Ludwig's paper "Shared Histories: Internment on Indigenous Lands" explored the relationship between Indigenous People and Japanese immigrants at internment camps placed on American Indian…
Kendra Gage (Interdisciplinary, Gender and Ethnic Studies) presented a paper at the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States annual conference entitled "Hell on the Streets: The 1992 Las Vegas Westside Riot," where she discussed the historical practices of discrimination, employment and educational disparities, and police brutality…
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) published a paper, "Bicycle Infrastructure in Las Vegas: a Thought Experiment," co-authored with Shane Epting of Missouri Tech in The Public Philosophy Journal.