Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented three invited papers at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division annual meeting: “Doctors as Immigration Agents: An Ethical Challenge” (presented for the panel “What Public Philosophy Can Learn From Bioethics”), “Philosophy for Children Without Borders” (presented for the panel “Incorporating…
Kari Goold, Peter Gray (both Anthropology) and Reynafe Aniga (Psychology) recently published an article "Sports under Quarantine: A Case Study of Major League Baseball in 2020" in the journal Social Sciences. Goold and Aniga are McNair Scholars.
Noria Litaker (History) recently published an article, "Lost in Translation? Constructing Ancient Roman Martyrs in Baroque Bavaria," in Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. The article examines the construction and material presentation of Bavarian catacomb saints as well as the vitae written for them in 17th- and 18th-century…
Marina Colacicchi (World Languages and Cultures) published a selection of poetry in Russian literary magazine The Text, Berlin.
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published the article "The Politics of Saving Dogs in Mexico" in the "General Anthropology Division Bulletin." This article summarizes his most recent research project that focuses on the animal welfare/rights activists working in Ciudad Juárez, México.
Paul Werth (History) has received a Title VIII Summer Research Fellowship at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Study of Russia and Eurasia in Washington, D.C.
Kenneth M. Miller (Political Science) and coauthor Brandice Canes-Wrone (Princeton University) published their article "Out-of-District Donors and Representation in the US House" in Legislative Studies Quarterly. In it they show that when the national donor base of a congressperson's party prefers one position and that member's…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a co-authored article, "The Non‐consensus 1992 Consensus" in Asian Politics & Policy. This article analyzed an original survey conducted in Taiwan in 2019 and showed that Taiwanese people have a diverse understanding of the 1992 Consensus — one of the most important policies in Taiwan-…
Anthony King, Aldo Barrita, Ting Tong, Danielle Cheung, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) presented three research posters at the American Psychological Association's Division 50 conference for Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction. The posters that were:
"The Role of Relative Deprivation in Video Gaming Disorders of US Emerging…
Dan Lee and Sean Goff (both Political Science) published an article, "A Sum of Its Parts: Party Fit and Party Change in the U.S. House" in American Politics Research. Using social network analysis on bill cosponsorship networks, they track the transformation of the parties in the U.S. House of Representatives since the 1970s. Party centrality…
Barbara J. Roth (Anthropology), along with coauthor and E. Charles Adams of the University of Arizona, had their book Agent of Change, the Deposition and Meaning of Ash in the Past published by Berghann Books, 2021. Roth is lead editor and published two chapters in the volume. It explores how prehistoric groups in North…
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) provided testimony in front of the Nevada Legislature during the Assembly Committee on Judiciary earlier this week. He expressed his strong support for AB395, a bill that would abolish the death penalty in Nevada. Parry shared information on the historical links between capital…