Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Simon Gottschalk's (Sociology) interview on The Internet and the Infantilization of Western Society has just been published in the Portugese magazine SHIFTER. Gottschalk reflects on his writings in The Terminal Self: Everyday Life in Hypermodern Times (Routledge) and his Salon article The Infantilization of Western Culture…
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) presented a paper on grief and self-knowledge at the central division meeting of the American Philosophical Association. The paper was part of an authors-meets-critics session on Grief: A Philosophical Guide by Michael Cholbi of the University of Edinburgh.
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk titled "Why Ghosts Aren't So Spooky: The Ethics of Indirect 'Relationship' Dissolution" for the University of Colorado, Boulder's Center Talk series (hosted by the CU Philosophy Department).
Erika G. Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was featured on "The Art People Podcast." Learn about her passion for teaching, writing, social justice, and art. She discusses the importance of murals as public art for the Latinx community, the complexities of representation in media, and so much more.
Elizabeth Johnson (Anthropology) and Shelly Volsche, '13 BA Psychology, '15 MA Anthropology, and '17 PhD Anthropology, now of Boise State University, are authors of an article, "COVID-19: Companion Animals Help People Cope during Government-Imposed Social Isolation." The article was published in the journal Society and Animals…
Tyler D. Parry (African American and Africa Diaspora Studies) was interviewed by Gabby Hart of Channel 3 News in Las Vegas to discuss the troubling history of medical experimentation upon Black people in the United States.
Nicholas Irwin (Economics) recently published an article entitled "Sunny days: Spatial spillovers in photovoltaic system adoptions" in Energy Policy. The article studies the diffusion of residential solar panels in an urban setting by exploring the influence of neighboring solar panel installations on one's own decision to…
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on the Nevada Public Radio Program "KNPR's State of Nevada," Feb. 8 discussing the proposed name change to the Las Vegas international airport —from Pat McCarran to Harry Reid.
William Bauer (History and the American Indian Alliance) delivered the keynote address at the annual conference of the Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. He discussed his forthcoming book, We Are the Land: A Native History of California, which is a survey of California Indian history.
Mary Ludwig (History), delivered a paper, "Parallels, Intersections, and Divergences: The Gila River Indian Community and Japanese Americans during World War II," at the annual conference of the Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Her research examined the entwined histories of Indigenous People and…
Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) was one of the winners of the Graduate and Professional Student Association's Student Researcher Award. He was awarded a research grant for $2,500 for his study in "Latinx Experiences with Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions."
David Damore (Political Science), Robert Lang (Lincy and Brookings Mountain West), and Karen Danielsen (Public Policy and Leadership) are the authors of "In 2020, the Largest Metro Areas Made the Difference for Democrats," which was published by The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program. The analysis applies the "blue metros, red…