Accomplishments: Women's Council

Jay Shen, Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy), and Dr. Ji Yoo (Medicine) recently co-authored an article, "Opioid Use Disorders and Hospital Palliative Care among Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancers: Ten-year Trend and Associated Factors in the U.S. from 2005 to 2014," published on Medicine.
Danica G. Hays (Education) contributed the article, "Promoting Rigorous Research: Generalizability and Qualitative Research" to the April special issue of the Journal of Counseling & Development (JCD), "Advancing the Counseling Profession Through Research and Publication." In this invited work, Hays and her co-author present types of…
Crystal Huffaker (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project on “Improving Self-Care Measures of Hypertension Through Implementation of an Education and Action Plan." She will officially earn her doctor title once her classes are completed.  
Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity and Social Justice) served on a panel earlier this month honoring the legacy of civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis sponsored by United Way of Southern Nevada. The panel discussed the documentary film John Lewis: Good Trouble, which explores Lewis's life, legacy, and more than 60 years of extraordinary…
Asma Tahir, Samin Kamal, Mark Buttner (all Environmental & Occupational Health), and Dennis Bazylinski (Life Sciences), along with Joseph Jean, '18 BS Health Education and '20 Master of Public Health, and local allergist/immunologist Dr. Jorem Seggev, presented a virtual poster at the 2021 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma…
P. Jane Hafen (English) appeared in a PBS webinar, "Unladylike2020: Elevating the Hidden History of American Women: Indigenous Changemakers."  
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was interviewed by The New Yorker about her recent research situated at the intersection of reproductive bioethics and immigration justice, which is discussed in the article "The Link Between the Capitol Riot and Anti-Abortion Extremism," by Jessica Winter.
Natalie Pennington (Communication Studies) published, along with co-authors Jeff Hall (University of Kansas) and Amanda Holmstrom (Michigan State University)  an article, Connecting through Technology during COVID-19, in the open-access academic journal, Human Communication & Technology. The study draws from a sample of…
Norma A. Marrun, De'Ana R. Mauldin, and Christine Clark (all Teaching and Learning), along with Tara J. Plachowski, '19 PhD Teacher Education, published an article, “Teachers Don’t Really Encourage It”: A Critical Race Theory Analysis of High School Students’ of Color Perceptions of the Teaching Profession," in Multicultural Education…
Anjala Krishen (Marketing and International Business), Axenya Kachen (Public Health), Rebecca Gill (Political Science), Paula Peter, and Maria Petrescu recently had their A- level psychology and marketing interdisciplinary paper, "#MeToo, #MeThree, #MeFour: Twitter as Community Building across Academic and Corporate Institutions" published. Kachen…
Joe Ervin (Academic Success Center), Dave Beisecker and Jasmin Özel (both Philosophy) presented their paper, "The St. Louis Hegelians and the Institutionalization of Democratic Education," at the annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. The paper urges a reappraisal of the reception of Hegelian philosophy in 19th-century America…
Nirmala Lekhak, Lori Candela (both Nursing) and Kweisi Ausar (Hospitality) co-authored a recent publication, "Nurse Spiritual Self-Care: A Scoping Review," in Nursing Outlook. The report examines the need to promote spiritual self-care of nurses.  Additionally, Lekhak recently presented her research on "Healthy Lifestyle: Impact of…