James Navalta, Jeffrey Montes, Nathaniel Bodell, Charli Aguilar, Ana Lujan, Gabriela Guzman, and Brandi Kam (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with faculty from Southern Utah University (Jacob Manning, Mark DeBeliso), recently published a manuscript titled "Validity of Wearable Devices…
An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) is the author of Treating Addictions: The Four Components, a book published by Routledge in July. It is based on her ACQS model of the four essential components of treatment:
addiction fundamentals (A)
co-occurring disorders (C)
quality of life (Q)
social and macro…
Jungsun (Sunny) Kim and Anthony Gatling (both Hospitality) recently published their paper "The Impact of Using a Virtual Employee Engagement Platform (VEEP) on Employee Engagement and Intention to Stay" in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.…
Jungsun (Sunny) Kim (Hospitality) and her co-authors' paper "Impact of a Gaming Company's CSR on Residents' Perceived Benefits, Quality of Life, and Support" was recently published in Tourism Management. This study found that the gaming company's …
Josh Bailey, recent doctorate graduate (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and current assistant professor at University of Idaho, published a manuscript titled "Effects of treadmill running velocity on lower extremity coordination variability in healthy runners" in Human Movement Sciences. Julia…
Erika Engstrom (Communication Studies) and Joseph M. Valenzano III of the University of Dayton received the First Place Faculty Paper award for "True Believers, Poseurs, and Becoming 'Woke': Portrayals of Religion in 'Orange Is the New Black'" by the Religion and Media Interest Group of…
Amy Tureen and Starr Hoffman (both Libraries) recently were selected to attend the Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians program at Harvard University. The week-long training initiative helps college-level librarians and administrators strengthen their management skills and prepare…
Bredny Rodriguez and Kathryn Houk (both Libraries) presented a poster titled "Let's Get Physical! Graphic Novels in a Digital Health Library" at the Comic Arts Conference during San Diego Comic-Con International in July.
Cory Lampert (Libraries) has received an $80,685 Library Services and Technology Grant to support a large-scale digitization project. The project, “Building the Pipelines: Large-Scale Digitization Models for Nevada Cultural Heritage,” will build upon the University Libraries’ existing efforts…
Tanviben Y. Patel, Mark Buttner, and Chad Cross (all Environmental and Occupational Health), and Dennis Bazylinski (Life Sciences), along with David Rivas, '18 Master of Public Health, and physician Joram Seggev, wrote an article, "Variation in Airborne Pollen Concentrations Among Five Monitoring…
Jay Shen (Community Health Sciences), Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration), and Ji Won Yoo (Medicine) recently published a paper, "Life-Sustaining Procedures, Palliative Care Consultation, and Do-Not Resuscitate Status in Dying Patients With COPD in US Hospitals: 2010-2014", in the Journal of…
Janna Bernstein (Service Learning and Leadership), recently presented at the Association of Leadership Educators conference in Chicago. Her presentation, "What are Funds of Knowledge? A Collaborative Approach to Leadership Education," focused on the importance of using the identities of…