Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) has been elected to serve as an at-large member of the executive council for the American Educational Studies Association (AESA). Her three-year term begins Nov. 1. As an at-large member of the executive council, she will participate in oversight of the…
Mehmet Erdem, Chih-Chien Chen (both Hospitality) and Tevfik Demirciftci (Hospitality Administration) recently published their article, "A Tabulation of Information Technology and Consumer Behavior in Hospitality Revenue Management Research," in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology…
Angela F. Amar (Nursing) participated in an invited plenary panel session titled "Leadership and Diversity During a Pandemic Disruption" at the Academic Nursing Leadership conference of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing this month. This discussion looks at different approaches taken…
Eshaan Vakil (Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute) and Katelin Gilbertson (Economics, Brookings Mountain West, and The Lincy Institute) recently co-authored, “Feds Aren’t Protecting You From Tech Giants,” published in the Nevada Current. Their story highlights the need for the…
Alejandra Herrera (History) won the Western History Association Graduate Student Prize. The prize is designed to foster graduate student professional development and to enhance collegial citizenship within the organization. Herrera will use the research stipend to conduct research on…
Repairer Etuk, Kaelyn Griffin, Shane Kraus (all Psychology) and Tiange "Patrick" Xu and Brett Abarbanel (both International Gaming Institute), along with Marc N. Potenza of the Yale School of Medicine, presented their findings from a systematic review, "Sports Betting around the World: A Systematic…
P. Jane Hafen (English) was interviewed about Zitkala Sa on South Dakota Public Broadcasting in connection with Indigenous People's Day
Ashley Hariston Doughty (Art) is included an online group exhibition titled "Resiliency: A Blooming Diaspora," curated by Brent Holmes. This exhibit takes resilience as a theme, as exemplified by life in the desert and also by Black artists in Nevada.
Fawn Douglas (Art) wrote about Las Vegas as part of the homelands to the Nuwuvi and related art activities in the region. The writing, which was done for Indigenous People's Day, is posted on the "Meow Wolf" website and is titled "Acknowledging and Celebrating Indigenous People Today and Everyday…
Marina Garber-Colacicchi (World Languages) participated in the evening of literary readings at the Harriman Institute and the New Review (Novyi Zhurnal). The readings were hosted by professor Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and included a presentation by Marina Adamovitch, editor-in-…
Joanne L. Goodwin (History) co-edited the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly's special issue on Nevada's woman suffrage campaigns. Published early this fall, the issue recognizes the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) which enabled a majority of U.S. women who were…
Marie Falcone (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, and The Lincy Institute) is the lead author of "Ending Corporal Punishment of Preschool-age Children," a public policy paper published on the "Brown Center Chalkboard," a Brookings Institution blog. The paper discusses the…