Sapira Cheuk (Art) will present a solo exhibition, "Dyads: Altered Bodies, Converging Forms," at Vision Gallery in Chandler, Arizona, scheduled to open Aug. 29. Included in the show are 'Pas de Deux in the Time of Quarantine,' a project in collaboration with 40 dancers from around the world and "…
Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) co-authored a manuscript, "Caregivers of Persons with Diverse Health Conditions: Demographics and Burden of Care," that recently was published.
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) delivered comments on a paper, "Can I Be A Vegetarian Who Eats Meat?" by Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby at the 13th annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME). She also co-organized the annual Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals pre-RoME workshop.
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) contributed an essay, "Masks On," to the Nevada Humanities Heart to Heart program. In this piece, she reflects on how the expressive culture surrounding masks during COVID-19 can simultaneously work to reinforce our sense of…
Saha Salahi (Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute) recently had an OpEd, "Pandemic Highlights the Need to Invest in Civic Education" featured in the Las Vegas Sun. She is pursuing a major in communications and is a Brookings public policy minor student.
Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) co-authored an article, "Multilevel Mixed Methods Research and Educational Psychology." The work is featured in Educational Psychologist, the official journal of the American Psychological Association's Division 15 (Educational…
Emily Budd (Art) has published "Memorial for Queer Rhyolite, a Temporary Monument to Dreams in the Dust" in Engaging Collections, volume 1. Her essay unpacks the inspiration behind, and archival research supporting her reformative monument project in Rhyolite dedicated to Stonewall Park, a…
Linda Lister (Music) led a Yoga for Singers workshop via Zoom for the London International Gospel Choir.
Brenna Renn (Psychology) and colleagues at the University of Washington described real-world use of behavioral health mobile apps in a recent publication in JAMA Network Open. They argue that for behavioral health mobile apps to make a public health impact they have to be not only…
Susan McLennon (Nursing) co-authored an article titled "Missing the Mark: The Complexity of African American Dementia Family Caregiving" in the Journal of Family Nursing.
Sarah York and MaryKay Orgill (Chemistry & Biochemistry) published an article, "ChEMIST Table: A Tool for Designing or Modifying Instruction for a Systems Thinking Approach in Chemistry Education," in the Journal of Chemical Education.
Robyn Raschke (Accounting) has been appointed the Kenneth and Tracy Knauss Endowed Chair in Accounting. The endowment was established to provide financial support for the department of accounting’s premier faculty member. The position was previously held by Lee Business School accounting…