Accomplishments: Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies
Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender & Ethnic Studies) published the article "John Collins Warren鈥擩ournal Founder, Institution Builder, and Racial Theorist" in the June 12 issues of the New England Journal of Medicine. Written in collaboration with scholars from Harvard Medical鈥
Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented a paper, "Recent American Fiction and the Affective Heritage of 9/11," at the 26th Annual International Conference of the English Department at the University of Bucharest.
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on KNPR's State of Nevada on May 22 to discuss the five year anniversary of George Floyd's death and the degree to which it has impacted policing in southern Nevada and throughout the country.
Brittani Sterling (Libraries) has been named a 2025 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, one of 50 library professionals across the U.S. recognized for innovation and leadership in the field.
Sterling was honored in the Educators category for her work to develop inclusive programming that broadened the reach of library services to more 黑料网鈥
On May 3, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American and African Diaspora Studies) presented the paper, 鈥淢edical Motley Crews: Anatomy, Monopoly, and the Urban Crowd in the United States, 1765-1860,鈥 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine in Boston. Willoughby's paper examines multiethnic street鈥
Javon Johnson (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies), associate professor of African American Studies and renowned poet, began coaching a slam poetry team in Las Vegas in January 2025 and, in March 2025, the team won its first major poetry slam tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) and Historian Charlton W. Yingling from the University of Louisville recently published an article, "Canines: Enforcing Race and State" in the peer-reviewed journal Modern American History. The article was part of the journal's special forum: "Animals in Modern U.S. History."
On Feb. 22, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender and Ethnic Studies) published a review of the book Searching for Dr. Harris: The Life and Times of a Remarkable African American Physician in The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals.
On Feb. 7, Christopher D.E. Willoughby (African American Studies;Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published an article titled, "Pioneer Professors of Kentucky Medical Education and the Spread of Racial Science, 1792鈥1861," in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Willoughby's article is a part of a special issue鈥
On Feb. 5, Christopher Willoughby (African American Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave an invited lecture on his book, Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools, in the History of Politics seminar at the Universit茅 Paris Cit茅. While in Paris, Willoughby and Elodie Edwards Grossi (鈥
On Feb. 5, Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on KTNV, Channel 13 News to discuss his research on the 1969 Uprising against police brutality in West Las Vegas, explaining how this event still impacts the city in the present.
Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published an article, "In the Kingdom of the Sick: Abjection, Mutuality, and the Afflicted in Recent Pandemic Fiction," in a Special Issue of the University of Toronto Quarterly.