Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) and colleagues from University of Illinois Chicago and University of Kansas recently published "Ecological momentary assessment of between- and within-person sleep quality as a predictor of disordered eating behaviors among young women with disordered eating" in Appetite. This project stemmed from an honors鈥
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) and Peter Higgins (Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University) published "Gender and Migration" in Handbook of Migration Ethics, edited by Andreas Niederberger, Uchenna Okeja, and Johanna Gordemann.
Graduate student Mattea Pezza and faculty member Nicole Short (both Psychology) recently published a manuscript in the APA journal Traumatology titled Examining cross-sectional associations between anxiety sensitivity, trauma exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in university students. In light of decades of鈥
Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) published "Syllabus Attack!: Dwelling on the History of Anthropology" in the History of Anthropology Review. This essay considers recent and ongoing efforts to teach the history of anthropology to undergraduates against the backdrop of the latest incarnation of disciplinary and institutional crisis in anthropology.鈥
Ph.D. student Liam Johnson (Anthropology) was recognized by Nevada Child Seekers with its Community Hero Award for his work with the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner. Johnson, along with Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse, co-organized the Missing in Nevada Day program, which brought together agencies, families, and the鈥
Katherine Walker (English) was an invited speaker at the symposium, "Usable Temporalities: Time and Writing in Early Modern Almanacs and Calendars," in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) published a paper in Ethnic and Racial Studies titled, "The Affective Bargain: How the Latino Children of Immigrants Create Joy, Love, and Pride Through Mariachi.鈥
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) has published "The Aesthetic Turn in Cervantes" with University of Toronto Press. In this new book, Byrne looks at the central role of early modern Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes in the development of modern-day aesthetics.
On May 9, World Heritage USA, as part of its Monuments Toolkit program, released a Monumental Project Podcast interview with Susan Lee Johnson (History) titled "Kit Carson and Monuments of the West." Conducted by Noah Price ('21 BA 黑料网; '22 MA University College Dublin), the interview ranged across multiple representations of Christopher "Kit"鈥
Andrew Nicholson (English), Jarret Keene (English), and Black Mountain Institute Shearing Fellow Monica Macansantos served as judges for the 2025 Vegas PBS KIDS Writers Contest Presented by Janice Allen. The contest empowers children in grades K-5 to celebrate creativity and build literacy skills by writing and illustrating their very own stories.
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
Jeff Schauer (History) participated in a conference on "Neoliberalism, Race, and Empire" at the University of California, Berkeley, in honor of the retirement of James Vernon (Helen Fawcett Distinguished Professor of History).
In reflecting on Vernon's influence on his own work, Schauer shared "Writing Africa through Zambia", and argued that鈥