Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Timothy P. Gocha (Anthropology), along with co-authors Kate Spradley and Ryan Strand of Texas State University, recently published a book chapter on their work trying to identify presumed migrants who have lost their lives crossing the U.S./Mexico border.
The chapter, "Bodies in Limbo," traces the movement of deceased migrants in South鈥
John M. Bowers (English) has been appointed as a member of the Senior Citizens' Advisory Board for the city of Las Vegas with a term running until June 2021.
John M. Bowers (English) delivered two invited lectures at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville this month: "Tolkien as a Chaucerian: The Reeve's Tale" and "Tolkien's Lectures on The Pardoner's Tale." The lectures were sponsored by the university's Honors College with support from the Walton Trust.
Daniel Benyshek (Anthropology) and Sharon Young (Anthropology and Undergraduate Research) and colleagues published the first clinical trial exploring the effects of human maternal placentophagy, the practice of eating one's placenta after giving birth. The study, which was published online in the journal Women and Birth Nov. 23, was covered鈥
David Morris (English) is the author of the book The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, which this month was recognized by The New York Times as "What to read in the face of trauma." According to the Times, "Morris, a former Marine who suffered from PTSD on his return from Iraq, traces the historical understanding of鈥
Ranita Ray (Sociology) just published her book The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City with the University of California Press.
Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) gave a talk and workshop for the Las Vegas-Clark County Library Distract at its Windmill Lane location as part of its 鈥淎dulting 101鈥 series. He presented research on popular culture and social interaction and their connections to urban 鈥渓ifestyle enclaves,鈥 scenes, and friendship networks.
Andrew Thomas Reyes and Katrina Isla (both Nursing), Christopher Kearney (Psychology), and Ross Bryant (Military and Veteran Services Center) co-authored 鈥淪tudent Veterans鈥 Construction and Enactment of Resilience: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study,鈥 which explored how student veterans prepare themselves to handle the challenges of academic鈥
Lizette Arellano, Shaun Mangelson, and Manuel Rodr铆guez-P颅茅rez (all World Languages and Cultures) attended the third annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities held at Sacramento State University in October. They presented as a panel a series of essays on the Spanish post-war novel Nada written by Carmen Laforet. The panel covered a鈥
The 黑料网 Debate Team (Communication Studies) of Matthew Gomez (Political Science) and Jeffrey Horn (Economics) won the Las Vegas Classic Debate Tournament, held at 黑料网 in October.
Gomez and Horn finished the preliminary debates with a perfect 7-0 record, defeating teams from Gonzaga, Arizona State University,鈥
Levent Atici (Anthropology), along with colleagues Suzanne Pilaar Birch of the University of Georgia and Bur莽in Erdo臒u of the University of Thrace in Turkey, has published a research article in PLOS ONE. In the article they investigate Neolithic and Chalcolithic (8500-7000 years Before Current Era) animal management systems at U臒urlu H枚y眉k on the鈥
John Hay (English) authored a scholarly article titled "The American Mad Max: The Road Warrior versus the Postman," which appeared in the academic journal Science Fiction Film and Television in October.
Beginning with the incredible success of The Road Warrior, the Mad Max franchise became a foundational U.S. post-apocalyptic鈥