Accomplishments: Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies
On May 3, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American and African Diaspora Studies) presented the paper, “Medical Motley Crews: Anatomy, Monopoly, and the Urban Crowd in the United States, 1765-1860,” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine in Boston. Willoughby's paper examines multiethnic street…
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, 1792–1861," in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Willoughby's article is a part of a special issue…
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 Université Paris Cité. While in Paris, Willoughby and Elodie Edwards Grossi (…
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.
Brittani Sterling (Libraries) has been selected to attend an Overseas Faculty Development Seminar with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. This competitive award provides participants with the opportunity to join a fully funded overseas seminar aimed at helping faculty and administrators from U.S. community colleges and minority-…
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published an essay entitled, "Roll, Jordan, Roll Fifty Years Later: Reevaluating the Inspirations, Contributions, and Limitations of the 'Cultural Turn' of the 1970s," in the Journal of Southern History. The article provides a specific reflection upon the enduring relevance of…
Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by the Boston Globe about the new Sexual Entertainment and Economies Collection in 51ԹϺ Special Collections and Archives. 51ԹϺ is joining with Harvard's Schlesinger Library, Cornell, the University of Toronto, and the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University in documenting…
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was quoted in an article titled, "7 Juneteenth Foods and Traditions," published in History.com. It provides a historical overview of the holiday and its continued importance for Americans in the 21st century.