Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Andrew Lugg (Political Science) recently published a co-edited book titled "Globalization in Latin America: The Law, Politics and Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements" at Cambridge University Press. The 13-chapter volume brings together a diverse array of scholars from the fields of economics, political science, and law to better…
Jennifer Byrnes (Anthropology) co-authored "Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük," published in Science. This study analyzed 130 ancient genomes from the Neolithic archaeology site of Çatalhöyük, located in modern-day Turkey. The study showed how kinship patterns changed over time, but individuals from the same…
Barbara Morrow Williams (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) recently posted and presented, "Juneteenth: Symbol of Resilience, Resistance--and Hope" for the Juneteenth observance of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Southern Nevada Alumnae Chapter.
Professor David Tanenhaus (Law; History) led a session in Washington, D.C. on the the Flag Salute Cases (Gobitis v. Minersville and Barnette v. West Virginia Board of Ed). His presentation was a part of for the Federal Judicial Center and American Bar Association's Summer Institute for Teachers.
François-Nicolas Vozel (World Languages and Cultures) published an article titled "Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible! May-ssianic Realism in Duras’s Détruire dit-elle and Nathalie Granger," in Romance Quarterly (Taylor and Francis) 72-3, pp. 1-15.
Roberto Lovato (English) wrote in The Nation magazine about the most important message coming out of the immigration crisis in Los Angeles: "Nos Tienen Miedo Porque No Tenemos Miedo (They Fear Us Because We Do Not Fear Them)."
John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Setting the General Crisis of the Long Seventeenth Century in Comparative Contexts: How Do the Ottomans Fit?," at the SHIFA-ANAMED international workshop on "Death and Disease in Anatolia." The meetings took place at the Anatolian Civilizations Research Center (ANAMED) at Koç University in…
John Curry (History) traveled to the University of Munster in Germany to present as part of the Translation and Multilingualism in Mongol and Post-Mongol Eurasia workshop. He presented a paper titled, "Speaking Chinese, Translating Persian: Strategies of the Autograph Manuscript of Alī Akbar Khaṭāyī’s Book of China," as part of a panel…
Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender & Ethnic Studies) published the article "John Collins Warren—Journal 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…
Matthew Schurr and Brenna Renn (Psychology) published "Relation Between Executive Function Test Performance and Treatment Outcomes During Brief Psychotherapies for Later-Life Depression" in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Open Science, Education, and Practice. Schurr, an alumni of the 51ԹϺ Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program and Renn's…
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.