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The Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies allows students to create degree programs from courses across disciplinary boundaries, including cultural studies, linguistic studies, Asian studies, Latin American studies, multi-disciplinary studies, and social science studies.

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A collection of top headlines featuring 性视界传媒 faculty and students.

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People |

The Robert Scott Hooper Photograph Collection at 性视界传媒 preserves decades of celebrity portraiture, commercial imagery, and the changing visual culture of Las Vegas. 

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Arts and Culture |

Open to the public through Dec. 20, the collection was curated through a collaboration between the museum and 性视界传媒's Asian and Asian American Studies program.

Norma Jean Almadovar, a sex worker rights activist, poses with her collection of documents.
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The Norma Jean Almodovar Papers document decades of advocacy and expand 性视界传媒鈥檚 collecting initiative on sexual entertainment and economies.

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A portrait of Saipin Chutima, the founder of a staple Las Vegas Thai food chain, Lotus of Siam.
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性视界传媒 students explore Asian American culture, one bite at a time, in Mark Padoongpatt's class.

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New York Times

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Wired

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Our Weekly LA

In South Central Los Angeles, generations of African American families reside alongside expanding immigrant communities. Debates over citizenship in this context extend beyond legal considerations, encompassing history, identity, economic structures, and daily life.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Academics and activists in the Las Vegas Valley are remembering Ruby Duncan after her passing at the age of 93. She made it her mission to stand up for better services for needy families.

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A deep dive into the origins of the Make America Great Again movement.

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The rise of OnlyFans and AI has some sex workers concerned their likenesses will be exploited. They want protections from the Nevada brothels where they work.

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Recent Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Accomplishments

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Department) was listed as a "Historical Consultant" for a PBS short documentary on the southern tradition of raccoon hunting. He provided historical context for the practice, including its intersections with race and class in southern history.
Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American & African Diaspora Studies/Interdisciplinary, Gender & Ethnic Studies) was featured on the Massachusetts Historical Society's podcast "Historians & their Histories." For this podcast, Willoughby discussed his journey as a historian and scholar in African American Studies, as well as his鈥
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) spoke with KTNV, Channel 13 News in Las Vegas. I provided reflections upon Ruby Duncan's legacy of activism in the Las Vegas valley, noting it is important to continue her human rights campaign in the modern era.
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a presentation about his recent article, "Canines: Enforcing Race and State," during the 2026 Organization of American Historians annual conference. His presentation was part of a panel analyzing the role of animals in historical records, based upon a forum published by the鈥
On April 10 Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a guest lecture on the rise of Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam for students in the AP African American Studies class offered at Cheyenne High School.
Assistant professor-in-residence Susana Sepulveda (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented on Chicanas and Latinas in the Riot Grrrl revival scenes in a roundtable panel titled, "West Coast Punks, Scene Kids, & Riot Grrrls: Fringe Memories and Survival in Precarious Times," at PopCon 2026 (March) hosted at USC in Los鈥