Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Lisa Johnson (Anthropology) recently published a co-edited volume, "The Urban Questions: Interdisciplinary & Multiscalar Approaches to Investigating the Ancient Mesoamerican City," through the University of Utah Press, Available Dec. 19, 2025, ISBN: 978-1-64769-228-5.
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) served as the historical consultant for the "West Las Vegas Historical Timeline" that is displayed at the new West Las Vegas Library. It depicts and contextualizes key events in the history of Las Vegas' Black community and the Historic Westside.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published a public philosophy article titled, "Antisemitism damages Mexico protests" in Salon.
Paul Vincent Ruma (Anthropology) was an invited speaker at the international symposium 鈥淔aire connaissance(s): Hip hop dances as fields of research and invention,鈥 held December 4鈥6 at La Villette in Paris and organized by the Centre national de la danse (CN D), a national institution of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Joshua Ch茅vere Cohen (Black Mountain Institute) recently presented at the Boiling Point literary conference sponsored by the 性视界传媒 Department of English and the EDSA. His presentation, titled "Keats's Malory: The 1816 Prince Arthur and the Birth of Romantic Medievalism," was part of the "Praxis of Myth(making)" panel. Other presenters included鈥
Executive director Colette LaBouff and associate director of programs Charlotte Wyatt (both Black Mountain Institute) recently presented an interactive workshop at the national conference of the Artist Communities Alliance ("Building Our Futures Together") in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The workshop, "Parachutes and Grassroots: Supporting Local Arts and鈥
Nicole Short and doctoral students Lauren Reyes and Mattea Pezza (all Psychology) have published a manuscript in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, which is the American Psychological Associations' flagship journal for basic science in psychopathology. The manuscript, "The role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in鈥
Michelle Tusan's (History) book, The Last Treaty: Lausanne and the End of the First World War, has come out in paperback by Cambridge University Press.
Jared Oestman (Political Science) and Tim Passmore (Political Science, Virginia Military Institute) published "Populism's Challenge to International Institutions: The Case of UN Peacekeeping" in International Studies Quarterly. The article shows that countries with right-wing populist leaders significantly underpay on mandatory annual assessments鈥
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Doctors as Immigration Agents: An Ethical Challenge" in Forced Migration and Health Care Justice (Oxford University Press), edited by Lisa A. Eckenwiler, Verina Wild, Anna Gotlib, Ryoa Chung, and Deborah Zion.
John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Overlooked Contexts: How Shifting Mediterranean Relationships Contributed to the Muradid Wars of Succession," on Nov. 23 at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Washington, D.C. The paper was part of a broader panel on "Outsiders and Intermediaries in Ottoman Tunis and the鈥
Jessica Teague (English) was recently featured in an SF Gate article that talks about the past and present of the Vegas lounge scene.
鈥淢usic is a central part to how this city has conceptualized itself,鈥 Teague said. Historically, jazz has been in Vegas since the city鈥檚 infancy, according to Teague: Blues and jazz pianist Jelly鈥