Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Assistant Professor Roberto Lovato (English) published "Exodus," a feature-length essay in GEO magazine, "Europe's National Geographic." Written in conjunction with Italian photographer Nicolo Rosso, the piece documents and explores the migration epic taking place across the continent of América.
Assistant professor Roberto Lovato (English) delivered the keynote address at Rooted and Written, the first and only tuition-free literary conference for non-white writers, in the United States. Lovato founded Rooted and Written, which runs from Oct. 27 through Nov. 3 and provides 40 writers with classes, seminars, workshops, and other mentoring…
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…
Melikabella Shenouda (Liberal Arts) is a featured artist for the Las Vegas Natural History Museum's Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibition.
Her piece entitled, "Las Fases de la Pupusa" is a personal take on the phases of the moon, or Las Fases de la Luna. Artwork will be available for viewing from September 15 through November 2 in order to…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual presentation on children's philosophy in Mexico to the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas (Diplomado en FilosofÃa Para Niños) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Rachel Torres (Political Science) and her coauthors Joseph Coll from Texas Tech University and Caroline Tolbert from the University of Iowa recently published "The unqualified voter: racial animus in support for voter qualifications" in Politics, Groups, and Identities. Their article examines the extent to which racial animus influences…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) participated in the "PUBLIC CONFERENCE | Violent Intimacies: The Intimate Lives of Violence in Greece and Mexico," organized by Harvard University's Department of Anthropology, where he presented his paper on human-animal relationships in Mexico entitled: "Witnessing, Suffering, and Inter-Species Intimacy in…
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) has been named Director of the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity. The foundation organizes conferences, conference sessions, and public lectures on the topic of creativity, and sponsors a pre- and post-doc fellowship program for scholars.
John M. Bowers (English) has published, with his former doctoral student Peter Steffensen, his book "Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959" with Oxford University Press. It is currently available on Amazon UK and will be available in January 2025 in the USA.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Decolonial Feminism and the Open Borders Debate" in Social Philosophy Today.
The Department of Political Science hosted the 66th Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS2024) on October 4-6. The conference covers China, Taiwan, Chinese-speaking communities, and the Chinese diaspora. Scholars and students from Japan, Poland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the U.S. attended…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Children, Borders, and Adultification" at the New Horizons in Justice and Migration International Workshop at KU Leuven in Belgium. She also presented comments on Annamari Vitikainen's paper "LGBTIQ+ Refugees and the Ethics of Forced Displacement".