Faculty research from the Sociology department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Submissions from 2017

Prostitution and Sex Work: The ‘Victim and Offender and Discourse’ in the debates and policy on prostitution and sex work, Barbara G. Brents and Teela Sanders

Modeling Intersex Liberation, Georgiann Davis

Intersex and the Social Construction of Sex, Georgiann Davis and Sharon Preves

Reflecting on Intersex: 25 Years of Activism, Mobilization, and Change, Georgiann Davis and Sharon Preves

The Ongoing Fight for Intersex Rights, Georgiann Davis, Sharon Preves, and Elena Hight

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The intersex kids are all right? Diagnosis disclosure and the experiences of intersex youth, G Davis and C Wakefield

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Evaluating the Term ‘Disorders of Sex Development’: A Multidisciplinary Debate, Natalie Delimata PhD; Margaret Simmonds PhD; Michelle O'Brien MSc; Georgiann Davis PhD; Richard Auchus MD, PhD; and Karen Lin-Su MD

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Inhibits Reperfusion-Induced Neutrophil Polarization and Adhesion Via Plasmin-Mediated VEGF Release, A Francis, S R. Kleban, L L. Stephenson, P S. Murphy, P R. Letourneau, X H. Fang, W Z. Wang, and R C. Baynosa

The “Alt-Right’s” Ideas Are Nothing New, But They Are Taking Advantage of New Opportunities, Robert Futrell

the [un]surprising alt-right., Robert Futrell

Review: The Media Syndrome: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Case Studies and Prevention, Simon Gottschalk

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Strange Confluences: Radical Feminism and Evangelical Christianity as Drivers of US Neo-abolitionism, Crystal A. Jackson, Jennifer J. Reed, and Barbara G. Brents

Strange confluences: Radical feminism and evangelical Christianity as drivers of US neo-abolitionism, Crystal Jackson, Jennifer Reed, and Barbara G. Brents

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Attitudes towards “disorders of sex development” nomenclature among affected individuals, E K. Johnson, I Rosoklija, C Finlayson, D Chen, E B. Yerkes, M B. Madonna, J L. Holl, A B. Baratz, G Davis, and E Y. Cheng

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Response to ‘Re. Attitudes towards disorders of sex development nomenclature among affected individuals’, E K. Johnson, I Rosoklija, C Finlayson, D Chen, E B. Yerkes, M B. Madonna, J L. Holl, A B. Baratz, G Davis, and E Y. Cheng

The Effect of Work Hours and Other Policies on Sandwiched Caregivers, Jennifer R. Keene, Takashi Yamashita, and Anastasia H. Prokos

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The Relationship of Education and Acculturation with Vigorous Intensity Leisure Time Physical Activity by Gender in Latinos, Erick B. Lopez and Takashi Yamashita

Review: Migrant Professionals in the City, Robert E. Parker

The Myth of Increasing Life Expectancy and Its Social Policy Implications, Robert E. Parker and Vianett Garcia Achaval

Identity of Distance: How Economically Marginalized Black and Latina Women Navigate Risk Discourse and Employ Feminist Ideals, Ranita Ray

The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City, Ranita Ray

Extended Mind and Embodied Social Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives, Dmitri N. Shalin

Extended Mind and Embodied Social Psychology: Historical Perspectives, Dmitri N. Shalin

Time Spent on Beneficial Leisure Activities Among Elder Caregivers in Their Third Age, Takashi Yamashita, Anthony R. Bardo, and Darren Liu

Impact of Life Stories on College Students’ Positive and Negative Attitudes toward Older Adults, Takashi Yamashita, Sarah J. Hahn, Jennifer M. Kinney, and Leonard W. Poon

Underlying Motivations of Volunteering Across Life Stages: A Study of Volunteers in Nonprofit Organizations in Nevada, Takashi Yamashita, Jennifer R. Keene, Chi-Jung Lu, and Dawn C. Carr

Submissions from 2016

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Nevada’s Regulated Brothels, Barbara G. Brents

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Neoliberalism’s Market Morality and Heteroflexibility: Protectionist and Free Market Discourses in Debates for Legal Prostitution, Barbara G. Brents

Defining: Intersex, Georgiann Davis

Five Things You Can Do For Your Intersex Child, Georgiann Davis

Intersexuality, Georgiann Davis

Intersexy Fat, Georgiann Davis

When Medical Providers Give Sex to Trans and Intersex People, Georgiann Davis

Wrestling with Privacy, Visibility, and Legitimacy, Georgiann Davis

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Giving Sex: Deconstructing Intersex and Trans Medicalization Practices, Georgiann Davis, Jodie M. Dewey, and Erin L. Murphy

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Multigenerational Households, Jennifer R. Keene, Takashi Yamashita, and Anastasia Prokos

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Sociological Perspectives on Sex Work and Human Trafficking, Kari Lerum and Barbara G. Brents

Bias Against Intersex Athletes Is What’s Unfair – Not These Athletes’ Bodies, Pidgeon Pagonis and Georgiann Davis

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Exchange and Intimacy in the Inner City: Rethinking Kinship Ties of the Urban Poor, Ranita Ray

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Pharmacists Can’t Administer Opportunity: The Role of Neuroenhancers in Educational Inequalities, Ranita Ray and Georgiann Davis

Sex Work and Prostitution, Female, Jennifer Reed and Barbara G. Brents

Sex Work and Prostitution, Male, Jennifer Reed and Barbara G. Brents

Social Marking in Memory Entrepreneurship: The Battle Over Zapata's Legacy, Tyler Schafer and David R. Dickens

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Erving Goffman, Fateful Action, and the Las Vegas Gambling Scene, Dmitri N. Shalin

On Being Human in the Inhuman World: Remembering Vladimir Yadov, Dmitri N. Shalin

Special Issue of the UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal: Goffman in Las Vegas: Gambling, Fatefulness, and Risk Society, Dmitri N. Shalin

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Parenting as Activism: Identity Alignment and Activist Persistence in the White Power Movement, P Simi, Robert Futrell, and B F. Bubolz

Experiences of Youth in the Sex Trade in Las Vegas, Brooke M. Wagner, Jennifer M. Whitmer, and Andrew L. Spivak

Submissions from 2014

The New Moral Entrepreneurs: Atheist Activism as Scripted and Performed Political Deviance, Lori Fazzino, Michael I. Borer, and Mohammed A. Haq

Water scarcity in the desert metropolis: how environmental values, knowledge and concern affect Las Vegas residents’ support for water conservation policy, Marko J. Salvaggio, Robert Futrell, Christie D. Batson, and Barbara G. Brents

Submissions from 2009

The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland, Barbara G. Brents, Crystal A. Jackson, and Kathryn Hausbeck

McDonaldization of the Sex Industries: The Business of Sex, Kathryn Hausbeck and Barbara G. Brents

Submissions from 2006

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Symbolic interaction theory and architecture, Ronald W. Smith and Valerie Bugni

Submissions from 2004

Terrorism in Context: Race, Religion, Party and Violent Conflict in Zanzibar, Barbara G. Brents and Deo S. Mshigeni