UNLV Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, & Ethnic Studies

UNLV Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, & Ethnic Studies The Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies (IGES) at UNLV

In celebration of Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month, IGES invites you to check out upcoming events and our LAS course off...
09/24/2026

In celebration of Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month, IGES invites you to check out upcoming events and our LAS course offerings for Spring 2027!

Bisexual Awareness Week is an opportunity to recognize bisexual experiences, challenge assumptions, and make space for i...
09/22/2026

Bisexual Awareness Week is an opportunity to recognize bisexual experiences, challenge assumptions, and make space for identities that are too often misunderstood or overlooked 🫶

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Happy Latina/o/x & Hispanic Heritage Month!..Today, the Latino population in the United States is over 60 million and ma...
09/21/2026

Happy Latina/o/x & Hispanic Heritage Month!..
Today, the Latino population in the United States is over 60 million and makes up 18.9% of the total population. It is the largest racial or ethnic group in the United States. Latinos continue to help fuel our economy and enrich our nation as entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, entertainers, scientists, public servants, and much more. IGES celebrates and recognizes the histories, cultures, and contributions of Hispanics and Latinas/os/x people in the United States...
Reference: Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino, 2026 https://latino.si.edu/learn/teaching-and-learning-resources/hispanic-heritage-month-resources/hispanic-heritage-month

IGES is excited to showcase the Work, Power and Energy: Women in Engineering (WPE) podcast created by students in Dr. Va...
09/18/2026

IGES is excited to showcase the Work, Power and Energy: Women in Engineering (WPE) podcast created by students in Dr. Valerie Taylor’s WMST 113 Race, Class and Gender Summer 2026! The class created a three-episode podcast where they interviewed women engineers such as UNLV Professor Dr. Sarah Harris and UNLV alumni Katie Whalon. WPE explores how race, class, and gender affect women in engineering careers and their daily lives. All students are STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) majors and most were part of the Las Vegas Scholars Program as well as entering freshmen for the College of Engineering.

See bio above or Linktree for link to listen! 

Special thanks to:
Sarah Harris, PhD
Katie Whalon
Kennedy Omojola 
David Ramos Candelas, Lied Library MultiMedia and Design Specialist
Sarah Smith, podcast cover art designer 
 
 

Save the Date: Chris Willoughby, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at UNLV will...
09/15/2026

Save the Date: Chris Willoughby, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at UNLV will be giving a University Forum Lecture on Thursday, September 24th. The talk is free and open to the public and will take place from 7pm-8:30pm in RLL 101 on the UNLV campus.

“Motley Crews and Medical Men: Fighting Co**se Theft in the American Revolution and Early Republic”

In 1765, a multi-racial “sailors mob” attacked the home of Philadelphia Medical Professor William Shippen, Jr. Rocks shattered his windows, and a bullet tore through his fleeing carriage. While this attack coincided with the passage of the Stamp Act that sparked the American Revolution (which marks its 250th anniversary this year), this motley crew had another agenda. They hoped to reclaim a co**se stolen by physicians from a local graveyard, the first of many such uprisings.

Spanning from the Revolution to the Civil War, this lecture examines how the concentration of disenfranchised people on plantations and urban slums shaped the practice of dissection and anatomical study in medical schools. In contrast to studies emphasizing the evolution of medicine and anatomy, this lecture elucidates the structures that made people vulnerable to body snatchers and the rowdy activism that the enslaved and common poor took to preserve their graveyards and dignity.

Save the Date: Dr. Javon Johnson, Associate Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies and award-winning...
08/27/2026

Save the Date: Dr. Javon Johnson, Associate Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies and award-winning poet, will be performing at West Las Vegas Theatre for Sin City Speaks on Saturday, September 12.

This evening of poetry, comedy, and music will also feature internationally acclaimed poet Rudy Francisco, Las Vegas–born comedian Shanna Christmas, and DJ Kelly J.

This event will be $15 general admisson at City of Las Vegas Sin City Speaks: https://city-of-las-vegas-i37b.vivenushop.com/event/sin-city-speaks-kis779

Save the Date: Dr. Lynn Comella, Professor of Gender and S*xuality Studies, will be giving a University Forum Lecture on...
08/27/2026

Save the Date: Dr. Lynn Comella, Professor of Gender and S*xuality Studies, will be giving a University Forum Lecture on Thursday, September 10th. The talk is free and open to the public and will take place from 7pm-8:30pm in RLL 101 on the UNLV campus.

"S*x, Censorship, and the New Higher Education Cultures Wars"

Drawing on more than 40 in-depth interviews with sexuality scholars at universities and colleges across the United States, this talk examines how professors navigate the politics of campus free speech and academic freedom in an increasingly polarized time. What specific challenges and forms of institutional gatekeeping do they face and how are they responding?

This research offers critical insights into understanding how professors who teach difficult or potentially controversial material navigate their institutional contexts at a time when higher education is increasingly under attack and new forms of censorship are being codified into official policy.

Welcome new rebels to UNLV! Thank you for joining us last week for the College of Liberal Art 's Rebel Ready Week. Here ...
08/26/2026

Welcome new rebels to UNLV!

Thank you for joining us last week for the College of Liberal Art 's Rebel Ready Week. Here are a few recaps of IGES chair, Dr. Tyler Parry meeting and discussing with students our Major and lecturing on cultures and communities in Las Vegas.

Reach out to us to learn more about our BA degree, major, courses, and concentrations!

We made it to Fall 2026! The UNLV IGES team is excited to welcome new and familiar faces to UNLV. We wish you a great fi...
08/25/2026

We made it to Fall 2026! The UNLV IGES team is excited to welcome new and familiar faces to UNLV. We wish you a great first week and successful fall semester. Welcome back, Rebels!!!

Dr. Tyler Parry presented a lecture on Juneteenth on June 10, 2026, at the Whitney Library LVCCLD titled "Sustaining and...
06/12/2026

Dr. Tyler Parry presented a lecture on Juneteenth on June 10, 2026, at the Whitney Library LVCCLD titled "Sustaining and Celebrating Juneteenth." Have a Happy Juneteenth!

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