OSP Weekly 08/18/2021
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2022 Regents' Awards Nominations Due Sep. 15

The Division of Research is pleased to accept nominations for the following awards through Sept. 15:

The Nevada Regents' Awards for Creative Activities are presented annually to two permanent full-time NSHE faculty members with distinguished records in creative activity. One award will be selected from nominations from UNLV, UNR, and NSC. One award will be selected from nominations from CSN, GBC, TMCC, and WNC. Recipients must be nominated for this honor, which carries a $5,000 stipend. Candidates must have five years of cumulative service in NSHE at the time of the nomination.

The Nevada Regents’ Researcher Awards are presented annually to two permanent NSHE faculty members at UNLV, UNR, NSC, or DRI with a distinguished record in research. Recipients must be nominated for this honor, which carries a $5,000 stipend. 

Distinguished Career Researcher candidates must have 10 years of cumulative service in NSHE at the time of the nomination and have overall career/service of at least 20 years in research.

Mid-Career Researcher candidates must have five years of cumulative service in NSHE at the time of the nomination and must have career/service of at least five years but less than 20 years in research.

The Nevada Regents’ Rising Researcher Awards are presented annually to four NSHE permanent assistant professors; one from each institution of UNLV, UNR, NSC, and DRI for early-career accomplishments and the potential for advancement and recognition in research. Recipients must be nominated for this honor, which carries a $2,000 stipend. 
2021 Nevada Regents' Creative Activities Award Recipient

Nate Bynum
Professor
Department of Theatre
College of Fine Arts

Mr. Bynum is a two-time College of Fine Arts Charles Vanda Award winner for Excellence in the Arts and he is the creator and founder of the screen acting program at UNLV. Mr. Bynum is also represented by one of the top talent agencies in America and regularly performs alongside Hollywood A-listers as a lead or guest star.
2021 Nevada Regents' Rising Researcher Award Recipient

Javon Johnson
Assistant Professor
Director, African American & African Diaspora Studies Program
Department of Interdisciplinary Gender and Ethnic Studies
College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Javon Johnson studies the performances of Blackness on stage, off stage in everyday life, and everywhere in between to examine what those performances communicate to the world. Given the racial reckoning that has taken place across our nation, the Regents Rising Researcher award is especially important to him. He studies Blackness, structural racism, sexism, homophobia, racial capitalism, and the persistent efforts of settler colonialism as a practice, ideology, and a foundation. To have his work recognized during our nation’s racial pandemic elevates the importance of this research and its impact on our society.
Althea Sheets, Communications Manager for Research Development, Office of Sponsored Programs, althea.sheets@unlv.edu, 702-895-1880