College of Liberal Arts

Family Behavior Therapy is a model research lab focused on improving the lives of families affected by substance abuse and its associated behavior problems (e.g., delinquency, child maltreatment) through education, applied research, and training. Collaborating with colleagues throughout UNLV, other universities, and various State and Federal governmental organizations, its staff is well equipped to develop, implement and evaluate evidence supported interventions, particularly Family Behavior Therapy for substance abuse and its associated problems.

Dr. Brad Donohue, Director
Psychology Department
Phone: 702-895-2468
Fax: 702-895-0195
Website: web.unlv.edu/labs/frs

Black Mountain Institute is an international literature and humanities center dedicated to advancing literary and cross-cultural dialogue. Through public programs, residential fellowships, and publishing initiatives, Black Mountain provides a cultural lens through which today's most pressing issues can be addressed and evaluated.

Dr. Carol C. Harter, Director
Office: RAJ 282
Phone: 702-895-5542
Fax: 702-895-5544
Website: blackmountaininstitute.org

Center for Democratic Culture serves as a clearing house for UNLV faculty and students conducting research on the historical experience of American democracy and its relevance to contemporary society at home and abroad. CDC promotes civic education and civility in public discourse through research, scholarly exchange, and community-based programs. It works closely with local organizations in staging forums on the problems of democracy, conducting seminars on the issues central to local community, developing innovative programs in civic education, and building ties to fledgling democracies.

Dmitri Shalin, Director
Office: CDC-B-237
Phone: 702-895-0259
Fax: 702-895-4800
Website: cdclv.unlv.edu

The Center for Individual, Couple, and Family Counseling at UNLV is a full service mental health center shared by UNLV’s Department of Psychology and Department of Marriage and Family Therapy. The Center provides a confidential setting where residents of the Las Vegas and UNLV campus communities receive low cost, quality mental health services. The Center also offers essential clinical training to graduate students who work under close faculty supervision and supports mental health research by UNLV graduate students and faculty. The Center offers psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, and families who may be struggling with any number of concerns including but not limited to anger management, anxiety, depression, stress, parenting skills, communication problems, relationship difficulties and child behavior problems. Spanish-speaking services are available on a limited basis.

Dr. Colleen Peterson, Center Director
Phone: 702-895-3106
Fax: 702-895-4797
Website: urbanaffairs.unlv.edu/client_services

The Language Resource Center has the technical facilities to enable conversation around the world. Assistants with lab software and foreign language skills are on hand to assist students. Self-directed tutoring software is available for French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian and Spanish.

Gerhard Hartig, Director
Office: FDH 413
Phone: 702-895-1930
Fax: 702-895-1226
Website: lrc.unlv.edu

The Psychological Assessment and Testing Clinic operates out of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral training program. The clinic provides much needed affordable and quality psychological assessment services to UNLV students and Clark County community members, ages 5 to adult. Individuals are most often referred for the evaluation of learning disabilities, high functioning autistic spectrum disorders, attention deficit disorders, or emotional/behavioral disturbances. The clinic serves as a training site for clinical psychology doctoral students who conduct the evaluations under intense faculty supervision. Our assessments seek to truly understand the individual examinees and the context in which he or she lives. We administer valid and reliable measures of many different human abilities including, but not limited to, verbal and visual thinking and problem solving skills, memory, academic skills, auditory processing, attention/concentration, emotions, motivation, personality characteristics, and social factors related to the questions being addressed. Assessments identify both strengths and weaknesses and provide recommendations with which to move forward. The clinic operates 12 months out of the year and offers a sliding scale. For appointments, please call 702-895-0296.

Dr. Michelle G. Carro, Clinic Coordinator
Psychology Department
Phone: 702-895-0134
Fax: 702-895-0195
Website: psychology.unlv.edu

The Wilson Advising Center supports all academic units within the College of Liberal Arts. They have full-time, professional advisers on staff that provides academic advising, on-campus referrals, degree progress worksheets, tentative class scheduling, career options, resume clinics, and information on graduate schools.

Lea Sexton, Director
Office: WRI B131
Phone: 702-895-1997
Fax: 702-895-1999
Website: liberalarts.unlv.edu/WAC

The Women's Research Institute of Nevada helps improve the lives of women in our state through research and education. The central mission of the institute is to support UNLV students and faculty as they hope to expand their knowledge on a variety of subjects related to women.

Dr. Joanne L. Goodwin, Director
Office: FDH 526
Phone: 702-895-1199/4931
Fax: 702-895-4930
Website: wrinunlv.org

The Writing Center is sponsored by both the College of Liberal Arts and the English department. Consultants, usually English graduate students and instructors, assist students, staff, and faculty with any stage of the writing process, from generating ideas to polishing final drafts. The Writing Center is not a proofreading service. The center teaches writers how to make positive changes in their writing skills and how to diagnose and correct their own writing problems.

Dr. Patrice Hollrah, Director
Office: CDC 3
Phone: 702-895-2600
Fax: 702-895-4480
Website: writingcenter.unlv.edu