SHSS Faculty News

Professor Emeritus of Political Science Terry Mays, Ph.D., has a new book officially slated for release at the end of the year. The Establishment of the Arab League Security Force, 1961-63: Peacekeeping in Kuwait will be published by Palgrave MacMillan. The book traces the establishment of the Arab League’s little-known first peacekeeping operation deployed to Kuwait in 1961-1963. 

A valuable read for those researching Middle Eastern history, peacekeeping and the Arab League, the book sheds light on the geopolitical context that brought about the creation of the ALSF.

Associate Professor Vicente Gomis-Izquierdo, Ph.D., was recently named interim department head of Modern Languages. Gomis-Izquierdo is originally from Alicante, Spain, where he received his B.A. in English. He later received an M.A. from Kansas State University and a Ph.D. from The University of Kansas, both in Hispanic literature and culture. Gomis-Izquierdo specializes in 19th-century Peninsular and Latin American literature and culture with an emphasis in gender issues, representations of history, and modernity in literature.