Joshua Wolf Shenk, artistic and executive director of the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute at UNLV, works at his office on Wednesday Nov. 7, 2018, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu …

Joshua Wolf Shenk, artistic and executive director of the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute at UNLV, works at his office on Wednesday Nov. 7, 2018, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye