Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been awarded the 2025 NEFA Distinguished Research & Practice Fellow Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of education finance. Honorees are selected for their outstanding research and practical impact on…

Jeff Stempel (Law) was part of a panel discussion on "Bad Faith Discovery: Search for Truth or Fishing Expedition?" for the American Bar Association Litigation Section's 2025 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar.  

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post examines why it is so very difficult to tell others a simple thing--what we need to be happy.  For more information about the Ombuds Office or to make an appointment…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Exploring barriers to formal mental health help-seeking among Iranian adolescent girls: A qualitative study using the PRECEDE model,” in the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (5-year Impact factor 3.8) with coauthors from Shiraz University of…

Alina Swafford (UNLV Sports Innovation Institute), Dr. Nate Hollister (Medicine), undergraduate student Scott McDonald, and John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences; UNLV Sports Innovation Institute) published a perspective paper representing a call to action to research circus movements. The focus of the paper is on the use of wearable…

Hannah Fraley (Nursing) gave a symposium presentation at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America national conference in Las Vegas on Thursday April 3, 2025 reporting findings of our study titled "Parents' Emotional Social Support, Mental Health, Alcohol, and Drug Use in Youths from Latin America: Analysis of Four Countries." This study…

Nantiya Ruan (Law) presented on a panel entitled, “The Evolution of Workplace DEI Efforts Post-Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA)" at the Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP) National Conference.  

Jeff Stempel (Law) presented on "Has the Buss Stopped? Recoupment Today" at the American Bar Association Tort Trials and Insurance Practice Section's Insurance Coverage Litigation 2025 Conference.

Katrina Liu (Teaching & Learning) and Richard Miller (Music), together with UNLV alumna Lei Ping (Ph.D., 2025) and Christopher R. Crowley from Wayne State University recently published "Testing the Limits of the Practical: Using van Manen’s Framework to Support Prospective Teachers’ Critical Reflection for Transformative Learning" in the…