Kavita Batra (Medicine) has recently joined the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Council established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. The NORA is a partnership program to stimulate innovative research and improved workplace practices. NORA councils are a national venue for individuals and organizations with…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health), Lung-Chang (Jojo) Chien and Chad Cross (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented an overview of their research on "Geospatial Disparity of COVID-19 in Southern Nevada" at the Southern Nevada Health District during the CDC OT21-2103 health disparities grant site…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries, Medicine) is the co-author of an article, "Inclusive Hiring in Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Analysis of Attitudes and Reflections of Search Committee Members," published in College & Research Libraries.  

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health) and colleagues published an article on "Contributions of non-tailpipe emissions to near-road PM2.5 and PM10: A chemical mass balance study" in the journal Environmental Pollution. This project was sponsored in part by the California Air Resources Board. This study…

Nathan Koerber, Mayra Marquez-Mendez, Adjoa Mensah, Kenneth Fasching-Varner, and P. G. Schrader (all Education) published, "Sustaining Teacher Needs: A Systematic Narrative Review Exploring Teacher Retention, Attrition, and Motivation." This systematic narrative review analyzed 35 studies and sources to identify the factors most commonly…

Joe Regalia (Law) will travel overseas and teach a mix of federal, state, and territorial judges legal writing in a multi-day intensive for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. This is the third time he has designed and led a program like this for the judiciary.

“Self-efficacy within Cultural Representation of Latino Teachers Moving into the Administrative Pipeline” Excerpts from the LtC interview with LeAnne Salazar-Montoya (Educational Policy and Leadership) and Kristin Kew, New Mexico State University, and David Wade (UNLV).  

Anthony King, Danielle Le, Aldo Barrita, Richard Chang, Donna Sim, Ting Tong, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented a research poster titled, "Do Gamers Play for Money? An Analysis of Gaming Motives, Relative Deprivation, and Upward Mobility," at the American Psychological Association's annual conference in Washington, D.…

Ruben J. Garcia (Law) was quoted in the Las Vegas Review story, "What Work Actions Could Look Like for Clark County Teachers as School Year Begins," on Aug. 6, 2023.