Daniel Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Normrank Correlations for Testing Associations and for Use in Latent Variable Models" describing the normrank correlation. Through several simulations he shows some advantages it has over traditional measures in structural equation models and elsewhere.

During the 2024 AERA annual conference LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was welcomed as the nee secretary/treasurer of the superintendent SIG and DEI chair for the research on women in education SIG.

Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), along with colleagues Peitao Zhu (Northern Illinois University), Qiu Wang, Melissa M. Luke, and Yanhong Liu (Syracuse University), published an article titled, “Item Response Theory Analysis and Measurement Invariance Testing of the Cultural Humility and Enactment Scale…

Sarah Wolff (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was awarded second place for research presented at the UNLV Postdoctoral Research showcase in collaboration with Jonathan Hilpert, Vanessa Vongkulluksn and their colleagues at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The research, "Self-efficacy inertia: The role of…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented two papers, "Practical Budgeting for K12 Administrators: A Practical Approach" and "Education Finance in Rhode Island" at the National Education Finance Academy Annual Conference.  

Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College) presented the opening keynote lecture at the inaugural Gardner Institute summit, The Graduate Student Experience: Redesigning graduate school so that every student can flourish and finish, titled "Building Bridges in Graduate Education: Wrap-around services and the vital role of community in fostering…

A UNLV collaborative team from the Office of Decision Support and the Graduate College, led by Nikolina Pender, the director of Graduate Data Analysis & Assessment, presented a paper at a national convening by the Gardner Institute. The conference, titled "The Graduate Student Experience: Redesigning Graduate School So That Every Student…

Master's student Jae (Alex) Ko (Intercollegiate Sport Management Program; Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) together with his advisor, Minkyo Lee, assistant professor (Intercollegiate Sport Management Program), presented a research paper titled, “Sponsoring eSports to Facilitate Positive and Prevent Negative Image…

Karly Van Holten (Service Learning and Leadership; First-Year Higher Ed. Ph.D. student) and Brooklyn Cruz (Nevada Treasurer's Office) presented "I Ain’t One of Your Little Friends…But I Am," an interactive workshop on empowering students through leadership opportunities at the Southern Nevada Black Educators Initiative's "Educators Conference…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward and Melissa Yarczower (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with Cyndy Anang (UNLV Alum 2023, Nevada State University) and Maryssa Mitsch (UNLV Alum 2017, San Francisco State University), and Jessica Branch (Murray State University) published an article in the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher…

Joseph Morgan (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), Ph.D., is the recipient of this year's Outstanding Department Chair Award. Morgan is professor and chair of the Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education. He is being recognized for his strong leadership skills, effective administration,…

Alain Bengochea and Tracey West (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented "Monolingual & multilingual in-service teachers’ conceptualization of translanguaging pedagogy in a teacher preparation program" in a paper session at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference. Employing systemic functional…