Bucket Manyweather (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) is presenting a virtual webinar on gender identities and how to use pronouns to the Los Rios Community College District in California. The workshop contextualizes and acknowledges how respecting non-cisgender identities are connected to decolonization…

Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) was an invited panelist for the OUT LBGTQ Business Alliance and the African American Business Alliance for the city of Albuquerque earlier this month. The panel, OUT / Sides, was a discussion on voter suppression, equity, and social justice.

Blanca E. Rincón and Juanita K. Hinojosa (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education) have co-authored a journal article that appears in the most recent issue of Teachers College Record. The study investigates the ways in which important others shape the initial educational and career aspirations of students of color…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) was a panelist on the latest Tucker Center Talks podcast, a co-production with Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota. In this episode, Nicole M. LaVoi talks to three advocates, scholars, collaborators, and colleagues…

Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) co-authored an article, "Multilevel Mixed Methods Research and Educational Psychology." The work is featured in Educational Psychologist, the official journal of the American Psychological Association's Division 15 (Educational Psychology). In this article, Marchand and her colleague…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) has published a policy brief, "The Equity Rankings: An Alternative Assessment of U.S. Higher Education," that addresses alternate assessment methods for determining university rankings. This brief was commissioned by Colorado State University's RISE Center as part of its Hack…

Jacob D. Skousen and Ellianna Rodriguez (both Educational Psychology & Higher Education) presented their paper, "The Costs of a Public Education: One Public-School District’s Student Fees" at the annual International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership Conference. (The 2020 conference was held virtually this month because…

Jennifer R. Pharr (Environmental & Occupational Health), Nancy L. Lough (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Angela M. Terencio (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published an article on "Sociodemographic Determinants of Physical Activity and Sport Participation Among Women in the United States" in the journal …

Anjala S. Krishen (Marketing & International Business) had a paper, "Harnessing the Waiting Experience: Anticipation, Expectations, and WOM," accepted in Journal of Services Marketing. This interdisciplinary work was conducted in collaboration with the Shark Reef Exhibit at Mandalay Bay and co-authored with Brian Robison and two UNLV doctoral…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented with colleagues Spencer C. Weiler and Nathan L. Schmutz (both of BYU) at the National Education Finance Academy (NEFA) 2020 annual conference this month. The presentation, "Risk and Cost Assessment of a Continuum of Possible School Safety Measures," was an overview of…

Blanca Rincon (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) recently published an article, "Anchoring Comunidad: How First- and Continuing-Generation Latinx Students in STEM Engage Community Cultural Wealth," in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.    

Michael Nussbaum and LeAnn G. Putney (both of Educational Psychology and Higher Education) have published an article on "Learning to Use Benefit-Cost Arguments: A Microgenetic Study of Argument-Counterargument Integration in an Undergraduate Seminar Course" in the Journal of Educational Psychology. This microgenetic case study explores…