Doris Watson, Kim Nehls (both Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and Shaoan Zhang (Teaching and Learning) have recently been published in Storey & Hesbol (Eds.) (2016) Contemporary Approaches to Dissertation Development and Research Methods (New York: IGI-Global Publishers).  Watson and Nehls contributed chapter 4,  "…

UNLV's Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project (TILT Higher Ed) (Provost's Office) is the focus of the current issue of the journal Peer Review, published by the Association of American Colleges & Universities. A research article by UNLV's Mary-Ann Winkelmes (Provost's Office), Matthew Bernacki (Educational Psychology…

Dana Bickmore and Patti Chance (both Educational Psychology & Higher Education) of the newly formed educational policy and leadership program in the College of Education, received a Great Teacher and Leader Fund grant from the Nevada department of education. In partnership with the Clark County School District (CCSD), the grant will provide…

Katherine Dockweiler, LeAnn Putney (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Teresa Jordan (Environmental and Public Affairs) are the authors of the article “Enhancing the Policy Analysis Process: Case Studies Using the Layers of Analysis Framework," appearing in the Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research. The Layers of…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) presented "Strengths-based Leadership and Team Building" to the Ethnic Minorities and Women in Coaching and Leadership Conference at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in May. She followed that with a presentation on "Media Representation and Marketing of Women Athletes" at the FLAME (…

Michael Nussbaum (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) has written a textbook, Categorical and Nonparametric Statistics: Choosing the Best Statistical Technique, published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis. The book is suitable as a reference text for those conducting research in the social sciences or biostatistics. It presents…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) will be honored as a Sport Marketing Association Research Fellow at the group's annual conference in Philadelphia in October. The Sport Marketing Association Research Fellow designation recognizes individual scholars who have shown excellence in the area of sport marketing research,…

Nathan Slife (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) has been selected as the coordinator of the college's First Year Seminar (FYS) and Second Year Seminar (SYS). Along with Vicki Rosser (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), he has been instrumental in creating courses for both the FYS and SYS. In his new position, he will be…

Nancy Lough and Lisa Rubin (both Educational Psychology & Higher Education) made a research presentation, "Equity, Equality and Need: Reflections on 40 Years of Title IX," at the annual meeting of the College Sports Research Institute in Columbia, S.C.

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and Anjala Krishen (Marketing & International Business) presented "USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Cycling Fans Lifestyles and Event Sponsorship" along with co-author Angeline Close of the University of Texas at a meeting of the Sport Marketing Association in October. That month Lough…

Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), Nick Nardi (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Anne Mendenhall (Online Education) presented "Motivation and Engagement in Online Education: Examining Theory, Measurement, and Application" at the biennial conference of the Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) became president of the Sport Marketing Association on Oct. 25. The association is dedicated to developing mutually beneficial relationships between professionals, academicians, and students around the world through the creation, distribution, and implementation of sport marketing…