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.  

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…

Ph.D. candidate Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) is one of five scholars across the United States who was awarded a NASPA 2024 Channing Briggs Small Research Grant Award ($5,000 research grant award). This small research grant award will support Espinoza's project, "An Exploratory…

Daniel Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was named 2023 Friends of Nevada Wilderness Volunteer of the Year for wilderness stewardship and educational outreach.

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) served as the editor and a chapter author for the textbook, Pursuing Equity and Success for Marginalized Educational Leaders, which has been officially released. The textbook is available in electronic format, meaning hundreds of IGI-Global e-Book…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been elected to serve as secretary/treasurer-elect (one-year term begins in 2024) of the Research on the Superintendency Special Interest Group (SIG #097). The term will begin at the conclusion of the 2024 AERA Annual Meeting. Special interest groups play a…

Holmes Scholar Anel Rojas (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), presented her research, "Cultivating Success: Unraveling Community Cultural Wealth and Impact in the Latino Youth Leadership Conference (LYLC)," at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) in Aurora, Colorado. Her research…

Holmes Scholars Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) presented their research "An Expectancy Value Theory Approach to Understanding Science Teacher’s Persistence" at the AACTE Annual 2024 conference, supported by Tina Vo and her NSF-funded grant.…

Holmes Scholars Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) and Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were presenters at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) annual 2024 conference. Through an NSF Grant project headed by PI’s Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning) and Erica Marti (Civil and…

Associate professor Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Policy and Leadership), along with co-authors Tiberio Garza (Florida International University) and Elizabeth Leon-Zaragoza (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay), published their manuscript, "Pathways to School Improvement: Uncovering Network Patterns of School Principals," in the Journal…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a book titled, Latina Radiance: Love Letters to the Soul. This book is an odyssey of self-discovery, resilience, and empowerment. Through heartfelt narratives and insightful reflections, Latina Radiance peels back the layers of what it means to…