Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) and Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) have published an edited book, The History of Now: Urban Education, Alternative Routes to Licensure, and the Oral Histories of Black and Latinx Educators (DIO Press). Readers of the book will learn about the history of…

Associate Professor Blanca Rincón (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received the university's nomination for the 2024 Nevada Regents Mid-Career Researcher Award. The nomination now goes to the system-level committee and the winner, who will receive a $5,000 stipend, will be announced in early 2024. 

Ph.D. candidate Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 NASPA Region V Graduate Student Rising Star Award. This award is given to a graduate student showing evidence of exemplary service to an institution of higher education, to NASPA, and to the…

Juanita K. Hinojosa (Service Learning and Leadership, doctoral student in Higher Education) recently co-published an article, "(In)visibility to Advocacy: The Insider–Outsider Experiences of AfroLatinX Higher Education Professionals," in the Journal of Higher Education. This article explores the educational and professional experiences of…

Chelsie Hawkinson and Nathan Slife (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were selected as the Geoffrey J. Comber Touchstones Teachers of the Year. Hawkinson and Slife revised COE 103, COE 202, and COE 303 curriculum to include various texts published by the Touchstones Discussion Project, a non-profit…

Juanita K. Hinojosa (Service Learning and Leadership, doctoral student in Higher Education) and Federick Ngo (Higher Education) participated in a recently published report by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) titled “An ASHE Institute with Southern Nevada Higher Education Leaders: Postsecondary Student Access…

Bradley Marianno and Stefani Relles (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Who is the Principal Here? Understanding the Social Conditions of Collective Bargaining Agency and Implementation in Schools" in the journal Leadership and Policy in Schools. 

Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and co-author Annie Hemphill published "Pandemic Memoranda: How School District and Teachers’ Union Administrators Modified Collective Bargaining Agreements During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the Journal of Educational Administration. 

Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and co-authors David Woo and Kate Kennedy published "Collective Bargaining Agreement Restrictiveness in Unionized Charter Schools" in the journal Educational Policy. 

Maria B. Roberts (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was elected to the executive board for the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership (ICPEL). Roberts will serve in this capacity for a three-year term from 2023 through the 2026 academic year. Established in 1947, the ICPEL is the oldest…

Peter D. Wiens (Teaching and Learning), Leona Calkins (California State University and a 2022 UNLV Ph.D. graduate in Teacher Education), and Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Examining Teacher Leadership in the United States: How do BIPOC Teachers and White Teachers in Urban Environments…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), director of the Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management program and co-director of the Sport Innovation Institute was featured by CNN on a story discussing equal pay at the U.S. Open. This year marks 50 years of equal pay at the US Open, which serves as an…