Accomplishments: Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Kristine Jan C. Espinoza (Education) published an article titled, "Now We Come Here, We Feel It: Experiences of Anti-Asian Racism Among Community College Students in ESOL Programs," in the Community College Journal of Research & Practice. The study examines…
On Monday, April 17 2023 at the Nevada legislature, assistant professor LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Policy and Leadership) was invited to present and testify before the education senate committee. A.B. 43 Revises provisions relating to school emergency operations plans. (BDR 34-238) Improving Access to Dual Language Education and…
April Ursula Fox (Educational Psychology) presented her work titled, "Self-Coherence: An Integrative Behavioral Mechanism Aimed at the Pursuit of Well-Being — A Qualitative Phenomenology Study," at the AERA 2023 conference in Chicago. Her presentation received funding from the UNLV GPSA.
Ariana L. Garcia (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in Chicago, IL, on April 15, 2023. She presented work from her dissertation titled “The Latina/o/x Graduate Student Experience: Advancing Our Collective Understanding.” AERA is the largest…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Peter Wiens (Teaching and Learning) presented their research titled, “Developing Teacher Leadership Course Content: The Experiences of Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators,“ at the 2023 Annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference.…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was accepted to AERA for four presentations and a session moderation this year and was also asked to feature her work in the Special Interest Group Journal for Educational Change.
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2023 College of Education Faculty Awards: Distinguished Research Award: Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) Distinguished Teaching Award: Tina Vo, Teaching & Learning Distinguished Service Award: Sophie Ladd, Teaching &…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with colleague Spencer C. Weiler (Brigham Young University) and graduate students Kim Scriber, David McDaniel, and Mark Frame, presented their paper, "Internal Equity: Analyzing Fluctuations in Salary Differences within Public Education in Mountain West States Over…
Latinos in Action in conjunction with Clark County Schools took over the UNLV Student Union on March 28, 2023, and UNLV faculty, staff, and students were asked to present to the 280 projected Latino students who aspire to be community leaders and who participate in Latinos in Action here in Clark County. NASA astronaut José M. Hernández was…
Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education; Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Mark Spinrad (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Sean Mulvenon, Megan Griffard (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), and Monica Ceja Rodriguez (Educational Psychology, Leadership,…
With colleagues from Imperial College, the universities of Bath and Brighton, Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published an article in Journal of Health Psychology comparing Portugal and the UK respondents using identity resilience and beliefs in science to predict vaccine likelihood.
Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, a Ph.D. student in the Higher Education program (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), is one of the four graduate students selected to be a Graduate Student Fellow for the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement 2024 Cycle Review Process.  The Carnegie Elective…