Michael McCreery (Interaction and Media Sciences) and Kathleen Krach (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) co-authored a paper with doctoral students Danielle Head, Joey Fiorentini, Zandy Leung, and Sam Leif (all Interaction and Media Sciences). The paper titled, “Examining player estimates of prior video gaming experience:…

Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) was invited to speak at the international forum titled "Exploring Coloniality in Counselor Preparation: Promoting Culturally Sensitive and Inclusive Assessment and Research Practices in Taiwan and the U.S." during the Taiwan Guidance and Counseling Association Annual…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and colleagues at Brigham Young University published the article "Reflections About Educational Leadership: Leadership Lessons Learned From School Building Leaders at the End of a Career in Public Education" in the Journal of School Leadership. This qualitative study…

Brett Gleason and Madeline Clark (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published Wellness and Discrimination in Counselor Education in the Teaching and Supervision in Counseling journal, along with colleagues from Kent State University and Palo Alto University. 

Madeline Clark (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) presented Social Class and the Intersectional Applications in Counseling at the Taiwanese Guidance and Counseling Conference in Taichung, Taiwan. 

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented at the 2024 University of New Mexico Mentoring Conference, leading a powerful session titled "Setting the Mentorship Pathway Ablaze Through Storytelling."  The presentation highlighted the transformative role of storytelling in mentorship,…

Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) and Doris Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) participated in a panel discussion with colleagues Claytee White (Oral History Research Center) and Norma Marrun (Teaching and Learning) and former students Kenneth Brown II, Laurents Banuelos-Benitez, and Marbella Alfonso, all who…

The U.S. Department of Education’s Augustus F. Hawkins Center for Excellence awarded $2,977,816 million to Kenny Varner and Dean Danica G. Hays (both Education). The five-year grant will expand the workforce development efforts through Nevada Forward Initiative at UNLV, specifically addressing Nevada’s teacher shortage. The Hawkins grant is…

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published an article "A Love Letter to Women, Femme, and Nonbinary Critical Scholars of Color: Theorizing the Four I’s of Love in SiSTARhood" with her colleagues. Rochelle Gutiérrez and Marrielle Myers in the Qualitative Inquiry journal. 

Sarah Wolff, Jonathan Hilpert, Vanessa Vongkulluksn (all (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and their colleagues at UNC published a paper in Contemporary Educational Psychology titled "Self-efficacy inertia: The role of competency beliefs and academic burden in achievement." This paper uses the random-intercept cross-…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward and Melissa Yarczower (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a session "Functional Frameworks for Inclusive Fieldwork: A Systematic Review", alongside colleagues Maryssa Mitsch from San Francisco State (UNLV Alumni, 2017), Jessica Branch from Murray State University, Prince Estanislao and Hadas…

Melissa Yarczower and Jenna Weglarz-Ward (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a poster entitled "Exploring Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Context in Preparation Programs" at the 40th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Disabilities and their Families for the Division for Early…