Accomplishments: College of Education

Shaoan Zhang and his doctoral student Danny Unger (both Teaching and Learning) published an article, "Exploring mentor self-disclosure in preservice teachers’ field experience," in the premier international journal of teacher education, Journal of Education for Teaching.     
Morgan Murphy (Education) is the recipient of the Power of One Award for assisting in various ways behind-the-scenes to truly make a difference with mentees, their program, and their peers in the Peer Mentoring program. The program is part of the First-Year Experience under the office of vice provost for undergraduate education.
LeAnne Salazar-Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Ramona Esparza will present at the Learning and Justice for all Conference, hosted by Nevada Association of School Administrators (NASA). Invited Lecture: "Coloring Outside the Lines: Diversfying the Educational Pipeline" The session discussed…
Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article, "Meeting quality benchmarks in center-based early care and education: A latent class analysis," in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. This paper identifies five subgroups of child care and early education centers on the basis of the combinations of…
Dos Mujeres, Un Camino-Our Ascension to Careers in Higher Education through PhotoVoice LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), University of Nevada Las Vegas Gina Delgado (Teaching and Learning), University of Nevada Las Vegas As two Latina's working in an R1 institution…
Melikabella Shenouda's (Higher Education) proposal for the Best Teaching Practices Expo poster session, on the topic of "Revisiting Your Inner Child: Increasing FYS Students’ Engagement and Sense of Belonging" has been accepted. The expo will be a two-part event put on by the UNLV Faculty Center, with a poster session in the Student Union on…
Associate professor Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published a manuscript in Journal of Early Childhood Literacy titled, “Morning circle as a community of practice: Co-teachers’ transmodality in a dual language bilingual education preschool classroom.” This study explores the nature of…
Samantha Godbey (University Libraries) and Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning), along with colleagues from University of Central Florida and California State University Long Beach, received the Outstanding Symposium Award for their presentation "Success in Publishing: Crafting Publishable Manuscripts for Journals in the Field" at the…
Jared Lau (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and colleagues Kok-Mun Ng, Colleen Nguyen, and Nelandra Anselmo from Oregon State University received a research grant from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) to develop the Counselor Educators’ Use of Self in Antiracist Teaching Inventory…
Sarah Wolff (President's UNLV Foundation Fellow) and D. Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) led COVID-19 methods research published in PLOS One with Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, University of Brighton, and University of Bath. 
College of Education faculty and doctoral students presented at the Council for Exceptional Children — Teacher Education Division (TED)'s annual conference November 8-11 in Richmond, VA. Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education); doctoral student/visiting lecturer Scotia Hammond (Education);…
Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), with co-authors Cara Kelly and Jason Hustedt from the University of Delaware, published an article, "Family Experiences, Parenting Behaviors, and Infants’ and Toddlers’ Social-Emotional Skills," in the Early Childhood Education Journal. Results suggest that certain family…