Sadia Shaukat (Education), a visiting Fulbright Scholar, was chosen to participate in the inaugural Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Inquiry Initiative. The initiative is a first-of-its-kind three-year collaborative inquiry for professional educators (scholars and practitioners) from multiple settings, with varying inquiry and pedagogical…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education)  was honored with an Alumni Award from the Mortar Board National Council on June 5. The award recognizes outstanding achievement and leadership. Additionally, she was asked to present to the 2022 ELLA Class for session 6 on "Different Pathways to Success." ELLA…

Noah Romero (Teaching and Learning) recently published an article in the Waikato Journal of Education examining the effects of Covid-19 lockdowns on children in Aotearoa, New Zealand. One intriguing finding was the strength of children’s feelings of loss with regard to their friendship groups. Hegemonic thinking and attachment theory are…

Chia-Liang "Leo" Dai (Teaching and Learning), along with Ching-Ying Chen and Cheng-Liang Chang of University of Taipei, and Ziying Wang of University of Macau, published a manuscript, “Always Open, Seven-Eleven: Education Targeting Healthier Food Choices in a High Convenience Store Density Area in Taipei” in the International…

Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with colleagues Glynis Breakwell of Imperial College, Julie Barnett of University of Bath, and Rusi Jaspal of University. of Brighton, has published research on psychological influences related to COVID risk behaviours with the British Academy. 

Drs. Maria B. Roberts (Education), Miguel M. Gonzales, and Sylvia Tegano (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) had their study, "School Leadership During COVID-19: Implications for School Leadership Preparation Programs" accepted for publication in the October volume of the Journal of School Administration Research and…

Maria B. Roberts (Education) has been selected for the second cohort of the UNLV Search Advocate Pilot Program. As a search advocate, she will play an important role in aiding search committees with diversifying candidate pools, ensuring equity in the search process, and collaborating with Human Resources to ensure compliance with university…

Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) wrote a book chapter, "Let the Students Speak: African American Males with Disabilities' Perspectives of Behavior Intervention Acceptability in Schools and the Implications for Cultural Validity," which has been published in the book, Discipline Disparities Among…

Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning), Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), Claytee D. White (Oral History Research Center), and Marcie Gallo (History) published the article, "Research as (Re)vision: Laying Claim to Oral History as a Just-us Research Methodology," in the special issue of the International Journal of…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), and Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), along with Jagdish Khubchandani of New Mexico State University, published a manuscript, “COVID-19 Booster Vaccination Hesitancy in the United States: A Multi-theory-model (MTM)-based National Assessment” in the journal Vaccines (Impact…

Katrina Liu (Teaching and Learning) has been elected to serve as secretary of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division K, Teaching & Teacher Education. Division K is the largest division in AERA, representing more than 5,000 members. It focuses on teaching and teacher education as fields of research, studying…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual and Special Education) presented "Pack Your Bags: The Pyramid Model Goes to College!" at the National Training Institute on Effective Practices: Addressing Challenging Behaviors. As part of the National Center on Pyramid Model Innovations, she presented on embedding the pyramid model, an evidence-…