Sara A. Shaw (Teaching & Learning) was named one of NC State University's sixteen Career & Technical Education (CTE) Research Fellows. The program, sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, provides Fellows with research training, dissemination support, policy education, and professional mentoring opportunities in order to improve student learning…

Xue Xing (Teaching and Learning) published the article "Using the Log-Linear Cognitive Diagnosis Model to Classify Individuals in Career and Educational Assessment" in International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. This study provides a tutorial for conducting analyses using the log-linear cognitive diagnosis model (…

Katrina Harris and Wendy Hoskins (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) presented at the Nevada School Counselor Association Conference in Las Vegas earlier this month. The presentation centered on developing self-advocacy strategies for students from underrepresented groups.

School Psychology Faculty (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) currently are attending and presenting at the 2019 National Association of School Psychologists annual convention in Atlanta. UNLV's program is the only school psychology program offered in Nevada and features a cultural ecological model of training.  

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) was an invited speaker at the 2019 Inclusive Sport Summit hosted by the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her talk was titled "Awareness Leading to Action: The Impact of Women on the Evolution of Sport." She also moderated the panel "Beyond the Surface, Beyond Policies: The Underlying…

Chris Wood (Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) recently co-edited and published the 3rd edition of Critical Incidents in School Counseling.  Published by the American Counseling Association, Critical Incidents in School Counseling is a practical text that explores contemporary case scenarios that…

Wendy Hoskins (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and Holly Thompson (University of Illinois Springfield) presented a workshop, "Personalization Issues When Working with Difficult Couple and Family Issues: Supervisor Strategies for Facilitating Growth and Maturity" at the 2019 International Association of Marriage and…

Chyna Miller (Mathematics Learning Center) and Matthew Bernacki, formerly of UNLV and now with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recently had a paper published for a special issue on self-regulated learning (SRL) in the Journal of High Ability Studies. In the article titled, "Training Preparatory Mathematics Students to be High…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) published the article "California DREAM: The Impact of Financial Aid for Undocumented Community College Students" in Educational Researcher. The study shows that providing relatively low-cost fee waivers significantly expanded college opportunity for undocumented high school…

Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) was awarded $964,236 from the National Science Foundation for a grant entitled “Supporting & Sustaining Student Motivation in Science Instruction.” Science teachers identify fostering student motivation to learn as a pressing need, yet teacher professional learning programs…

Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) recently passed the National Counselor Examination and is now a Nationally Certified Counselor demonstrating her professional identity and commitment to professional counseling. 

Lydia Nussbaum (Law) and Sam Song (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) next month will be presenting at "Keeping Kids in School: Increasing Student Engagement," a one-day summit co-hosted by the Eighth Judicial District, the Clark County School District (CCSD), and the Nevada State Charter School Authority.  More than 200 CCSD and…