Alain Bengochea (Educational & Clinical Studies) co-authored "An Emergent Bilingual Child’s Multimodal Choices in Sociodramatic Play," which explored how a preschool-age bilingual child engages with multimodal resources to participate in sociodramatic play discourses. The article appeared in Journal of Early Childhood Literacy this month..

Jared Lau and Ching-Chen Chen (both Educational and Clinical Studies), along with George Richardson (University of Cincinnati) gave a presentation, "Introduction to Instrument Development and Item Response Theory for Counseling Professionals" at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2017 national conference in Chicago…

Steven T. Bickmore (Teaching and Learning) is a leading scholar and advocate for the teaching of young adult literature. He writes a weekly blog post on the subject. On Oct. 4 he addressed the Las Vegas shooting and the role of teachers. The National Council of Teacher of English quoted from the blog and posted a link in…

Chris Wood (Educational and Clinical Studies) gave a presentation, "A Superordinate Group Identity in Forging the Future: Approaches to Caring for New Faculty," at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2017 national conference in Chicago in October.

Oscar Espinoza-Parra  (Education) was published in Queer Voices from the Locker Room (Information Age Publishing, 2017), part of the Research in Queer Studies series. He contributed "Chronicles Inside and Outside of the Softball Dugout."

Dana Bickmore (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and Marytza Gawlik (Florida State University) recently published the second of two edited volumes of research focused on the charter school principal, Unexplored Conditions of Charter School Principals: An Examination of the Issues and Challenges for Leaders. This second volume …

Howard R.D Gordon (Teaching & Learning) served as a panel speaker at the 2017 Southern Nevada Urban Agriculture and Food Sustainability Forum in August. The focus of the discussion was how "Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) and Career & Technical Education (CTE) Can Prepare the Future Agriculture Workforce Through…

Danica Hays (College of Education Executive Associate Dean & Professor), Chris Wood (Educational & Clinical Studies), Robert Milton Carlisle (Lamar University) and Shana L. Pribesh (Old Dominion University) were honored as recipients of the 2017 Outstanding Article Award from the Association for Counselor Education and…

Sharon Tettegah (Teaching & Learning) has been elected treasurer-elect of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. The mission of the division is to expand and apply psychological knowledge and theory relevant to education and promote joint action with others having similar purposes in…

Danica Hays (College of Education) was selected as the recipient of the 2017 Publication Award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) for her book, Developing Multicultural Counseling Competence: A Systems Approach. This national award is presented to one individual per year and recognizes a publication of particular…

Dana Bickmore (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and Marytza A. Gawlik (Florida State University) recently published the first of two edited volumes of research focused on the charter school principal. This first volume provides a foundational understanding of the charter school principalship through the lens of culture, mission ,and…

Three UNLV graduate students recently received a national Love of Learning Award from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. They are among 100 award recipients nationwide. Erick López, a doctoral student in sociology, will use funds from the award to travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend a research methods training titled "Health…