E. Michael Nussbaum (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) has been elected president-elect of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, and will serve as president in 2017-18.  The mission of the division is to expand and apply psychological knowledge and theory relevant to education and promote…

Doris Watson, Kim Nehls (both Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and Shaoan Zhang (Teaching and Learning) have recently been published in Storey & Hesbol (Eds.) (2016) Contemporary Approaches to Dissertation Development and Research Methods (New York: IGI-Global Publishers).  Watson and Nehls contributed chapter 4,  "…

UNLV's Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project (TILT Higher Ed) (Provost's Office) is the focus of the current issue of the journal Peer Review, published by the Association of American Colleges & Universities. A research article by UNLV's Mary-Ann Winkelmes (Provost's Office), Matthew Bernacki (Educational Psychology…

David Vallett and Hasan Deniz (both Teaching and Learning) received $315,000 in funding from the Nevada Department of Education Mathematics and Science Partnership 2016-17 grant program entitled:  "Moving All Nevada Teachers through Awareness of the Nevada Academic Content Standards for Science (NVACSS) (MANTA)".  Leadership Team:…

Allison Smith (Education); Rosemary Flores (School of Public Policy and Leadership); Monica Hernández-Johnson, Norma Marrun, Jori Beck, and Christine Clark (all Teaching and Learning) received $335,224 in funding from the Nevada department of education (NDE) Great Teaching and Learning Fund (GTLF) for their “Abriendo Caminos/…

Dana Bickmore and Patti Chance (both Educational Psychology & Higher Education) of the newly formed educational policy and leadership program in the College of Education, received a Great Teacher and Leader Fund grant from the Nevada department of education. In partnership with the Clark County School District (CCSD), the grant will provide…

Refika Turgut (Teaching and Learning) and Margarita Huerta (Educational and Clinical Studies), along with Elif Adibelli Sahin of TED University in Ankara, Turkey, recently published the manuscript "Changes in Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Preparedness to Teach English Language Learners (ELLs) in Mainstream Classrooms" in the Journal of…

Steven Bickmore (Teaching and Learning) writes a weekly academic blog on young adult literature. He writes twice a month and has guest academic contributors every other week. His post on June 15, "Say His Name!" was a personal response to the horrible event in Orlando. On June 22, the literacy blog of the National Council of Teachers of English…

Katherine Dockweiler, LeAnn Putney (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Teresa Jordan (Environmental and Public Affairs) are the authors of the article “Enhancing the Policy Analysis Process: Case Studies Using the Layers of Analysis Framework," appearing in the Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research. The Layers of…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries) presented at the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2015 Symposium with Clark High School teacher and UNLV instructor Ashley Nebe (Education). Their presentation, "A Series of Fortunate Events: Library Collaborations that help LGBTQ Young Adults Transition to College Life," focused on how academic libraries can…

Tracy Johnson (College of Liberal Arts), Ed Ronca (College of Education), and John Starkey (School of Business) presented at the 2015 National Academic Advising Association National Conference. Titled, "Numbers Don't Lie: A Framework for Recognizing and Supporting Nontraditional Learners," their presentation focused …

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) presented "Strengths-based Leadership and Team Building" to the Ethnic Minorities and Women in Coaching and Leadership Conference at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in May. She followed that with a presentation on "Media Representation and Marketing of Women Athletes" at the FLAME (…