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 (…

Howard Gordon (Teaching & Learning) was named president of the Association for Career and Technical Education Research at the recent 2014 conference in Nashville, Tenn. He will serve a two-year term of office.

Cynthia Clark (Teaching and Learning) has published a study, "Teacher Candidate Technology Integration: For Student Learning or Instruction?" in the Journal of Digital Learning and Teacher Education. The co-authors are Shaoan Zhang and Neal Strudler (both Teaching and Learning). The study applied transfer of learning theory to the examination of…

Joseph Morgan (Educational & Clinical Studies) was recognized for his dedication to the city of Las Vegas, his leadership in the Downtown Achieves Project, and his leadership as a professor at UNLV in a special ceremony at Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman's office when the mayor proclaimed Sept. 4, 2014, as "Joseph Morgan Day." Many of his…

Josh Baker and Cori More (both Educational & Clinical Studies) are heading a project and recently received a personal preparation in special education grant in the amount of more than $1.1 million from the office of special education programs. Baker and More are director and co-director, respectively, of the project, which addresses the…

Michael Nussbaum (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) has written a textbook, Categorical and Nonparametric Statistics: Choosing the Best Statistical Technique, published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis. The book is suitable as a reference text for those conducting research in the social sciences or biostatistics. It presents…