The UNLV Intercollegiate & Professional Sport Management (IPSM) program was selected as one out of 12 programs in the nation to compete in the 2024 National Sports Forum Case Cup Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 23-28. IPSM master's students Cheyne Sauceda (team captain), Meadow Eisenstein, Akash Prinja, and Roland…

Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been appointed by the Nevada Department of Education to serve on the advisory council to revise and modernize the Nevada State Literacy Plan (NSLP). The NSLP provides guidance and support to districts and charter schools by incorporating contemporary literacy best practices…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has authored the CEDER Yearbook, a peer-reviewed book of educational research published by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's College of Education and Human Development. It is indexed in Books in Print, EBSCO's Education Research Complete, and EBSCO's…

Postdoctoral scholar of Learning Analytics Sarah M. Wolff (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and fellow members of the research advisory board of the Pablove Foundation (a U.S. pediatric cancer nonprofit organization) recently published "A case study of charitable investment impact assessment" in The Journal of Philanthropy…

With colleagues from the UK (Imperial College, Bath University, Brighton University), Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Psychological influences on COVID-19 preventive behaviours and vaccination engagement in the United Kingdom and the United States: the significance of ethnicity" in Journal of the…

Monica R. Brown (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article titled "Educators’ Accounts of White Racial Advantage in K-12 settings: Implications for Black Students" in the Multicultural Education Review journal.

Jenna Weglarz-Ward, associate professor, and Turia Penkalski, doctoral student, (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented their recent research findings related to professional requirements and recommendations for IDEA Part C special instructors and service coordinators along with colleagues Maryssa Mitsch (UNLV Alumni…

Melissa Yarczower and Jenna Weglarz-Ward (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a poster at the recent 39th Division for Early Childhood's Annual International Conference on Young Children with Disabilities and their Families. Their poster titled, "How Professionals Are Prepared in Social, Emotional, and Behavior…

Xue (Cher) Xing (Teaching and Learning) won the Nevada ACTE Postsecondary Professional of the Year Award. Award winners may advance to the Region V (western states) competition, and if they win there, may advance to the national Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) competition in 2024.The ACTE Excellence Awards recognize…

Ph.D. candidate Kristine Jan C. Espinoza (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) is one of four authors who contributed to a commentary forum titled, "We Won’t Go Back: Asian Americans and Racial Justice After Affirmative Action," which was published in Amerasia Journal, an interdisciplinary journal in Asian American…

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) started a podcast called Critical Math Drop with her colleague Michelle Cody where they discuss social justice mathematics. Each episode shares social justice mathematics resources for educators, available on the podcast website. The Critical Math Drop podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Annual Conference alongside her colleagues from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Kimberly Hile and Loretta Hayslip. Their session, "Supporting Young Children with Disabilities in…