Heather Dahl (Counselor Education) received the 2022 Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision’s Research Award. This award honors significant research in counseling, counselor education, and/or counselor supervision.

Tonya Walls (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) is celebrating her new publication, "EquityMatterz: Leveraging Critical Professional Development and Critical Mentorship to Retain and Sustain Teachers of Color," in the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and…

Jungnam Kim (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published the manuscript “The Role of School Connectedness in Mitigating the Impact of Victimization on Life Satisfaction” in the Professional School Counseling Journal. She worked alongside colleagues to examine whether school connectedness serve as a mediator in the…

Jared Lau (CSH) and colleagues Atsuko Seto (College of New Jersey) and Kent Becker (Saybrook University) recently published their article, Navigating Multiracial Identities for Women in a Predominantly Monoracial Society: A Qualitative Inquiry in the International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling. In their article, Seto, Lau,…

Jungnam Kim (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published the manuscript “Hidden behind the model minority stereotype: Exploring disparities and the role of parent empowerment in Asian students’ college enrollment” in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. She worked alongside school counselor educators (…

Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) served as lead author of the article "Measurement and Functional Invariance of Psychological Individuation Constructs Across Cultures: Initial Evidence From Taiwan and the United States" published in the journal, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and…

Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and her colleagues were awarded the 2022 Anti-Racism Action Grant from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association (APA). Her project utilizes participant action research to increase anti-racism and decolonial efforts in the teaching and practice of…

Samuel Song (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) was an invited speaker at the The Restorative and Trauma-Informed Summer Summit hosted by Clark County School District's (CCSD) equity and diversity education department earlier this month. The goal of the summit was to provide high-quality professional development to…

Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology and Human Services) and collaborators published a new article, "Decolonizing School Psychology Research: A Systematic Literature Review in the Journal of Social Issues. 

Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) wrote a book chapter, "Let the Students Speak: African American Males with Disabilities' Perspectives of Behavior Intervention Acceptability in Schools and the Implications for Cultural Validity," which has been published in the book, Discipline Disparities Among…

Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published a paper, "The Impact of Student-Teacher Relationships on Black Middle School Boys," in the Journal of School Mental Health with collaborators Stephanie D'Costa of St. Mary's College and Malaika Baxa of the University of Wisconsin.

Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) in partnership with community collaborators Jordan Moore , Lee Quick, Sheena Judie-Mitchell, and Tara Manor presented at Las Vegas City Hall to staffers in a presentation for Black History Month, "Views from the 5th: Implicit Bias and Why it Matters".