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…

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…

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…

Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented "A Strong Start: Early Childhood Multilingualism and Linguistic Social Justice" at the annual Fulbright Conference in Denver, Colorado. 

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), associate professor and Research Coordinator for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center, provided the keynote session for the Early Intervention/Early Childhood Conference sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy of Alabama on October 17 in Mobile, Alabama. Her session…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was elected to serve as the chair for the Nevada Part C Early Intervention Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC). The ICC supports Nevada's early intervention system for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and professionals across the state.

Monica Brown and Pricella Morris (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with Monique Matute-Chavarria (New Mexico State University), recently co-authored a chapter titled, "Combating colonized discipline practices: If leaders know better, will they do better," in the book, Cases on leadership dilemmas in special…

Monica Brown (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was funded through the USDOE as part of a subcontract with Florida International University. She will serve as principal investigator at UNLV with Elizabeth Cramer and Michelle Cumming (FIU) on Project COEDUCATE (Consortium of Engaged Diverse Urban Change Agents in Teacher…

Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) with colleagues Ching-Chen Chen and Jungnam Kim (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) received a Secondary Analysis of Head Start and Early Head Start Data grant from the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health…

Pricella Morris (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with her co-authors Monica Brown (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and Monique Matute-Chavarria (New Mexico State University), published a chapter titled, "Advocating and Empowering Black families: Dismantling White abelist family engagement…