The NIH National Institute of Aging has awarded Jinyoung Kim an R21 grant ($226,500) for her study titled, "Sleep Depth and Circadian Genes as Potential Markers to Reflect Symptom Variation and Early Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in Shift Workers." The aim of her study is to investigate the potential of objective sleep quality…
Holmes Scholars Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) and Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were presenters at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) annual 2024 conference. Through an NSF Grant project headed by PI’s Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning) and Erica Marti (Civil and…
Associate professor Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Policy and Leadership), along with co-authors Tiberio Garza (Florida International University) and Elizabeth Leon-Zaragoza (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay), published their manuscript, "Pathways to School Improvement: Uncovering Network Patterns of School Principals," in the Journal…
Todd Jennings and Shane Kraus (both Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Compulsive Sexual Behavior in LGBTQ Individuals and Minority Stress Theory: A Literature Review and Theoretical Integration," in Current Addiction Reports.  Kraus and members of the International Sex Survey published a paper, "Global cross-…
Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) published a "Guide to the Larry Fotine Music Collection." This publication serves as an index to the large archive, made available through the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center, of the composer and jazz band leader Larry Fotine (1911–1990). Born Lawrence Constantine Fotinakis in Camden, New Jersey, this son of a…
Barbara Lewis (Public Health) spoke at the UNLV Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on "Do you have a voice in healthcare? Three critical ways to influence your healthcare and improve your medical center."  
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a book titled, Latina Radiance: Love Letters to the Soul. This book is an odyssey of self-discovery, resilience, and empowerment. Through heartfelt narratives and insightful reflections, Latina Radiance peels back the layers of what it means to…
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt and graduate student Anthony King (both Psychology) published a book chapter titled, "Culturally Competent Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders for Asian American Communities," in Substance Use Disorders in Underserved Ethnic and Racial Groups.  
Professor Francine Lipman (Law) recently wrote an opinion piece for the Las Vegas Review Journal titled, "IRS gets into the tax prep business."

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