Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) and Joshua Baker (Education) received a $5,000 grant from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis for a project focused on expanding the implementation of a behavior approach within Clark County to help reduce patients’ resistances to dental treatments. Research provides sufficient evidence that a…
Professor Nachman Gutowski (Law) wrote and published a research summary entitled “The NextGen of Licensing and Accreditation Reform" in AccessLex Institute's quarterly publication, Raising the Bar.
Susanna Phillips Newbury (Art) presented the invited lecture "Forensics: The Cultural Power of Art & Real Estate" at the MAK Center for Art & Architecture in Los Angeles on June 27, 2024. Los Angeles has long invested in contemporary art and real estate development as a long-term strategy for cultural growth. More than 70 years into…
Professor Jeff Stempel (Law) traveled to Zurch, Switzerland, to work on with the Drafting Committee of the Project Group for the Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law on Volume II of the Principles.
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and colleague published an article titled, "Leading Virtual Schools: Unique Challenges, Activities, and Preparation Needs of Virtual School Principals" in the American Journal of Distance Education. This article examines how virtual school principals reported supporting…
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) was awarded the Nevada Commission on Mentoring (NCOM) FY 2024-25 Micro-grant for the project, "Expanding Research Peer Mentorship in non-STEM Academic Disciplines.” The funds, acquired by Rafael Oganesyan, OUR Program Manager and PI, will be used to support OUR’s Peer Mentor Program.
OUR’s…
Payal Sharma (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) published a paper in MIT Sloan Management Review titled, "How to Come Back Stronger From Organizational Trauma." This was written in the aftermath of the campus shooting. It can be downloaded from the university library's database.
Vaida Kazlauskaite (Couple and Family Therapy Program) and co-authors from the University of Minnesota: Lisa Kaler, Yiting Li, Tai Mendenhall, Sue Wick, and Soyoul Song published their articled entitled "I Just Feel Overwhelmed" Overall Stress, Course-Related Stress, and Stress Management Among First-Generation and International Students at a…
Presentation: Skip Crooker, Christina Drum, Qingmin Shi, Ashley Guyer, Kanikka Wofford, Joy Mariscal
John "Skip" Crooker, Christina Drum, Qingmin Shi, Ashley Guyer, Kanikka Wofford, and Joy Mariscal (all Decision Support) recently delivered three presentations at the annual Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum.
One presentation, co-presented by Drum, Wofford, and Mariscal, titled "Collaborative Efforts to Build…
With a little guidance from his mother, the new director of Student Diversity Programs is ready to cheer on and empower UNLV's diverse student population.