Accomplishments: Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education
Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) and Doris Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) participated in a panel discussion with colleagues Claytee White (Oral History Research Center) and Norma Marrun (Teaching and Learning) and former students Kenneth Brown II, Laurents Banuelos-Benitez, and Marbella Alfonso, all who…
Sarah Wolff, Jonathan Hilpert, Vanessa Vongkulluksn (all (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and their colleagues at UNC published a paper in Contemporary Educational Psychology titled "Self-efficacy inertia: The role of competency beliefs and academic burden in achievement." This paper uses the random-intercept cross-…
Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the book "Public Crises and Personal Threat" with Glynis Breakwell of Imperial College in London and Universities of Bath & Surrey with Sage Publications.
Gerilyn Slicker, Alain Bengochea, Melissa Stoffers (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and Sarah Wolff (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were awarded $100,000 from the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Secondary Analyses in Child Care and…
Ung-Sang Lee (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with his co-authors, have published a book chapter titled, "Co-constructing social change: Opportunities and considerations in community and policy-based research-practice partnerships," in Advancing Qualitative Inquiry Toward Methodological Inclusion (Eds Rhodesia…
Writer, poet, and tarot expert April Ursula Fox (Educational Psychology), with Las Vegas community partner Avantpop Bookstore & Publishing, were awarded a grant by the Black Mountain Institute to develop the STTAR - Storytelling with Tarot project. The project brings 13 writers together to create short stories using Tarot cards as the…
Ung-Sang Lee (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a new manuscript titled, "Embedding Racialized Selves into the Creation of Research-Practice Partnerships".
The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) has recognized LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) with its prestigious national award, honoring her exceptional work as an advocate and champion for students and educators. Montoya's dedication to equity is reflected in both her…
Sarah Wolff, Wilson Hatcher, and Dan Wright (all Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) recently published "Task-irrelevant visual distractions and mindful self-regulated learning in a low-stakes computer-based assessment" in Frontiers in Education. They examine how impactful distractions are during an assessment.
Megan Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) testified as an expert witness on K-12 educational finance for a Nevada State Public Charter School Authority (SPCSA) hearing to determine whether Eagle Charter School of Nevada's charter should be terminated due to the school's mismanagement of nearly $1 million in public…
Associate professors Federick Ngo and Stefani Relles (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were awarded a five-year, $1.2 million research grant from the Institute of Education Sciences. They will examine the impact and implementation of Nevada’s Corequisite Reform, which allows students to enroll directly in college-…
Bradley Marianno and Megan Griffard (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received a $900,000 subaward from the Nevada Department of Education to work on a $3.5 million Institute of Education Sciences (IES) project to expand the collection and reporting of K-12 school budget and finance data in Nevada.