Accomplishments: College of Education

Katherine Feather (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) received the Publication Award from the Western Association of Counselor Education and Supervision. This award was given at the 2023 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference to recognize a significant published work related to…
Katherine Feather and Healther Dahl (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) co-authored an article, “‘I Don’t Think There’s a Cookie-Cutter Way of Working With People With Autism’: Mothers of Children With Autism and Their Experiences With Counseling Services,“ in the Journal of Mental Health Counseling …
Katherine Feather (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and colleagues co-authored an article, "Parents’ and service providers’ perspectives of services for autism in the rural region of Northern Arizona,” in the Journal of Rural Mental Health. 
Jared Lau (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) received the Locke-Paisley Outstanding Mentor Award at the 2023 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision national conference in Denver, Colorado on Oct. 14. The Locke-Paisley award honors an individual who has been a significant mentor to graduate counseling…
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.
Juanita K. Hinojosa (Service Learning and Leadership, doctoral student in Higher Education) recently co-published an article, "(In)visibility to Advocacy: The Insider–Outsider Experiences of AfroLatinX Higher Education Professionals," in the Journal of Higher Education. This article explores the educational and professional experiences of…
Danica G. Hays (Education) has been recognized nationally as the fourth-ranked individual scholar in counselor education for her publication record across 22 counseling discipline journals within the last decade. Additional information may be found in the Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development journal article, "An Omnibus…
Chelsie Hawkinson and Nathan Slife (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were selected as the Geoffrey J. Comber Touchstones Teachers of the Year. Hawkinson and Slife revised COE 103, COE 202, and COE 303 curriculum to include various texts published by the Touchstones Discussion Project, a non-profit…
Juanita K. Hinojosa (Service Learning and Leadership, doctoral student in Higher Education) and Federick Ngo (Higher Education) participated in a recently published report by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) titled “An ASHE Institute with Southern Nevada Higher Education Leaders: Postsecondary Student Access…
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…
Bradley Marianno and Stefani Relles (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Who is the Principal Here? Understanding the Social Conditions of Collective Bargaining Agency and Implementation in Schools" in the journal Leadership and Policy in Schools. 
Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and co-author Annie Hemphill published "Pandemic Memoranda: How School District and Teachers’ Union Administrators Modified Collective Bargaining Agreements During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the Journal of Educational Administration.