Accomplishments: College of Education
Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning) and doctoral students/Holmes Scholars Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education), Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) and Monique Soma (Post-secondary Career and Technical Education) presented their research titled “Fostering STEM career pathways by creating a…
Holmes Scholar Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented her work titled, “Critical Reflection, Generative Thinking, and Funds of Knowledge: A Culturally Responsive Mentorship Model,” at the 2023 Annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference in Chicago. Her work conceptualizes a…
Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Kristine Jan C. Espinoza (Education) published an article titled, "Now We Come Here, We Feel It: Experiences of Anti-Asian Racism Among Community College Students in ESOL Programs," in the Community College Journal of Research & Practice. The study examines…
Norma A. Marrun, Christine Clark, Kendra Beach, Maryssa Morgan, Claudia Chiang-López, Cecélia González, and Omi McCadney (all Education) published a new article in Race Ethnicity and Education: Indifferent, (Un)critical, and anti-intellectual: framing how teachers grapple with bans on teaching truth about race and racism, and critical race theory…
On Monday, April 17 2023 at the Nevada legislature, assistant professor LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Policy and Leadership) was invited to present and testify before the education senate committee.
A.B. 43
Revises provisions relating to school emergency operations plans. (BDR 34-238)
Improving Access to Dual Language Education and…
April Ursula Fox (Educational Psychology) presented her work titled, "Self-Coherence: An Integrative Behavioral Mechanism Aimed at the Pursuit of Well-Being — A Qualitative Phenomenology Study," at the AERA 2023 conference in Chicago. Her presentation received funding from the UNLV GPSA.
Ariana L. Garcia (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in Chicago, IL, on April 15, 2023. She presented work from her dissertation titled “The Latina/o/x Graduate Student Experience: Advancing Our Collective Understanding.” AERA is the largest…
Jared Lau (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and colleagues from New Mexico State, Kansas State, and Portland State universities published Use of the MSJCC: A content analysis of ACA journals in the journal Counselor Education and Supervision, the flagship journal of the Association for Counselor Education…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Peter Wiens (Teaching and Learning) presented their research titled, “Developing Teacher Leadership Course Content: The Experiences of Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators,“ at the 2023 Annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference.…
Chia-Liang (Leo) Dai (Teaching and Learning) along with Annalise Lullo, Devonte Woodson, Jessica Alanano, and Stephanie Graville recently completed the presentation titled, "Solution for underprivileged children access to sports and beyond," at the 2023 Society of Health and Physical Educators Annual Conference.
Jungnam Kim (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published the manuscript “How the culture in school counseling programs shapes college-going outcomes: Do the effects vary by race?” in the Professional School Counseling Journal. She worked alongside colleagues to examine how the culture in school counseling programs or…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was accepted to AERA for four presentations and a session moderation this year and was also asked to feature her work in the Special Interest Group Journal for Educational Change.