Accomplishments: College of Education
Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received the Outstanding Reviewer Award for the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA). The award was presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. EEPA publishes rigorous, policy-relevant research of interest…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and Kimberly Hile of the University of Alabama in Huntsville published an article with practical considerations for supporting families of infants and toddler with disabilities across medical services, early intervention, and childcare, specifically with insight into lessons…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) with Linda Vogel from the University of Northern Colorado presented at the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference. Their presentation, Leading Virtual Schools: Unique Challenges and Preparation Needs of Virtual School Principals, outlined…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and colleagues from other institutions have been selected, via a peer-reviewed process, to present a session, Critical Pedagogies and Pedagogies in Times of Crisis: Dialogues Across Latinx Studies and Sites of Engagement, at the annual meeting of the American Studies…
Danica G. Hays (Education) co-authored the fourth edition of the Responsible Test Users of Standardized Tests (RUST) guidelines for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. The guidelines were recently published in the Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development journal.
Sean W. Mulvenon (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) recently was announced as a co-chair for Division D: Measurement and Research Methodology for the 2023 Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He will serve as a co-chair for Section 2, Quantitative Methods and Statistical Theory. AERA is…
Maria B. Roberts (Education) received a second Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching grant from the Nevada Department of Education to fund tuition and expenses for student teachers in their last semester of student teaching. Students may be eligible for funds between $8,400 to $10,400 each for the semester. The funding received for the spring…
Olivia Cheche (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute), Peter Grema (Economics, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute), Blanca Peña (Criminal Justice), and Nicole Thomas (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-wrote a recent Op-Ed titled, "Students, Taxpayers Once Again Robbed by Higher…
Federick Ngo, Michelle Coyner, and Nancy Lough (all Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published their study "The Financial Behaviors of Chasing Athletic Prestige: Evidence from the NCAA Cost of Attendance Policy" in the The Review of Higher Education, the official journal of the Association for the Study of Higher…
Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza (Educational Psychology, Leadership, & Higher Education) and Renee’ T. Watson (Student Affairs) published an article, “In the Hands of Students: The Charge of a Minority-Serving Institution Student Council at a Dual-Designated Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution and Hispanic-…
Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning), Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), and Adjoa Mensah recently published an article in the Journal for Multicultural Education titled, "It Is Not Equitable If It Is Not Culturally Sustaining: Teaching and Learning in 1:1 Laptop Schools." This study reveals that while…
Jacob D. Skousen and Raymond Gonzalez (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented a workshop during the 2022 CARE Conference. The workshop, Action Research in Education, was designed to assist teachers and school-based personnel (e.g., support staff and administrators) in conducting action research. Gonzales is a…