Accomplishments: College of Education
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) opened the National Gamma Beta Phi Conference, which was held virtually, with a general session, “True Colors: How Do You Learn and Lead." Montoya is a nationally certified “True Colors” facilitator and has presented nationally for a number of years. She concluded…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) with colleagues from Brigham Young University, Drs. Spencer C. Weiler and David Boren, and BYU graduate students, Jason Averett and Nate Crandall, presented at the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology earlier this month. The presentation, "Reflections from the…
Norma A. Marrun (Teaching and Learning) and Marcela Rodríguez-Campo (Nevada State College) have coauthored the article.
Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) is the lead author of a new report, DisruptHERS: Driving A New Model for Women's Sport, that was released by the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota to celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the manuscript "Social Justice Leadership: Coming to Know Another Possibility Through Autoethnography" in the open journal Cogent Education. In this study, autoethnography was used as a process and product to explore one leader’s journey opening and leading a new…
Jamil Johnson (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented his paper, "Critical Counternarratives of African American Males in First-Year Seminars," at the 41st Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, which took place last month in Florida. His findings highlight the experiences of African American males who…
Jamil D. Johnson (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been appointed to the board of the Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition for a three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2024. This semiannual refereed journal publishes current research on issues pertaining to the first and second year…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was recognized as Editor of the Month (for February) by Informing Science Institute for her work as an editor the International Journal on Doctoral Studies.
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published a paper, "The Impact of Student-Teacher Relationships on Black Middle School Boys," in the Journal of School Mental Health with collaborators Stephanie D'Costa of St. Mary's College and Malaika Baxa of the University of Wisconsin.
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) in partnership with community collaborators Jordan Moore , Lee Quick, Sheena Judie-Mitchell, and Tara Manor presented at Las Vegas City Hall to staffers in a presentation for Black History Month, "Views from the 5th: Implicit Bias and Why it Matters".
Shaoan Zhang, Danny Unger, Jinkun Shen, Melissa Seltenreich, and David Monroe (all Teaching and Learning) presented their research at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators in Chicago. They presented on the impacts of informal learning opportunities on pre-service teachers’ learning to teach. They presented their Nevada…
Sadia Shaukat (Teaching and Learning) as a Fulbright Scholar from College of Education presented her paper on “Teachers’ Technostress, Work Family Conflict and Life Satisfaction while Working from Home during COVID-19” at the Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference in Chicago earlier this month. She presented the findings of her…