Accomplishments: College of Education
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a book titled, Latina Radiance: Love Letters to the Soul. This book is an odyssey of self-discovery, resilience, and empowerment. Through heartfelt narratives and insightful reflections, Latina Radiance peels back the layers of what it means to…
A million dollars is a lot of money, and Adjoa Mensah and Mayra Marquez-Mendez (both Education) are determined to make the most out of every penny.
The two experienced teachers-turned doctoral students stepped up, helping assistant professor Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning) and associate professor Erica…
Kenyon Lee Whitman and Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), both faculty members in the Graduate Program in Higher Education, received a grant from the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation (OWINN) to analyze two higher education policies using the Nevada P-20 to Workforce Research (NPWR) data system.…
Vanessa Vongkulluksn (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been appointed as 1 of 5 editorial fellows for the Journal of Educational Psychology, the flagship journal of Division 15 Educational Psychology at the American Psychological Association (APA). In service of APA’s recent resolutions to address systemic…
Vuk Celic and Dan Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) recently published "How is the memory conformity effect influenced by the relative power of the individuals involved?" in Applied Cognitive Psychology. They are interested in when people are learning information from others how the power roles each person…
Jungnam Kim (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published the manuscript, “Leading and supporting school counselors through evaluation systems: A national study,” in the Psychology in the Schools. She worked alongside colleagues in the educational leadership program at Ball State University to analyze the content and tools…
Ung-Sang Lee and Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) are beginning work on a grant awarded by the National Science Foundation titled, Weaving Together Supports for the Academic Success and Racial Identity Development of Low Income and First-Generation AA&NHPI Students. This project is a research-…
Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) recently published an article in the latest edition of Division for Early Childhood's Recommended Practices Monograph Series--Leadership: Leading From Where You Are. "Every Family is a Leader: How Professional-Family Partnership Empowers Family Leaders,"…
Catharine Lory (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) is the recipient of the 2024 Early Career Research Award presented by the Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD), which is part of the Council for Exceptional Children — the largest international professional organization dedicated to supporting the…
Manoj Sharma, Christopher Johansen, Sidath Kapukotuwa (all Social and Behavioral Health), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Bertille Assoumou (Surgery) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article titled, “Explaining the Correlates of Eating Outside-of-Home Behavior in a Nationally…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) with co-authors Isaac Calvert, Spencer C. Weiler, Sterling Hilton (all BYU), Jason Kopanke (UNC), and Luke M. Cornelius (UNF) published "The Voice of Experience: A Multi-State Empirical Examination of Arming School District…
Katherine A. Feather, Heather Dahl-Jacinto (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and Jessica A. Headley (Wellness Grove) published, "Counselors' Perceptions of Competencies in the Treatment of Children with Autism," in The Family Journal.