The Division of Research invites you to attend the webinar What I Wish I Knew: A Faculty Panel on Researchon Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 11:00am
Join us for this interactive session that highlights the voices and experiences of UNLV faculty as they share candid insights, challenges, and key takeaways from their research journeys. Discover practical strategies for building strong proposals, securing funding, and balancing research with teaching, service, and mentorship.
About the Panel
Hear directly from fellow UNLV researchers as they reflect on:
Lessons learned from their early research experiences
What to know before submitting your first proposal
Effective approaches to securing grant funding
Balancing research with other academic responsibilities
Campus resources and collaborations that make a difference
Career milestones and personal reflections
Bring your questions and join an open, thoughtful conversation designed to support both new and experienced researchers.
Register today to be part of this insightful discussion!
Meet the Panelists
Learn more about our featured faculty panelists—their research areas, interests, and accomplishments—and gain firsthand perspectives on what drives their success.
Dr. Hilpert is the Associate Dean of Research and Sponsored Projects and an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Analytics at UNLV, where he also directs the Office of Learning Analytics in the College of Education. His research focuses on student motivation, engagement, and interactive learning, using data analytics and complex systems approaches to understand how educational environments evolve over time. Funded by the National Science Foundation and other sources, his work has been published in leading journals such as Educational Psychologist and Motivation and Emotion. A national leader in his field, he has held key roles within APA, AERA, and SCIPIE.
Dr. Kim is a computer scientist specializing in network security, data privacy, blockchain, and AI/ML application to cybersecurity. His research also spans secure network design, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) communications, satellite communication, and cyber-physical system (CPS) security. At UNLV, he led the creation of a cybersecurity major and the Center of Academic Excellence in Cybers Defense designated by the National Security Agency. Kim has published over 150 papers and holds six patents. His work on distributed denial-of-service prevention established the field of Rate-Based Intrusion Prevention Systems and been widely used in the industry. Supported by organizations such as NSF, NSA, Department of Energy, Microsoft Research, Google, and NASA, Kim combines academic innovation with extensive industry experience.
Dr. Tusan is a Professor of History at UNLV and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. An internationally recognized scholar of human rights, war, genocide, and gender, she has authored four acclaimed monographs: The Last Treaty: Lausanne and the End of the First World War in the Middle East; The British Empire and the Armenian Genocide; Women Making News and Smyrna’s Ashes, and co-authored the textbook Britain Since 1688. Her award-winning, archive-based research has been published in leading journals such as The American Historical Review and Past and Present. She serves as Immediate Past President of the North American Conference on British Studies and Associate Editor of the Journal of British Studies.
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health
Dr. Buccini is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health at UNLV, whose research focuses on maternal and child health and nutrition, including breastfeeding and infant feeding, food insecurity, and early childhood development inequities. An implementation scientist with training in epidemiology, speech pathology, and as an international board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC), her local and global health research is supported by NIH and HRSA grants, aiming to understand how culture and policy shape breastfeeding and early childhood and the scale-up of maternal and child nutrition programs. She has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals, including The Lancet Americas, BMC Public Health, Maternal and Child Nutrition, and the International Breastfeeding Journal.
