Saira Rab, an assistant professor-in-residence with UNLV's Department of Psychology, studies technology use by diverse college student populations, international students, and pre-service teachers. She also teaches upper-level courses on topics including research methods and the psychology of learning, as well as freshman-level liberal arts courses that emphasize individual differences, self-efficacy, and self-regulation of college students.

Rab has experience in multicultural and multimethodology research and pedagogy with service learning. Her most recent line of research seeks to examine the psychological impact of social media and other technology on college students.

Prior to UNLV, Rab taught undergraduate courses at several Texas institutions on psychology and human development and family sciences. As an undergraduate psychology research assistant of the George Marsh Applied Cognition lab through the Ronald E. McNair Scholar program, Rab published articles on topics such as social media and psychiatric disorders, 3-D learning, and social presence.

In addition to teaching and research, the first-generation, minority faculty member mentors undergraduate and graduate student researchers, and serves as a faculty advisor and committee member at UNLV. Her professional goals include supporting at-risk students to achieve higher education and success throughout their academic journeys.

Rab has certificates in effective college education and university teaching from the Association of College and University Educators, and has won the University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award for Group Teaching. Her role as fundraising director for the Young Nonprofit Professional Network Southern Nevada board allows her to also serve as a liaison for UNLV students seeking job opportunities in nonprofit sectors. Additionally, Rab is a member of organizations including the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and Association for Psychological Science. 

Megan Rauch Griffard is an assistant professor with UNLV's Educational Policy and Leadership program. Her primary research areas address: (1) teacher retention, vacancies, and turnover; (2) K-12 school finance, and (3) crises, natural disaster, pandemics, and other disruptions to schooling.

Griffard began her career in education in Nevada as a high school teacher in Clark County School District. At UNLV, she teaches courses that prepare aspiring school leaders to manage human and fiscal resources in schools.

She has shared her research in more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and policy papers, 15 national conference presentations, and 13 presentations to local organizations and other stakeholders in education policy. In 2023, Griffard received the Dissertation of the Year award from the American Educational Research Association's Leadership for School Improvement group.

Natasha Mosby is a licensed clinical social worker in Nevada and the clinical program director of the Nevada Pediatric Access Program with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. She has been in the mental health field for more than 20 years, working in mental health and community agencies, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, non-for-profit agencies, and private practice.

She previously served as the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs' integrated healthcare program coordinator and a lecturer for graduate students in the School of Social Work. In this role, she was responsible for the implementation and oversight of the integrated healthcare scholarship as well as developing and enhancing clinical courses and trainings for students and community partners. Mosby also provides clinical supervision to clinical social work interns and serves as a mentor to first-generation college students.

Mosby is currently serving a second appointed term as a member of the Nevada Commission on Behavioral Health, and she provides clinical consultation and mental health trainings throughout Southern Nevada.

Federick Ngo is an associate professor in UNLV's College of Education. His work examines the impact of higher education policy and practice on college access and success, with a focus on community college students.

Ngo has studied topics including the implementation and impact of developmental/remedial education and developmental education reforms, the persistence and attainment of under-served students in the community college setting, undocumented students, and the role of math in college access. The former high school math teacher's research projects have been funded by entities such as the National Science Foundation. He was the recipient of the UNLV College of Education's Early Career Award in 2020 and the Distinguished Research Award in 2023.

His work has been featured in media outlets including U.S. News & World Report, Salon, Inside Higher Ed, and The Conversation.

Angela Silvestri-Elmore is an expert on obesity management, best practices in nursing education, and cultural competence within the health care industry. Her area of scholarship centers on preparing new graduates for their licensure exams. She has published research on health behaviors and cardiovascular disease risk in college students and young adults.

A member of the School of Nursing faculty since 2016, Silvestri-Elmore serves as director of the undergraduate nursing program and teaches courses for the pre-requisite and undergraduate nursing programs focused on topics including nutrition and human development, gerontological nursing, and nursing leadership. She is a Certified Nurse Educator who has extensive experience as a registered nurse and currently practices at the UNLV Student Recreation and Wellness Center as a board-certified family nurse practitioner.

Silvestri-Elmore is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and a three-time recipient of the Nevada Nurses Foundation's Shining Stars of Nursing in Nevada Award.