April Ursula Fox (Education) proposed and moderated the interdisciplinary faculty panel EDUPUNK: Reimagining Knowledge Production Through Punk-Inspired Praxis at PunkCon 2026. The panel brought together five UNLV scholars to explore how punk’s traditions of creativity, collaboration, experimentation and DIY practice can inform research, teaching, publishing and other forms of academic work.

Fox framed the discussion around punk-inspired praxis as a form of scholarly experimentation, with panelists considering ways to challenge traditional academic practices and create more participatory, accessible and community-connected approaches to knowledge production.

The panel featured:

April Ursula Fox, an educational psychologist in the College of Education whose research examines learning, creativity and learner agency.

Stefani Relles, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education, whose scholarship focuses on urban education and incorporates creative arts and interdisciplinary methodologies.

Dustin J. Hines, associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts, whose research focuses on neuroscience, psychedelics, inflammation and brain plasticity, along with mental health policy in Nevada.

Nick Barron, assistant professor-in-residence in the Department of Anthropology, whose work spans historical anthropology, colonial and imperial studies, Indigenous politics and the history of anthropology in North America.

Susana Sepulveda, assistant professor-in-residence in the Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies and a co-founder of PunkCon, whose scholarship focuses on Chicana and Latina punk cultural production and identity.

The panel highlighted the potential of interdisciplinary and creative approaches to expand how scholars conduct, share and engage with academic work.