Kristin Vierra, Aldo Barrita, Gloria Wong-Padoongatt and Rachael Robnett (all Psychology) published a paper, "Critical action to redress systemic oppression: a person-centered approach," in the Frontiers in Psychology Journal. Their study explores what drives people to engage in more versus less impactful forms of action to resist…

Congratulations to Holmes Scholars Mayra Marquez-Mendez and Adjoa Mensah (both Education PhD candidates) on helping to develop, plan, and support the inaugural Science Summer Institute for Elementary and Middle school teachers in CCSD. With more than 100 participants accepted to the institute, this NSF-funded professional learning…

John Curry (History) acted as a reader for the AP World History: Modern Examination as part of his work on the Exam Development Committee during the first two weeks of June. The exam is administered to over 360,000 high school students in the ninth and tenth grades across the United States and abroad. The exam required thousands of graders and two…

John Curry (History) participated in a joint roundtable and panel presentation on "Diversifying and Decolonizing the World History Survey: Case Studies from the K-16 Classroom" on June 23 and 24 at the World History Association conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His Saturday presentation following the roundtable was titled, "The Missing…

Nachman Gutowski (Law), director of the Academic Success Program, was recently included in Raising the Bar: Vol. 6 - Issue 3. His recent publications (STOP THE COUNT; The Historically Discriminatory Nature of the Bar Exam Requires Adjustments in How Bar Passage Rates are Reported, If at All, 21 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 589 (2023). & How…

Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and research coordinator for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center was selected as part the 2023-24 Fred Roger Educators' Neighborhood cohort. This program provides the opportunity to collaborate with educators and scholars from around the…

Sofia Takhtadjian and Issac Hernandez-Alcaraz (both from The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West) were selected to represent Nevada as part of the 2023 Western Governors' Leadership Institute, where they attended the Western Governors' Association's 2023 Annual Meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The two participated in the institute’s…

Aldo Barrita and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology) published a paper, "Ethnic Identity and Resilience: A moderated mediation analysis of protective factors for Self-blame and racial microaggressions," in the Frontiers in Psychology Journal. Their results assess how different levels of resilience and racial identity can…

Simon Gottschalk, Daniel Okamura, Jaimee Nix, and Celene Fuller (all Sociology) just published their chapter, "Violent Revenge, Derealization, and Deadly Violence: White Supremacist Websites and Mass Shootings," in the book, All American Massacre: The Tragic Role of American Culture and Society in Mass Shootings. The book is edited by Eric…