Accomplishments: School of Public Policy and Leadership
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a paper titled, "Making Nevada Schools Safer: The State of Empirical Evidence." The policy paper reviews the measures taken to improve school safety. He reports that the evidence shows that overall safety in the nation’s elementary and secondary schools has…
A new study led by professor Ben Leffel (Public Policy and Leadership) has been selected for the inaugural Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize as a finalist, which "recognizes research with the greatest potential to spur immediate change in the face of environmental crises". The study, by Leffel and University of Michigan coauthors…
Ph.D. student Aaron Colleta (Public Policy and Leadership) has been honored as a Founders' Fellow by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) this year.
The Founders' Fellows program is designed to support and advance the next generation of public service leaders, providing significant professional development opportunities. Aaron…
Ben Leffel (Public Policy and Leadership) has published a new piece in npj Climate Action (with coauthors Don Grant and Evan Johnson) on what matters for decarbonizing power plants: They show that for the world's power plants, what matters for carbon emissions reductions (2009-2018) is not national-level climate policy, but city-level climate…
Ben Leffel (Public Policy and Leadership) is lead author in a new study published in Cities , titled "Not so polycentric: The stratified structure & national drivers of transnational municipal networks" that has mapped the known universe of cities in these global governance networks. This analysis of over 10,000 cities and their…
Ph.D. candidate Sheetal Survase (Public Affairs) and Elizabeth Johnson (Liberal Arts, Academic Advising Center) published a research article titled, "Serving on the Front Lines of Higher Education: Exploring Advisors' Coping During COVID-19," in the NACADA Journal. This study examines the relationship between advisor work conditions and the…
The UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs hosted an award and scholarship ceremony on April 26, 2023. The following individuals received Faculty in Excellence Awards.
Excellence in Teaching Award - Lawrence Mullen, School of Public Policy and Leadership
Excellence in Research Award - Nicholas Barr, School of Social Work …
Jesse Barnes, M.S. (Public Affairs) presented the first study from his dissertation work at the 80th annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) hybrid conference in Chicago titled, "Contested Federalism and Local Drinking Water Administration: The Effect of a Federal Rollback in Clean Water Act Enforcement.” Barnes is a Ph.D. candidate…
Han-fen Hu (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology); Anjala Krishen (Marketing); and Jesse Barnes (Public Affairs) recently had their paper, "Through narratives we learn: Exploring knowledge-building as a marketing strategy for prosocial water reuse," accepted by the Journal of Business Research. This interdisciplinary study examines the…
Each year during the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, OUR recognizes and honors UNLV undergraduate researchers who demonstrate and exemplify excellence in research. OUR awards one undergraduate researcher in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHS) and one undergraduate researcher in Health and…
A paper by An-Pyng Sun (Social Work), Hilarie Cash (reSTART Life), Lawrence Mullen (Public Policy and Leadership), and Cosette Rae (reSTART Life), "Factors Related to the Occurrence of and Recovery from Gaming Disorder: A Qualitative Study," was recently accepted to Technology, Mind, and Behavior (an American Psychological Association journal) for…
Jayce Farmer (Public Policy and Leadership) published a research essay, “Water Utility Districts as Facilitators of Regional Climate Change Partnerships,” on the peer-reviewed Urban Affairs Forum. This essay centers water utility districts as a key factor for the development of regional climate change partnerships between local governments. Here,…