Accomplishments: Department of Psychology
Michelle Paul, assistant vice president of Mental & Behavioral Health Training and Workday Endowed executive director of UNLV PRACTICE; John Tuman, executive associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts; and Christopher Kearney, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Psychology received a series of grants from the Nevada…
Teresa (Tess) Walker, Lilla Brody, and Brenna Renn (all Psychology) published their manuscript, "Depressive symptomology across adult age groups: Differences in PHQ-9 symptom endorsement in a US sample," in Aging and Mental Health. This analysis of 8325 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sought to…
All nine students in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program who applied nationwide for predoctoral clinical internships to complete their training obtained a position in the national match conducted by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers. They will be going to eight states (NV, CA, CO, TX, AL, FL, MI, NH). Their final…
Shane Kraus (Psychology), Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute), and Andrea Dassopoulos (International Gaming Institute) have been awarded $312,239 from the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission's Responsible Gaming Grant program for their project "The Causal Impact of Sports Betting Promotional Offers." The research will provide…
Brenna Renn and Katie Singsank (Psychology), Ishrat Zaman (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Kimberly Cobos and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published an article titled, "Differential item functioning of the Geriatric Depression Scale-short form in the NACC dataset," in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer's…
J. Abigail Saavedra (Psychology) and colleagues published their article, "Radical Accountability: A Strategy for Addressing Challenges and Inequities in Research Mentoring Relationships" in Feminisim and Psychology. Their paper paper argues that while research mentoring in psychology can either reduce or reinforce systemic inequities,…
Bailey Way, Todd Jennings, Kris Gunawan, and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) recently published a paper (Early exposure and emerging risk: A latent profile analysis of pornography use trajectories and their psychological correlates) in Computers in Human Behavior.
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper (A Network Analysis of…
Lauren Reyes and Nicole Short (both Psychology) have published the article "Anxiety Sensitivity and Coping-Oriented Cannabis Use: The Moderating Effect of Positive Cannabis Expectancies" in Substance Use & Misuse. Reyes is a second-year clinical psychology doctoral student. Short is an assistant professor in the department.
The study…
Nicole Short and doctoral students Lauren Reyes and Mattea Pezza (all Psychology) have published a manuscript in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, which is the American Psychological Associations' flagship journal for basic science in psychopathology. The manuscript, "The role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "Childhood and Adolescent/Adult Sexual Abuse in Relation to Sexual Function and Distress: Findings from a Cross-Cultural Study of 42 Countries," in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "Sexual Assertiveness and Sexual…
Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) presented her research, "Mental Health Benefits of Maitri Sambodh Dhyaan (MSD) Meditation for Dementia Caregivers" at Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Interest Group Symposium at the Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, on Nov. 14, 2025.
The presentation was co-authored by Tirth Bhatta (…
Richard Chang (Psychology) presented a paper presentation, "Between Two Palms: Podcasting to empower emerging scholars," at the 2025 Biennial Diversity Challenge Graduate Student Conference, hosted by Boston College's Institute for the Study of Race and Culture on Nov. 15.