Accomplishments: Graduate College

LeAnne Salazar Montoya, Ph.D., (Educational Policy and Leadership) was interviewed for and featured in the article, "Shining with radiance: Uplifting Latinas leading in education," which traces her journey from rural New Mexico (a minority-majority state) to roles as teacher, superintendent, and now assistant professor at UNLV. It emphasizes…
Professor Rebecca Nathanson (Law; Education) hosted 30 judges and attorneys from across the globe as part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Their visit focused on learning about the Kids’ Court School, which helps reduce children’s anxiety about testifying in court.
Daniel Mager (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published his 140th article in Psychology Today. Mager has been contributing to Psychology Today since 2013. 
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Peter D. Wiens (Teaching and Learning) and Kenneth Varner (Education; Academic Programs and Initiatives), published the article "Co-Designing Teacher Leadership Course Content: The Experiences of Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators," in the Journal of…
Hoor Ul Ain, Jaelin Isquith, and Kara Christensen Pacella (all Psychology) published "Sensitivity and specificity of self-diagnosis of eating disorders in university students with and without food insecurity" in Eating Behaviors. Graduate student Hoor Ul Ain led this analysis, which found that students with food insecurity were similar to students…
John Ojeogwu (Teaching and Learning) published as lead author for "Preparing Pre-Service Teachers in Engineering Design Integrated Science Teaching: A Systematic Review" in Journal of Science Education and Technology.
Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola  (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), Jyoti G. Senthil (University of Bath), and Kara M. Viesca (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) published "Teachers' Shifting Ideologies about Emergent Bilinguals Based on a Professional Learning Experience" in the Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology.
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published "Contextually and Culturally Relevant Affective Pedagogical Goals: A Response to Herrick, Lawson, and Matewos" in Science Education.
Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) along with her co-author at the University of Delaware published an article, "Subsidy Density in Early Education Centers: Comparing Center and Community Associations Across Two Nationwide Samples," in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Using two national datasets from 2012 and…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-authored an article titled, "The Importance of Relationships in Effectively Leading Schools: Using Corpus Linguistic Analysis to Identify the Essential Work of Educational Leadership from the Perspective of Recently Retired School Administrators," in the journal…
Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Stefan Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), and Petros Pashiardis (Open University of Cyprus) co-authored a chapter titled Leading in the Time of Instantaneity and Unpredictability: The Urgent Call to Develop and Empower School Leaders to Be…
Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), with an international team, published a short version of our child-birth related PTSD scale in BMJ: Global Health. Our original scale (Ayers, Wright & Thornton, 2018) has been translated into over 30 languages and is used as a screening device in several countries.…