The College of Education is pleased to share that several faculty/staff-alumni were recognized for contributions to their field and program, and named as 2025 Alum of the Year. Recipients included: Maria Aladjova '19 M.S. Counselor Education Jennifer Guyer '05 Ed.S. School Psychology Kim Nehls '07 Ph.D. Higher Education Ignacio Prado '12 M.…

Ph.D. student Adrian Wolff (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was awarded more than $11,000 in grants from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) for his research project, “Physiological demands of crouched and upright gait for tactical locomotion”. This grant program funds graduate research in strength and conditioning that…

Assistant Professor Megan Griffard, Ph.D., and doctoral student Danette Barber (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the article, “This Is Not Online Education. It’s Disaster Education”: A Qualitative Study of Remote and Hybrid School Climates During COVID-19" in AERA Open, the open-access journal for…

Marla Goins (Teaching and Learning), a researcher who studies intersectional educational experiences and practices, recently published an article co-authored with Maria Aline Soares, a teacher-activist based in Brazil. The article is titled, "'A Window Can Also Be a Mirror': Cultivating Two-Way Mirrors for Solidarity." It is published in Bookbird…

Ph.D. candidate Ebenezer Belete (Learning Sciences) was selected as one of three featured speakers for the Inspiration, Innovation, Impact (I³) session during the 27th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV. His presentation highlighted the development of a GPT-powered conversational assistant designed to…

Bridget K. Daleiden (Educational Psychology) presented her research titled, "The Impact of Digital Distraction and Attentional Self-Efficacy on Self-Regulated Studying: A Qualitative Exploration," at the 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Denver, CO. Daleiden's research aims to better understand students’…

April Ursula Fox and Nicole Thomas (both Educational Psychology) presented the session titled, "Making Science Education Memorable with Zines at the Natural History Museum: A Mixed Methods Study," at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2025. The session offered a deep dive into their research on the use of Zines as educational…

Students from the special education doctoral program presented at the Nevada Association for the Education of Young Children (NevAEYC) conference on April 25-26. Turia Penkalski (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a session titled, "Supporting the Inclusion of Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities with Pyramid…

Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented three sessions at the recent Nevada Association for the Education of Young Children (NevAEYC) and Division for Early Childhood (NVDEC) annual conference. Her sessions centered around supporting young children with disabilities and their families…

Asma Awan, Timothy Grigsby, and  Christopher Johansen, (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health and Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) presented a poster titled, "Explaining the Correlates of the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change in Visual…

Cameron Coleman (Teaching and Learning) was asked to serve as a Founding Board Member for Citizens of the World Charter Schools - Las Vegas.

Madeleine Purcell Corbett (School Psychology) published "Five Lessons From My First Year of Training" in the most recent issue of National Association of School Psychology (NASP) Communique.