Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published research examining whether asking people for more information following responses to the General Health Questionnaire could affected subsequent responses. It can. Respondents gave fewer psychologically concerning responses when presented with selective and predictable…

Over the summer, Janel Doll and Anne Jacklin (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) collaborated with the Touchstones Discussion Project team on two new textbook projects: an updated edition of Mapping the Future: Charting Individual Growth and Collaborative Leadership in Inclusive Seminars, and a new digital 2026 online…

Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), as the senior methodologist, published a paper on world-wide prevalence of birth-related PTSD in mothers from 31 countries in the British Journal of Psychiatry with colleagues from these countries. This is part of ongoing research on multi-national mother and children mental…

Shengjie Zhai (PI), Emma E Regentova (co-PI), Ming Zhu (co-PI) (all Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Vanessa Vongkulluksn (co-PI) (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) from the have received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NF) award of $899,898 for developing "Pocket TA: A Multimodal AI Platform for…

April Ursula Fox (Educational Psychology) presented "Zines in the Classroom: A Practical Guide to Zines as Summative and Formative Assessment" at PunkCon 2026: “Teaching for the Masses: Punk Pedagogies for Scholastic Saboteurs,” held May 7–8 at UNLV. Fox’s presentation explored how zines—independently produced, creative publications with deep…

Bradley Marianno and Megan Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education and the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment) received a $1 million dollar federal grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (Department of Education) to continue their study of Nevada's Pupil-Centered Funding Plan, the state's formula for…

Bridget K. Daleiden, Ph.D., (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), recently published an article, “Many students listen to music to focus and stay motivated while they study – but it doesn't always help,” in The Conversation. 

Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and  Higher Education), along with several international colleagues, published an article in Journal of Affective Disorders on mothers' birth-related PTSD symptoms, based on data from 31 countries. This is part of ongoing multicultural birth-related mental health research . 

April Ursula Fox, a recent graduate of UNLV’s Ph.D. program in Educational Psychology, received UNLV’s highest graduate student teaching honor: the 2025–2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award. Recognized for her innovative and transformative approach to education, Fox creates classroom experiences that blend intellectual rigor with…

On April 8, 2026, Bridget K. Daleiden (Educational Psychology) presented “'Easily Distracted': A Thematic Analysis of College Students’ Attentional Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning” in a paper session on motivation, belonging, and help-seeking at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The…

Bridget K. Daleiden (Ph.D. Candidate; Educational Psychology) presented her research on music and self-regulated studying in an invited roundtable session honoring the legacy of Dr. Barry J. Zimmerman at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA. Daleiden’s research builds on Zimmerman’s…

Sarah M. Wolff (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has published her work "Development and Initial Validation of the Mindful Self-Regulated Learning Scale (m-SRLS)" in a special collection in Mindfulness (Mindfulness Mechanisms, Methods, and Measurement) . The m-SRLS provides a reliable, valid, and context-…