Accomplishments: Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education

Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and co-author Annie Hemphill published "Pandemic Memoranda: How School District and Teachers’ Union Administrators Modified Collective Bargaining Agreements During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the Journal of Educational Administration. 
Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and co-authors David Woo and Kate Kennedy published "Collective Bargaining Agreement Restrictiveness in Unionized Charter Schools" in the journal Educational Policy. 
Maria B. Roberts (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was elected to the executive board for the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership (ICPEL). Roberts will serve in this capacity for a three-year term from 2023 through the 2026 academic year. Established in 1947, the ICPEL is the oldest…
Peter D. Wiens (Teaching and Learning), Leona Calkins (California State University and a 2022 UNLV Ph.D. graduate in Teacher Education), and Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Examining Teacher Leadership in the United States: How do BIPOC Teachers and White Teachers in Urban Environments…
Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), director of the Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management program and co-director of the Sport Innovation Institute was featured by CNN on a story discussing equal pay at the U.S. Open. This year marks 50 years of equal pay at the US Open, which serves as an…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Kristin Kew published an article that focuses on the testimonies of accomplished Latina school leaders, shedding light on their upbringing, familial responsibilities, generational poverty, and commitment to challenge the prevailing narrative and break…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Ellianna Rodriguez (former graduate student in the Higher Education program and currently a UNLV Admissions Counselor/Evaluator) published an article, "The Costs of a Free and Public Education: An Analysis of a School District's Student Fees," in the BYU Education…
Minkyo Lee (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), who recently joined the Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management program as an assistant professor, received the Emerging Scholar in Sport Marketing Award at the 2023 American Marketing Association Summer Academic Conference in San Francisco, California, in…
“Self-efficacy within Cultural Representation of Latino Teachers Moving into the Administrative Pipeline” Excerpts from the LtC interview with LeAnne Salazar-Montoya (Educational Policy and Leadership) and Kristin Kew, New Mexico State University, and David Wade (UNLV).  
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) coauthored a new textbook titled, PK12 Education Budget Workbook: A Basic Guide to Assist PK12 School or District Department-Level Managers in Organizing, Analyzing, and Presenting Budget Data. The textbook was designed to support the preparation and development of…
Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published with colleagues a book chapter titled, "Race-Conscious Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education in an Era of Pronounced White Racial Backlash," in the edited book, The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education, (3rd ed.). In this chapter, they…
Kenyon Lee Whitman and graduate student Rachel De Vera (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published an op-ed in The Imprint, exploring the challenges and solutions that contribute to educational (in)equity for foster youth in the state of Nevada.