Accomplishments: Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) was invited to present at The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. Lough presented The 2021 Fall Distinguished Lecture at the center's Oct. 27 symposium. It was titled Surveillance of Women in Sport & Why it Matters: Multidisciplinary Perspectives.
Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) published, with her co-author Ceyda Mumcu, "Pro Softball Fan Segments: A Two-Step Cluster Analysis" in the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship.
Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published, with his co-authors, "Public School Teacher Contracts and State-Level Reforms: Assessing Changes to Collective Bargaining Restrictiveness Across Three States" in the  American Educational Research Journal. 
Kristine Bragg, Gwen Marchand, Jonathan Hilpert (all Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published the manuscript, "Using Bibliometrics to Evaluate Outcomes and Influence of Translational Biomedical Research Centers" in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented at the Bridging Equity Into Action Summitt on Sept. 25. The invited presentation was titled "'Why Not Me?' Minoritized Communities, Leadership Development, and the Equity-Focused School Leader." The presentation abstract:  Minoritized populations have long been the…
Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) and doctoral candidate Juanita Hinojosa, published a new article titled "Supporting Undocumented Community College Students" in New Directions for Community Colleges. The article discusses policies that can be enacted at the federal, state, and local levels to increase…
Kristine Jan C. Espinoza and Blanca Rincón (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), Lawrence Letourneau (Academic Enrichment and Outreach), Judd Harbin (Student Affairs), and Brent M. Drake (Decision Support) have received a $10,000 research grant award from APIA Scholars to fund a research project entitled, “Oceania in the Desert:…
Dana Bickmore, Miguel Gonzales, and Maria Roberts (all in Educational Psychology and Higher Education) coauthored an article “Exploring School Leaders Communities of Practice and School Improvement” in the National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin. The study examined a program of collaborative professional development for…
Monica Hernández-Johnson (Educational Psychology and Higher Education); Valerie Taylor and Ravijot Singh (both Interdisciplinary, Gender, & Ethnic Studies); and Norma A. Marrun, Tara J. Plachowski, and Christine Clark (all Teaching and Learning) coauthored an article, “Like Where Are Those Teachers?”: A…
Ariana Garcia and Blanca Rincón (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education) co-authored a manuscript on how alliance-based STEM enrichment programs broker graduate-related opportunities for students of color. Using a single case study of a Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation  alliance, they found that these…
Dan Wright (Educational Psychology & Higher Education), along with colleagues from City University, London, has published the partner version of the City Birth Trauma Scale in Frontiers of Psychology. The maternal version was published a couple of years ago in Frontiers of Psychiatry and has been translated into about 10 other languages.
Rob Levrant (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) and Ana Paula Loures-Elias (Educational Psychology) co-presented a lecture session at the 2021 Conference on Academic Research in Education. Their session, "Emerging Professionals in the Field of Learning in Retirement: A Case Study of Participatory Action Research," described and interpreted the…