Blanca E. Rincón (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) published "Does Latinx Representation Matter for Latinx Student Retention in STEM?" in the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education's (AAHE) Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. Using student-level data, this study explores the relationship between Latinx…

Kim Nehls (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) is the recipient of the 2018 ASHE Distinguished Service Award. The award was presented at the recent conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Tampa, Florida, in recognition of exceptional commitment and significant contribution to the success of the…

Rochelle Walker (Fine Arts) and Samantha Carroll (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) created Living Your Best Life: Balancing School, Work, and Family Summit. It was created out of a graduate multicultural course project within the higher education leadership program. The goal was to provide UNLV student-parents a positive and…

Harsha Perera (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and co-investigators at multiple institutions were awarded a National Science Foundation grant to investigate and promote practices that increase student motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM).…

Daejha Hare (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) was accepted to the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (also known as NASPA) Graduate Associate Program for the 2018-19 academic year. This nationally competitive program is aimed to increase leadership opportunities for graduate students at their home institutions as well…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) was awarded a research grant of $49,995 from the Spencer Foundation for the project "Undocumented Student Achievement in Public Education." The grant will support research projects on the achievement and contribution of undocumented students in public high schools and…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) had an article published in Research in Higher Education. The article, "Fractions in College: How Basic Math Remediation Impacts Community College Students," examines a unique math placement policy where students were placed into remedial math courses based on specific math skill gaps,…

Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) recently co-authored "Complex Systems Research in Educational Psychology: Aligning Theory and Method" published in the Educational Psychologist journal. This piece provides an overview of complex systems research for educational psychologists by …

Jenifer Utz (Life Sciences) gave a research presentation entitled, "Voluntary Self-Assessment Quiz Use Improves Exam Performance, Especially for Learners with Low Prior Knowledge" at the Intermountain Teaching for Learning Conference. This research was a collaborative project with Matt Bernacki (Educational Psychology and Higher Education).

Jenifer Utz (Life Sciences) has been awarded $649,407 from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education for a project titled "Developing the Skill and Will to Succeed in STEM." Katie Rafferty, Christy Strong, Donald Price (all Life Sciences), and Matt Bernacki (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) are Co-PIs.…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) was a member of the History of Title IX panel luncheon that took place at Belmont University in December in celebration of the 45th anniversary of Title IX . Other members of the invited panel included Beth DeBauche, Ohio Valley Conference commissioner; Betty Wiseman,  former Belmont…

James Hines, Brittany Jackson, and Nancy Lough (all Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented a poster titled "Are Power Assymetries Perpetuated through Higher Education Media on Intercollegiate Athletics?" at the Association for the Study of Higher Education conference, which was held this month in Houston. Lough also led a panel…