January Durant and Dan Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) examined the relation between two of the standardized tests used at the Clark County School District and the growth on these scores by demographic variables in their article, "Exploring the Associations Between MAP Growth and SBA by Demographics."

Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Maria B. Roberts (Education) published "Realities of Leading Change: Challenges and Successes of an Innovation Faced by Principals" in the International Journal of Educational Reform.

Federick Ngo and Juanita Hinojosa (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a study on the impact of expanding state financial aid resources to undocumented community college students. Titled "Broadened Possibilities: Undocumented Community College Student Course Enrollment After the California DREAM Act," the study…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education)  was honored with an Alumni Award from the Mortar Board National Council on June 5. The award recognizes outstanding achievement and leadership. Additionally, she was asked to present to the 2022 ELLA Class for session 6 on "Different Pathways to Success." ELLA…

Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with colleagues Glynis Breakwell of Imperial College, Julie Barnett of University of Bath, and Rusi Jaspal of University. of Brighton, has published research on psychological influences related to COVID risk behaviours with the British Academy. 

Drs. Maria B. Roberts (Education), Miguel M. Gonzales, and Sylvia Tegano (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) had their study, "School Leadership During COVID-19: Implications for School Leadership Preparation Programs" accepted for publication in the October volume of the Journal of School Administration Research and…

Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning), Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), Claytee D. White (Oral History Research Center), and Marcie Gallo (History) published the article, "Research as (Re)vision: Laying Claim to Oral History as a Just-us Research Methodology," in the special issue of the International Journal of…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received the Outstanding Reviewer Award for the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA). The award was presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. EEPA publishes rigorous, policy-relevant research of interest…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) with Linda Vogel from the University of Northern Colorado presented at the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference. Their presentation, Leading Virtual Schools: Unique Challenges and Preparation Needs of Virtual School Principals, outlined…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and colleagues from other institutions have been selected, via a peer-reviewed process, to present a session, Critical Pedagogies and Pedagogies in Times of Crisis: Dialogues Across Latinx Studies and Sites of Engagement, at the annual meeting of the American Studies…

Sean W. Mulvenon (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) recently was announced as a co-chair for Division D: Measurement and Research Methodology for the 2023 Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He will serve as a co-chair for Section 2, Quantitative Methods and Statistical Theory. AERA is…

Olivia Cheche (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute), Peter Grema (Economics, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute), Blanca Peña (Criminal Justice), and Nicole Thomas (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-wrote a recent Op-Ed titled, "Students, Taxpayers Once Again Robbed by Higher…