Juanita Hinojosa (Educational Psychology), Ash Quinn (CAEO Student Support), Anabel Chavva (Medicine), and Mel Hernandez (Sciences) co-authored an article for New Directions for Student Services (NDSS) titled "Take What You Need: Addressing Basic Need Insecurities at an HSI & AANAPISI." Having served in roles that directly support…

Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), Shaoan Zhang (Teaching & Learning), and Yingtao Jiang (Engineering), collaborated with Dr. Chengcheng Li (Ph.D., 2021) and Dr. Tiberio Garza (Florida International University), published an empirical study titled “Linking constructivist learning environments, self-efficacy, and mindsets with first-year…

Graduate student Jemima Reside (Curriculum and Instruction) published "Mermath 2.0 Fractio: A Serious Math Game on Fractions for Sixth Grade Students in the Philippines," a contribution to the Games and Learning Alliance (GALA) 2026 Games Competition & Exhibition: Book of Abstracts.

Graduate students Stephanie Meza, Juan Plancarte Hernandez, and Marissa Rakos (all Education) presented Breaking Silos: Intersectional Testing Supports for Multilingual Learners with Disabilities at the 2026 ATLAS Conference on October 17. Their research examined how school leaders can better support multilingual learners with disabilities during…

Doctoral studet Olivia Hackett (Educational Policy & Leadership) and associate professor Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) presented Not Another SEL PD! Teacher Leaders Linking Brain Science and Healing-Centered Practice at the 2026 ATLAS Conference on October 17. Their professional development session…

Sam Leif (Teaching and Learning) published Against the Meta: The Evolution of Women's Competitive Apex Legends. This book is the first documented history of women's competitive Apex Legends; drawn from firsthand interviews, tournament archives, Discord records, and player testimony, it traces how a community of players, organizers, coaches,…

Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood Special Education) was part of the research and writing team for the 2026 position statement from national organizations Division for Early Childhood/National Association for the Education of Young Children--Early Childhood Inclusion. First published in 2009--this statement is used…

The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) has granted provisional recognition to the M.Ed. in Special Education with an Emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis. The program met more than 50 rigorous standards across nine areas, including mission, curriculum, outcomes assessment, resources, and faculty. ABAI is the…

Joseph Morgan, interim dean, (Education) will receive the Floyd G. Hudson Award from the Council for Learning Disabilities at their annual conference. The award honors his exceptional leadership and service in the field.

Alain Bengochea and Suheyla Sarisahin (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) are serving as president and secretary, respectively, of the newly founded Nevada State Association for Bilingual Education (NV-SABE). NV-SABE is the Nevada state affiliate of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE). The statewide…

April Ursula Fox (Education Psychology) published “Zine-Making at The Punk Rock Museum: Creating a Bridge Between Museum Display and Personal Meaning-Making with Adult Visitors” in Visitor Studies. The study examines how adult visitors used zine-making following a visit to The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas to reflect on, reinterpret, and retain…

Zhiling M. Shea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and her co-author at UCLA published an article, "Patterns of kindergarten mathematics instructional content in the United States’ classrooms and associations with children’s academic gains" in Early Childhood Research Quarterly While most prior research has used variable-…