Bradley Marianno and Megan Griffard (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received a $900,000 subaward from the Nevada Department of Education to work on a $3.5 million Institute of Education Sciences (IES) project to expand the collection and reporting of K-12 school budget and finance data in Nevada. 

Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, Blanca E. Rincón (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Brent M. Drake (formerly Decision Support), J. Judd Harbin (formerly Student Affairs Strategic Planning and Assessment), and Kyle Ethelbah (Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach) published a study, "Oceania in the Desert: A QuantCrit…

Megan Griffard and Bradley Marianno (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received a $90,000 grant from EdFund to study how school districts in Nevada are supporting emergent bilinguals and students experiencing poverty through the Pupil-Centered Funding Plan (PCFP). 

Katherine A. Feather and UNLV doctoral student Julia Maranville (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and colleagues published, "Impact of COVID-19 on children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder living in the rural regions of Arizona" in the Journal or Rural Mental Health.

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published “'I really got to think about my background, their background, and how do we come together on something?': One emergent mathematics teacher leader's reflexive journey with Social Justice Mathematics" in the School Science and Mathematics journal.

Sarah Wolff and Dan Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Justifying Responses Affects the Relationship Between Confidence and Accuracy" in Experimental Psychology. In this they examine the effects of asking test takers to justify why their response maybe accurate or inaccurate. 

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) and Joshua Baker (Education) received a $5,000 grant from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis for a project focused on expanding the implementation of a behavior approach within Clark County to help reduce patients’ resistances to dental treatments. Research provides sufficient evidence that a…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and colleague published an article titled, "Leading Virtual Schools: Unique Challenges, Activities, and Preparation Needs of Virtual School Principals" in the American Journal of Distance Education. This article examines how virtual school principals reported supporting…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented a session on diversifying the leadership pipeline for minority leaders at the 2nd Annual Voices for Equity Conference. Montoya's presentation focused on the crucial need for systemic changes within educational institutions to support and advance…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented with Kimberly Hile of the University of Alabama in Huntsville at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Professional Learning Institute June 10 in New Orleans, LA. Their session entitled "Welcoming Families of Young Children with…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) contributed to a new resource to support including young children with disabilities and their families in childcare programs. Building Inclusive State Child Care Systems is a collaboration between the Division for Early Childhood of the Council of Exceptional Children and…

Holmes Scholar Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) presented “Exploring Technology Integration through Lesson Analysis: A PICRAT Model Pilot Study” at the 2024 CONGRESS of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Montreal, Canada.