Dana Roseman (Executive Educational Leadership), a doctoral candidate, and Maria B. Roberts (Educational Policy and Leadership) delivered a scholarly presentation and participated in panel discussions at the July 28-30, 2025 International Conference for Professors of Educational Leadership. Their presentation, entitled "Telling Herstory: The…

Gerilyn Slicker and Melissa Stoffers (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) along with co-authors Jason Hustedt and Cara Kelly published an article, "Enrollment Practices in Early Education Centers: Examining Implementation in the Arkansas State Pre-K Program" in AERA Open. Their mixed methods study is a comprehensive…

Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) gave a presentation on the "Importance of Collecting Industry and Occupation Data" at the University of Mount Olive School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences 2025 Summer Workshop Series.

Ph.D. student Dilara Kara Zorluoglu (Teaching and Learning) published an article titled, “What, Why, How?… Cognitive and Motivational Question Patterns of 7th Graders in Science Communication Meetings,” with her former research team in the International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Lucas Graff (Ph.D. '23), a graduate of the doctoral program in Higher Education, were awarded a research grant from The Spencer Foundation. Their project draws upon administrative data from a large statewide system of higher education to examine fairness and inequitable…

Beth Barrie (SVPAA) and Jon Hilpert (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented at the UPCEA (online and professional education association) 2025 Summit for Online Leadership and Administration (SOLAR) Conference. Their presentation, "Same Strategy, Different Tactics: How Do Learning Analytic Dashboards Differ…

Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-authored a paper in Innovative Higher Education titled, "A Mixed-Methods Study of Students of Color with Foster Care Experience Navigating a Syndemic," the paper explored how the intersection of COVID-19 and racial violence impacted them. Findings revealed that…

Ph.D. student Samantha Wells (Learning and Technology) and Director of Research Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) presented “Is it AI? Evaluating Chatbot Responses to Problem Gambling Questions” at the 2025 International Conference on Gambling Addiction and Responsible Gambling. Their presentation highlighted key findings from two…

Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) recently was invited to Utah State University as keynote speaker for the Department of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. His presentation, "Maximizing Response Rates in Surveys," was attended by doctoral students in career and technical…

Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has received a $40,000 grant from the Transition-Age Youth Research & Evaluation Hub (TAY-Hub) to do a "Socio-ecological Examination of the Educational and Life Trajectories of Young Men of Color (YMOC) with Foster Care Experience." This study will further our…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) provided a keynote presentation at the Work of Fred Rogers Conference June 21 alongside nationwide colleagues Jennifer Waches, Kamila Rankin, Kate Belinsky and Scott Kubelka. Her presentation entitled, "Learning from Fred Rogers about the Inclusion of Young Children…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-authored the article, "Internal Equity: Analyzing Fluctuations in Salary Differences within Public Education in California Over Time," published in the Journal of Education Finance and Law. The co-authors included K. Scriber, D. McDaniel, M. Frame, S. Hilton, and S. C.…