LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was accepted to AERA for four presentations and a session moderation this year and was also asked to feature her work in the Special Interest Group Journal for Educational Change.

Congratulations to the following winners of the 2023 College of Education Faculty Awards: Distinguished Research Award: Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) Distinguished Teaching Award: Tina Vo, Teaching & Learning Distinguished Service Award: Sophie Ladd, Teaching &…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with colleague Spencer C. Weiler (Brigham Young University) and graduate students Kim Scriber, David McDaniel, and Mark Frame, presented their paper, "Internal Equity: Analyzing Fluctuations in Salary Differences within Public Education in Mountain West States Over…

Pamela Parker (Education), administrative assisting IV, was recognized as UNLV's March 2023 Classified Employee of the Month. In addition to her regular duties for the dean's office at the College of Education, she has overseen multiple renovation projects and other special projects. She goes above and beyond to help students, faculty, and…

UNLV Alumni Association's "DisruptHERs: How women are leading change in the sport industry” was presented by Nancy Lough (Education), director of the intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management program, and co-director of UNLV's Sport Innovation Initiative. Women’s sport is on the rise. Viewership, attendance, sponsorship investment,…

Richard Miller (Music), Katrina Liu (Teaching and Learning), and Arnetha F. Ball (Stanford Graduate School of Education) have published an article in the journal Thresholds in Education, 46(1) titled, "Misunderstanding the Campaign Against CRT: Absurdity and White Supremacy in Attacks on Teaching and Teacher Education." Part of a special…

Chia-Liang (Leo) Dai (Teaching and Learning) was selected as the 2023 recipient of the American School Health Association’s (ASHA) School Health Professional of the Year Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual who has demonstrated sustained, outstanding contributions to school health education and/or research. The…

Latinos in Action in conjunction with Clark County Schools took over the UNLV Student Union on March 28, 2023, and UNLV faculty, staff, and students were asked to present to the 280 projected Latino students who aspire to be community leaders and who participate in Latinos in Action here in Clark County. NASA astronaut José M. Hernández was…

Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education; Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Mark Spinrad (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Sean Mulvenon, Megan Griffard (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), and Monica Ceja Rodriguez (Educational Psychology, Leadership,…

With colleagues from Imperial College, the universities of Bath and Brighton, Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published an article in Journal of Health Psychology comparing Portugal and the UK respondents using identity resilience and beliefs in science to predict vaccine likelihood.

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a session at Nevada's Early Learning Institute 2023 titled, "How Building Relationships Supports the Inclusion of Young Children with Disabilities." This virtual session shared a framework for building partnerships with families of young children with disabilities…

The College of Education's department of early childhood, multilingual, and special education attended the Council for Exceptional Children's 2023 Convention March 1-3 in Louisville, Kentucky. Across faculty and graduate students, they presented eight sessions about supporting students with disabilities and their families. Presenters included…