Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) recently published an article in The Journal of Mathematical Behavior titled, "The stories we tell: Why unpacking narratives of mathematics is important for teacher conocimiento," with her collaborators Rochelle Gutiérrez and Marrielle Myers, as part of their work on their Spencer Large Research Grant on…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was appointed associate editor for The Review of Higher Education (RHE), the official journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). RHE is considered one of the leading research journals in the field as it keeps scholars, academic…

April Ursula Fox (Education) recently published a high fantasy book titled, Goblins! of the Neverending Lands - Book 1: Unlikely Heroes. It is the first in a series of three books coming out this year, and available at the TDRL Library at UNLV. "In the Neverending Lands, a group of goblins are about to uncover a series of…

Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) received the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Early Education and Child Development (EE/CD) Special Interest Group (SIG) Outstanding Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled, "Provider Participation in the Child Care Subsidy System: A Mixed Methods Study…

Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) co-authored "Sustainable translanguaging pedagogy in support of the vulnerable language: honoring children’s ways of ‘Showing’ and ‘Telling’ in an early childhood dual language bilingual education program" in the International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism.…

Kari Kokka (Teaching and learning) will be a keynote speaker for San Diego State's 8th Annual Voice Your Language Forum. The dual language and English learner education department (DLE) at San Diego State University, and supported by Student Success Fee Funding, is hosting this free event for students, faculty, local educators, staff, and…

Diana Pedraza Harrison (Clinical Mental Health Counseling) was recently recognized by the local news station, Fox 5, for her grassroots non-profit organization, The Promise, which is a charitable organization that serves the homeless community in Las Vegas.  

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was invited to present at the 2023 Joint Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society in Boston, Massachusetts. He discussed findings from a study on community college student outcomes in statistics and math after developmental education reform efforts. The…

Reina Ferrufino (Education) will be presenting her work titled, "U.S. Central American Students: Hidden Voices of the Latinx Communities," at the Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institution Educators' (AHSIE) 15th Annual Best Practices Conference: La Quinceañera: Celebrando Crecimiento, Past, Present, and Future.  

Megan Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was quoted in a recent Las Vegas Review Journal article discussing CCSD's $32.6M budget shortfall due to lower student enrollment than projected. She shared some possible causes of the decreased enrollment and considerations the school district should make to…

Pricella Morris (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and Monique Matute-Chavarria (New Mexico State University) co-authored an article titled, "Black mother scholars matter: Navigating anti-Black educational spaces for our Black boys," for a special issue of the Journal of Multicultural Affairs. 

Monica R. Brown (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published "A content analysis of educators' perceptions of anti-Black bias: Implications for Black Students" in the Journal of Multicultural Affairs, 7(2).