Accomplishments: College of Education

Shaoan Zhang, Danny Unger, Jinkun Shen, Melissa Seltenreich, and David Monroe (all Teaching and Learning) presented their research at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators in Chicago. They presented on the impacts of informal learning opportunities on pre-service teachers’ learning to teach. They presented their Nevada…
Sadia Shaukat (Teaching and Learning) as a Fulbright Scholar from College of Education presented her paper on “Teachers’ Technostress, Work Family Conflict and Life Satisfaction while Working from Home during COVID-19” at the Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference in Chicago earlier this month. She presented the findings of her…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) was in the first class of superintendents and other administrators to successfully complete the Aspiring Superintendents Academy for Latino and Latina Leaders. Members of the academy were involved in a yearlong professional learning experience involving a blend of theory and…
Amanda Melilli (Libraries) has been named chair of the American Library Association's 2023 Rainbow Booklist committee, charged with creating a national booklist of the best LGBTQIA+ books for young people. She is head of the Teacher Development & Resources Library.
Jenna Weglarz-Ward, Nicole Atwell, Jessica Ain, Kendra Antill, and Melissa Beck Yarczower (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented their research at the Conference for Research Innovations in Early Intervention. Weglarz-Ward presented with Kimberly Hile from the University of Alabama in Huntsville on use of photo…
Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was appointed to the Editorial Board for the journal  Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a journal of the American Educational Research Association. 
Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, & Special Education) and Silvina Jover (Teaching & Learning) participated in a panel discussion, The Future of Dual Language Bilingual Education in CCSD (Clark County School District), with Anthony Troche and Ignacio Ruiz, both of CCSD, at the Nevada TESOL Symposium. Jover is a doctoral…
Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was an invited presenter for the Equity & Community Colleges Webinar Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s chief evaluation office and the Employment and Training Administration’s office of workforce investment. This session focused on exploring…
Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) alongside Maria B. Roberts (Education) published "The Impact of a Franchise Model School Framework on the Leadership Development of Assistant Principals" in the Journal of School Leadership. Gonzales is with the educational policy and leadership program.
Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) with co-authors Rebecca Jacobsen, Melissa Lyons, and Annie Hemphill published "Teacher Political Candidacy and the Gender Composition of State Legislatures" in the journal Teachers College Record. Education Week covered the findings of the research article.
Dr. Eve Chung (Dental) and Xue "Cher" Xing (Teaching and Learning) co-authored an article, “Flip Your CTE Classroom: A Dental Education Model,” that appeared Jan. 10 in the Association for Career & Technical Education online publication.
Bradley D. Marianno,  Ana Paula S. Loures-Elias, Libna Garcia (all Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Deanna Cooper (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), and Emily Coombes (Sociology), along with Annie Hemphill (Michigan State University), published "Power in a Pandemic: Teachers’ Unions and…